4. There are ten books on my table. 5. The pupils are not seated. 6. They are standing. 7. She is seated. 8. They (f.) are seated. 9. Where is the class? 10. Where are you? 11. Are you at home or 13. Are you my at school? 12. Who is standing? pupils ? 14. Am I a pupil ? 15. Who am I? there six, eight, or ten books on the table? 16. Are 17. Is his father at school? 18. Where is he? 19. And his mother, where is she to-day? 20. Is she at church? With the exception of premier (first) and second (second), an ordinal number is formed by adding -ième to the cardinal number. In adding -ième to form the ordinal, drop final -e of the cardinal, insert u after q, and change f to v: quatre, quatrième; cinq, cinquième ; neuf, neuvième. Before huit or huitième, onze, or onzième, l' is never used for le or la, and final consonants are never linked· la huitième leçon; la onzième porte; les onze livres. la leçon, the lesson. la phrase, the sentence. un mot, a word. un thème, an exercise. un exercice, un cahier, a note-book. préparé, prepared (past part.). 1. Avez-vous écrit le onzième thème hier? 2. Nous avons écrit le onzième thème hier et le douzième aujourfacile. 4. Y a-t-il d'hui. 3. La onzième leçon est très dix salles de classe dans son école ? écrit leurs phrases dans leurs cahiers. 5. Mes élèves ont 6. Il y a neuf mots dans la cinquième phrase. douze élèves dans votre classe? assis, et trois sont debout. mère et six à son père. 7. Y a-t-il onze ou 8. Huit élèves sont 9. Il a écrit dix lettres à sa 10. J'ai mis mes onze livres sur votre table. 11. Qu'avez-vous écrit aujourd'hui ? 12. Il a vendu sept montres à ses amis. phrases dans la onzième leçon. 13. Il y a douze 1. The eleventh lesson is an easy one. 2. The lessons are not often difficult. 3. No, they are always very easy. 4. There are five letters in the word élève. 5. There are twelve pupils in his class. 6. Have you written the eleventh exercise? 7. Have you written the twelfth to-day? 8. Have you prepared your lesson? 9. Who has written the sentences in his note-book? 10. Who wrote your exercises? 11. Who has written the first sentence? 12. Who is standing? 13. Have the pupils closed their grammars ? 14. Have they pre pared their lesson ? 13 Contraction of the preposition à and the definite article 1: 1 To the à and le contract into au. à and la do not contract, à la. à and l' do not contract, à l'. à and les au garçon, to the boy. à l'oncle, to the uncle. contract into aux. à l'amie (f.) to the friend. à la tante, to the aunt. aux médecins, to the doctors. au before a masculine noun beginning with a consonant or aspirate h. à la before a feminine noun beginning with a consonant or aspirate h. à l' before a masculine or feminine noun beginning with a vowel or mute h. aux before a plural noun. le garçon, the boy. la tante, the aunt. le cousin, the cousin (m.). le voisin, the neighbor (m.). la voisine, the neighbor (f.). treize, thirteen. le médecin, the doctor. prêté, lent. vendu, sold. Past Louis, Louis. treizième, thirteenth. 2. La nièce, à la nièce. 4. L'oncle, les oncles, à 1. Le neveu, au neveu. 3. Les garçons, aux garçons. l'oncle, aux oncles. 5. Aux médecins, aux amis, aux amies. 6. Il a prêté ses livres au frère de mon voisin. 7. Mon ami a vendu une jolie maison à l'oncle de sa femme. 8. Avez-vous parlé au neveu et à la nièce de votre amie? 9. J'ai parlé à son fils et à sa fille. 10. Elle a donné un livre au médecin. 11. Qu'avez-vous prêté à l'ami de mon cousin ? 12. Il a vendu ses maisons aux médecins. 13. Nous avons donné nos livres 14. Le fils de mon oncle est et nos plumes aux enfants. friend (m.), the 2. To the boy, For Oral Drill. 1. The boy, the friend (f.), the family, the neighbors. to the friend (m.), to the friend (f.), to the family, to the neighbors. 3. The man, to the man, the men, to the men. 4. The woman, to the woman, the women, to the 5. The brother, to the brother, the brothers, to the brothers. 6. The father, the child, to the father, to the child. women. 2. He 1. John and Louis are my neighbor's children. has written a letter to his son's friend. 3. She has written to her friend's son. 4. They have spoken to the doctor. 5. She gave the boy her pens and pencils (her 6. He has often spoken to pens and pencils to the boy). his pupil's uncle and aunt. 7. Have we the twelfth or thirteenth lesson to-day? 8. Did your cousin sell his house to his wife's father or brother? 9. Did you give or lend your books to my neighbor's children? 10. Have I seen your father and mother? 11. Is Jane Louise's sister or her cousin? 12. Is your neighbor's family a large one? 13. Has he four or five children? 14. Have we written twelve or thirteen sentences? 14 Contraction of the preposition de and the definite article 1: de and le contract into du. de and la do not contract, de la. de and l' do not contract, de l'. de and les contract into des. du frère, of or from the brother. de l'ami, de la sœur, of or from the sister. de l'amie, of or from the friend. 10f the des élèves, of or from the pupils. (du before a masculine noun beginning with a consonant or aspirate h. de la before a feminine noun beginning with a consonant or aspirate h. de l' before a masculine or feminine noun beginning with a vowel or mute h. des before a plural noun. 1. A-t-il parlé au frère ou au fils du médecin? 2. Le fils et la fille de notre voisin ont reçu une lettre de leur oncle. 3. Jean a reçu un cadeau de son oncle. 4. Jean a reçu un chapeau, et Louise a reçu une bague. 5. Un de mes élèves a écrit quatorze phrases; il n'a pas joué avec ses amis. 6. J'ai donné un habit au fils de la pauvre femme. 7. Mon voisin a apporté treize ou quatorze livres aux enfants. 8. Qui a pris les livres des enfants? 9. A-t-elle écrit aux filles du médecin? 10. As-tu vu le chapeau du montre de la jeune fille ? garçon ? 11. Avez-vous la 12. Les cahiers des élèves sont sur la table. 13. Nos amis ne sont pas à l'église aujourd'hui; ils sont à la maison. For Oral Drill. the boys. 1. The nephew, the man, the aunt, 2. Of the nephew, of the man, of the aunt, of the boys. 3. The friend (m.), the friend (f.), of the friend (m.), of the friend (f.), the friends (m.), of the friends (f.). 4. The boy, of the boy, to the boy, of the boys, to the boys. 5. The father, from the father, to the father. 6. The child, from the child, to the child. 7. The children, from the children, to the children. 1. We have received a letter from the doctor's son. 2. He has shown his exercises to his brother's friend. 3. The doctor has given his daughter a ring. 4. The man's children have received a gift from the neighbors. 5. Our neighbor is a good woman. 6. Is the boy's hat on the table? 7. Did your father sell his house to the doctor or to the doctor's neighbor? 8. Is n't the boy's grammar easy? 9. Have you written the first sentence of the fourteenth lesson ? 10. Has he brought a letter from his friend's father or from his father's friend? |