Ma Grand-mère fait du judo et autres histoires courtes: 26 Stories for the French II Level (French Edition)

A multilingual taxi cab driver picks up his worst client ever; a child shouldn't have forgotten to reward the honey bird; a magical sock brings trouble; a dog coaxes a wolf into becoming tame; friends discuss in French slang who will pick up the restaurant bill... Intended for for students in their second year of French, "Ma grand-mère fait du judo et autres histoires courtes" uses the vocabulary and grammar found in scholarly textbooks in 26 funny, provocative, thought-provoking, or strange stories. This book will make you feel that you can understand a lot more French than you previously thought, and will help you acquire vocabulary and master verbs. Tenses used in the stories include present, future, passé composé, present conditional, present subjunctive, and passé simple.Each story has a list of 20 words or expressions and their translation which students must learn to progress.