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want more money.

before you go.

10. You will be obliged to write all this 11. If you wish to go soon, you must work 12. You must be very hungry after so 13. Wait till we come back. 14. How many

as fast as possible. long a walk.

favors (services) he has done (rendered) me! 15. You make (render) him very happy by saying that.

16. I see what you

are doing; stop it at once. 17. How pleasant that remembrance must be to you! 18. Run and tell him we have

arrived. 19. When you go to get your hat, kindly bring me mine. 20. Can't you get along without it?

3. 1. If you would like to know those gentlemen, I should be glad to present you to them. 2. You ought to introduce me to her; it was a friend of mine that introduced her to you, was it not? 3. Do you wish to go with me or do you wish me to leave alone? 4. Why does that, boy beat his dog so? 5. He beats it to make it obey him. 6. What do you think of that? 7. What have you to tell us? as the house or until you meet him. 9. be a professor of modern languages. brother's professor of French. 11. They have gone to France, to Paris. 12. Have you a postage stamp (timbreposte, m.) for me? 13. We understand nearly every word

8. Walk as far This gentleman must 10. Yes, he is my

he says. 14. Do you know those ladies? 15. We know their names. 16. What makes your friends laugh? 17. This tea is almost cold; bring me another cup of it. 18. However interesting our books may be, they do not make us forget our absent friends. 19. I should like to spend a few days in Scotland next summer. 20. We visited that magnificent church on the very day of our arrival (arrivée, f.).

4. 1. Some men are esteemed by everybody, even by their enemies. 2. Did you tell them that I should be here on Monday? 3. What do you do on Sunday? 4. We shall always be ready to go to church at a quarter past ten. 5. What makes you wait so long? 6. Let us start right away. 7. Napoleon III was born April 20, 1808. 8. He

became emperor in 1852. 10. Speak louder, please.

9. How good that flower smells! 11. Why don't you study more?

12. We used to have five horses; we have sold two and now we have only three. 13. When you began to study music, many lessons did you have a week? 14. When shall we have the pleasure of seeing you again? 15. As soon as our

how

friends have gone.

Théâtre-Français ?

16. What are they playing now at the 17. When we reach Paris, we shall look

for a house near the Champs-Elysées. look! 19. Go to bed early this evening. to get up before six.

18.

How sick you

20. I want you

Why, no, there

5. 1. I have lost my new silk umbrella. it is! 2. Would you dare to use any of his books, if you needed them? 3. When you are ready to go to Europe next year, remember me. 4. I have a great many addresses to give you. 5. This man bores (ennuyer) everybody with his stories. 6. What a tiresome man! 7. Our neighbors are always in style. 8. Why do you never shut the door? 9. When we lived in New York, we met him very often. 10. As soon as we reach Liverpool, we must send letters to our friends in America. 11. Always reflect before acting. 12. Next time I shall not accept your excuses. 13. I would do it if I could. 14. Couldn't you do it if you would? 15. You ought not to have asked that. 16. You have not answered his letter yet. 17. I shall answer it to-morrow. 18. Serve us at once; we are in a hurry. 19. We do not live to eat; we eat to live. 20. Follow us; do not follow them.

6. 1. Those gentlemen wear gloves in summer as well as in winter. 2. You must keep on writing until you can show me a page written well enough to satisfy (satisfaire) me. 3. I make a great many mistakes, it is true, but I write better than you think. 4. That makes me smile (sourire). 5. Be silent!

6. Does he know how to play chess (échecs)? 7. That is a game he has never learned. 8. I have heard that it is the 9. They had just left when

most difficult of all games.

their friends arrived. 10. What do your friends do during the holidays (vacances)? 11. Do you need anything? 12. What? 13. I am looking for a few souvenirs that will please my friends. 14. Although we were very tired, we could not sleep last night. 15. It was too cold perhaps. 16. We were not cold. Louis XIV was seventy-seven One day I gave some money to

years old when he died.

17.

18.

a blind [man], but he gave it back to me, saying, "I do not

take Canadian pieces."

and dumb (sourd-muet).

19. He wasn't blind; he was deaf

20. It is easy to learn these rules,

but it is still easier to forget them.

see any one now.

2. His

7. 1. Do you think that French is easy to learn? health is very good now; it is far better than it was formerly. 3. I am very glad of it. 4. Everybody is mistaken sometimes. 5. Our servant has gone to (the) market (marché, m.). 6. Where are the letters I told you to write? 7. I finished them long ago. 8. Whom do you see coming? 9. I can't 10. Our examinations (examen, m.) are always very hard. 11. That is the most beautiful song I have ever heard sung. 12. He has promised to spend two or three weeks at our house, provided his father consents to it. 13. If I were sure that he would consent, I should invite a few other friends to come at the same time. 14. Is there nobody that can tell me what I ought to do? 15. When we were in Europe last year, we received a great many letters from our friends, which (ce qui) made us very happy. 16. I do not know whether we shall receive so many, now that we have come home again. 17. You talk too loud; do you think I am deaf? 18. I do not think you are. 19. Don't you know

that I am not? 20. I do.

8. 1. Tell us something new. I don't know anything new to tell you. 2. If we had a few francs (of) more, we should have money enough to buy that little gold watch. 3. It costs 4. How long is that chain? 5. It is

ten francs too much.

twenty inches long.

6. Can't you remember anything?

any longer.

one o'clock ?

good to eat.

11.

7. If you are neither hungry nor thirsty, do not wait for us 8. Aren't you afraid you will be hungry before 9. I am not. 10. We wish we had something It is possible we may find something at the station. 12. We almost missed the train. 13. It was your fault. 14. I don't care. 15. You ought to be ashamed of your conduct. 16. Do not scold me; this is (c'est aujourd'hui) my birthday. 17. This little girl has learned to write well. 18. How old is she? 19. She is only seven. 20. Who wrote to tell you of our friend's death?

2. It is your

9. 1. Walk in front of me, I beg of you. place to go first. 3. What (quoi de) more fortunate than what happens to you? to me. 5. What do you find in these woods? 6. Nothing but tall trees. 7. I often used to go to the little old white church when I was in the country. 8. Let us speak to him about it when he comes. 9. France is a beautiful country; its inhabitants speak French. 10. Brittany (la Bretagne) is perhaps the most interesting part of the whole country. 11. Tell us, please, what that signifies. two churches do you admire the more? be that) did that, he will never come back. which he spoke to you are in the dining-room. the little boy to whose father you gave a franc? 16. I don't know anything about it. 17. We know what you are thinking of. 18. Which of those knives are the heaviest ? 19. You will see him as you go from here. 20. I know I shall, unless I start too late.

4. "What a lot of books!" he said

12. Which of those 13. Whoever (it may

14. The books of 15. Where is

10. 1. What is your name? 2. My name is Arthur; what is yours? 3. However great kings may be, they are what we are. 4. Whose is this cane? 5. It's not mine, for I have mine. 6. It must be one of his. 7. It is possible that it belongs to that gentleman with whose son you were just speaking. 8. Don't keep it; give. it back to him. 9. What is the matter with him? 10. Nothing, so far as I

know. 11. He was not afraid it would rain; he was afraid that he would find there a certain person he did not wish to see. 12. They have nothing to live on. 13. That is probably because they have spent more money than they have earned. 14. What is that to you? 15. It's all the same to

do it. 17. Have

me. 16. It would be better for him to you ever seen anything like [it]? 18. No, I never have. 19. He did his best to please me. 20. It does not matter.

11. 1. Everybody has left. 2. Finish writing your letter at once. 3. Have you counted these sentences? 4. How many are there? 5. The sun is shining for every one. 6. In summer the days are longer than in winter. 7. The museum of the Louvre in Paris is the largest and most beautiful one in Europe. 8. Don't you hear the noise in the street? 9. Haven't you heard what it is? 10. I have never even heard of it. 11. He never hears (has news) from his niece, unless he writes to her. 12. If you had put that book on my desk, it would be there still. 13. This is more than I need. 14. My life is at stake. 15. Shall we walk or ride this morning? 16. As you please (fut. of vouloir). 17. The English travel a great deal on the Continent, although they do not like to cross the Channel. 18. If you had ever crossed it yourself, you would not blame them. 19. I have done so more times than you think. 20. You are not to repeat to any one what you have been told. 21. They must be sorry to know of your illness. 22. Come and pay (make) us a visit soon. 23. Before he went away, he told me he would be back in a week. 24. Do not speak to us now; we are reading something very interesting. 25. Do not read so loud; there is some one sick in the next room. 26. We have not seen each other for ten or twelve years. 27. Many things have happened since you saw her. 28. Name the most interesting French books you have ever read. 29. Only rich people put up at that hotel. 30. These sentences are much easier to write than you pretend.

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