Research Guides: French Resources: Grammar

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Grammar Reference

French Grammar: beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels
Call Number: PC2129 .K46 F7 2011, 3rd floor
Schaum's Outline of French Grammar
Call Number: E-Book, Read Online
English Grammar for Students of French
Call Number: PC2099 .M67 2002, 3rd floor
1001 Pitfalls in French
Call Number: PC2129.E5 H445 1997, Reference
The Syntax of Contemporary French
Call Number: PC2361 .H65 1994, 3rd floor

Free Online Sources

Language Learning Tools

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Language Resources from the Defense Language Institute
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Forvo.com
Hear words in many languages pronounced by native speakers and see accompanying definitions.
Duolingo
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Verb Tables

French Verbs
Call Number: PC2271 .K46 F7 2011, 3rd floor
The Big Blue Book of French Verbs: 555 fully conjugated verbs
Call Number: PC2272 .S75 2009, Reference
Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs
Call Number: PC2271 .S74 2005, Reference
A dictionary of French irregular and defective verbs
Call Number: PC2315.I8 N5, Reference