THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE FRENCH GRAMMAR Second Book PREPARING FOR THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE LOCAL (JUNIOR AND SENIOR) FOR THE COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS AND TRINITY COLLEGE (FIRST AND SECOND CLASS) DIRECTIONS. (FOR THE 3RD YEAR, OR JUNIOR PART IN EACH LESSON.) I.—One hour a-week for saying the Rules of No. I. in each Lesson, the words of the Vocabulary, and for preparation of No. III. II.-One hour a-week for saying the idioms of No. II., for correcting the pupil's translation of No. III., and for translating in class the sentences of No. IV. III.-One hour a-week for reading the books selected for the year by the Oxford or Cambridge Examiners, or, failing the pupil to prepare for those Examinations, from any other book which may suggest itself to the Teacher. * The conversational exercises suggested in the Directions of the 1st and 2nd Years should be continued here and based on Nos. I. and II. DIRECTIONS. (FOR THE 4TH YEAR, OR SENIOR PART* IN EACH LESSON.) I.-One hour a-week for recapitulation of the Junior Lesson, and for conversational exercises on the idioms and rules already learned. II.—One hour a-week for saying the idioms of No. II., and for correcting the pupil's translation of No. III. III.-One or two hours a-week to be devoted to the "Précis de Littérature" and to reading French classics, modern plays being especially recommended. * For No. I. Senior, see "Direction" at the beginning of the 'Précis de Littérature." PRACTICAL RULES FOR TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH INTO FRENCH. (SEE SECOND YEAR, FIRST TERM, PAGE 71.) The following rules should be thoroughly mastered before the pupils begin to study the lessons; they might be given "in toto" or in part as a holiday-task. Reference should be made to them at least once a week; this may be done either by asking the pupils to repeat some of the rules, or by giving them extempore sentences to translate into French : I. On the Subjunctive Mood: 1. There are only four tenses in the Subjunctive Mood. Those four tenses correspond to the ten tenses (English nine tenses) of the Indicative and Conditional Moods, as illustrated below |