With the help of the Offline Materials, you can do these drills anywhere-while driving or on your commute, while doing household chores, or while you go out for a run. This way, you will be able to prioritize the most important verbs and tenses-the ones you will be able to put to use in daily speech immediately.Īside from the drills, you will also find several exercises to help you practice the verbs you’ve learned. Tenses that are barely used in actual speech such as passé simple and plus-que-parfait are not included anymore, so you can focus solely on the essentials. Take note that only the most useful tenses are included in the drills. The twelve verbs that you will be learning are selected based on the most useful in everyday conversations: By doing the drills, you will be able to develop an instinct to select the right verb form without any hesitations, just like any native speaker. The drills make use of repetition exercises to build up your reflexes in forming the correct verb form naturally. You can add emphasis to a comparison with encore: Cet arbre est encore plus grand.Įlle étudie encore moins souvent qu’avant.In this section, you will find the Audio Drills and respective exercises for each French verb. Ne explétif is required with plus and moins.Ĭ) Compare a verb over time Je travaille plus maintenant.The subject must be repeated in front of the second verb.b) Compare two verbs Je lis plus que je ne regarde la télé.
Note the word order: the comparative adverb goes after the verb. When comparing verbs, the comparative adverbs are slightly different again:Ī) Compare a verb between two subjects Je travaille plus que ma sœur. There’s less work than (there was) last week. c) Compare a noun over time Il y a moins de travail que la semaine dernière. Note that de must be repeated in front of each noun being compared. J’ai plus d’idées que de temps ou d’énergie. She’s written as many books as her father.ī) Compare two (or more) nouns for one subject/verb Il y a moins de pommes que d’oranges. When comparing the quantity of nouns, the comparative adverbs are somewhat different:Ī) Compare a noun between two subjects J’ai plus d’idées que toi.Įlle a écrit autant de livres que son père.
The adverb bien has a special comparative form: mieux. I’m running more slowly than (I was) yesterday. He eats as healthily as (he does) copiously.Ĭ) Compare an adverb over time Je cours plus lentement qu’hier. You write more quickly than (you do) correctly. a) Compare two nouns with one adverb Il parle plus lentement que moi.ī) Compare two adverbs in relation to one noun Tu écris plus vite que correctement. Once again, there are three types of comparisons. Comparing AdverbsĬomparing adverbs is much the same, but you don’t have to worry about agreement, since adverbs are invariable.
The adjectives bon and mauvais have special comparative forms: meilleur and pire. b) Compare two adjectives in relation to one noun Tu es aussi intelligente que belle.Ĭ) Compare an adjective over time Je suis moins sportif qu’avant. Note that in the final example, the stressed pronoun is required in French, whereas the subject pronoun is used in English. Ta voiture est moins bruyante que la mienne. When there is no antecedent, you need que after the adjective, followed by the other noun or pronoun you’re comparing to. In the above examples, the comparison is implied – there’s some antecedent that these comparatives are referring back to. a) Compare two nouns with one adjective Cet arbre est plus grand. The comparative itself is invariable, but, as always, the adjective has to agree with its noun in gender and number. The simplest comparison is with adjectives: just put plus, moins, or aussi in front of the adjective. The grammar involved in using comparative adverbs is slightly different depending on whether you’re comparing adjectives, adverbs, nouns, or verbs. The French equivalents are aussi and autant. The French equivalent is moins _.ģ) Equality indicates that two or more things are "as _" (as happy, as thirsty, as interesting). The French equivalent is plus _.Ģ) Inferiority indicates that something is "less _" (less hungry, less exciting, less complete). ?ġ) Superiority indicates that something is "_er" (bigger, faster, stronger) or "more _" (more purple, more tired, more important). This superior lesson will keep you from getting an inferiority complex. Comparative adverbs are used to compare the relative superiority or inferiority of two or more things.