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This workbook was developed in the context of an intermediate French course (intermediate French I) taught each quarter at the University of California San Diego. The course undertakes a thorough review of grammar and develops oral and written language skills by analyzing short stories, comic strips, and movies selected from various French-speaking countries. Each unit contains biographical information about the writer under study, oral, and written exercises that integrate grammar and new vocabulary, as well as analytical questions leading to a better understanding of the cultural context of each work. Exercises are presented on detachable pages to facilitate instructors' corrections. CONTENTS Unit 1 Questions about the film version of Roch Carrier: Le chandail de Hockey Grammar: present indicative and interrogative forms Unit 2 Théophile Gautier: La Cafetière Grammar: past tenses (imparfait, passé composé, plus-que-parfait) Unit 3 Joseph Zobel: Le syllabaire and the film version of La Rue Cases-Nègres Grammar: direct and indirect object pronouns Unit 4 Frank Pavloff: Matin Brun Unit 5 Zep: TiteufGrammar: demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, possessive adjectives, and pronouns