2.

Model Exercise.

i été souvent à Paris avec mon père. Aes a été longtemps en France sans ses parents. 3. Nous aurions été avec Georges si son père avait été à Londres. 4. Quand nous ̧ cûmes été à Berlin. 5. Ma sœur aura été une fois en Italie, deux fois en Espagne. 6. Elles auraient été seules à la ville. 7. Vous avez été en retard tous deux.

Exercise 24.

my brother

1. Lewis and my brother have been late. 2. Both will have been to Spain twice with Charles. 3. I should have been to Italy with my mother if my father had been to Paris. 4. They had been a long time alone in France. 5. We shall have been without our parents. 6. You had been often there. 7. I have been once to the town.

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LESSON XXV.

THE AUXILIARY VERB “ÊTRE," to be.
(Compound Tenses.)

SUBJUNCTIVE.

INFINITIVE.

Paal PERFECT.

(This tense is formed with the infinitive present of the

auxiliary.)

(To have been)
Avoir été

Write out the compound tenses of the subjunctive of être affirmatively and interrogatively, and explain how they are formed.

LESSON XXVI.

THE AUXILIARY VERB “ÉTRE,” to be.
(Compound Tenses.)

Remark the euphonic t in a-t-il eu has he had? a-t-il été ? has he been.

L'été dernier, last summer encore, yet

l'hiver dernier, last winter Belgique, Belgium

aîné, eldest

village (m.), village

ce matin, this morning
prêt, ready

prudent, prudent
timide, timid

Model Exercise.

1. Avez-vous été à Paris l'été dernier ? 2. Non, je n'ai pas encore été à Paris. 3. Où Louis a-t-il été l'hiver dernier ? 4. Il a été en Belgique avec sa sœur aînée. 5. N'aurais-tu pas été au village si nous avions été avec Charles? 6. J'aurais été au village ce matin si vous aviez été prêts. 7. Que vous eussiez été plus prudents. 8. Qu'ils aient été moins timides.

Exercise 26.

1. Would they not have been to Belgium last summer if we had been? 2. No, they would have been to Belgium last winter. 3. That I might have been ready. 4. That he may not have been timid. 5. Has he not been to Berlin? 6. No, he has not yet been to Berlin. 7. Had my eldest brother been to the village? 8. Yes, he had been this morning to the village.

CONVERSATION.

LA SALLE A MANGER.
LA M. Que veux-tu boire ?
G. Du thé, s'il vous plait.
LA M. Et toi aussi, Charles?
C. Non, merci, j'aime mieux
le café.

LA M. Prends garde de te
brûler.

LE P. Il est très chaud.

THE DINING-ROOM.
What will you have to drink?
Some tea, if you please.
And you too, Charles?
No, thank you; I prefer
coffee.

Mind you do not burn your
self.
It is very hot,

SECOND PART.

LESSON XXVII.

INTERROGATION AND NEGATION.

1. To ask a question in French put the pronoun after the verb in simple tenses, after the auxiliary in compound tenses: parlez-vous ? do you speak? avez-vous parlé? have you spoken ?

2. With a verb in the third person singular ending in a vowel, insert a t between the verb and the pronoun: parla-t-il? did he speak?

73. With a verb in the first person singular ending in mute, put an acute accent on the to avoid two mute syllables coming together: parlé-je? do I speak?

N.B.-If the subject of the verb is a noun, put that noun first, and follow the rules given above notwithstanding: votre frère parla-t-il? (your brother spoke he?) did your brother speak?

Questions can always be asked by using estce que (is it that), in which case nothing is changed in the sentence: est-ce qu'il parla? did he speak? est-ce que votre frère parla? did y d your brother speak?

The negative is composed of two words: ne and pas; ne comes before the verb, immediately after the subject; pas after the verb or auxiliary: il ne parle pas, il n'a pas parlé; if the subiect