8.5.4
Phrases
Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional Phrases


À cause de - because of
À cause de - because of
- J'ai du prendre un parapluie à cause de la pluie.
- I had to take an umbrella because of the rain.
- Le match a été reporté à cause de l'orage.
- The match was postponed because of the storm.


Au lieu de - instead of
Au lieu de - instead of
- J'ai choisi de rester chez moi au lieu de sortir.
- I chose to stay at my house instead of going out.
- Laura prendra un thé au lieu d'un café.
- Laura will get a tea instead of a coffee.


Grâce à -thanks to (positive)
Grâce à -thanks to (positive)
- Grâce à l'aide de mon prof, j'ai réussi à l'examen.
- Thanks to my teacher's help, I passed the exam.
- C'est grâce à vous que nous sommes dans cette situation.
- It is thanks to you that we are in this position.


À travers - through
À travers - through
- On peut entendre le vent à travers la fenêtre.
- You can hear the wind through the window.
- À travers les siècles.
- Through the centuries.
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1Home & Abroad
1.1Town & Rural Life
1.2Holiday, Tourism & Directions
1.4Everyday Life & Traditions
2Education & Employment
2.1School Life & Routine
2.2School Trips, Events & Exchanges
3Personal Life & Relationships
3.1House & Home
3.2Daily Routine & Helping at Home
4The World Around Us
4.1Global Issues
4.2Weather
4.3Travel & Transport
4.5Information & Tech
5Social Activities, Fitness & Health
5.1Special Occasions
5.2Hobbies & Interests
5.3Numbers
5.4Shopping & Money
5.5Illness & Health
5.6Food & Drink
6Common Tenses
6.1Present Tense
6.1.1Regular ER Verbs
6.1.2Regular IR Verbs
6.1.3Regular RE Verbs
6.1.4Reflexive Verbs
6.1.5Irregular ER Verbs (1/2)
6.1.6Irregular ER Verbs (2/2)
6.1.7Irregular IR Verbs (1/2)
6.1.8Irregular IR Verbs (2/2)
6.1.9Irregular RE Verbs (1/3)
6.1.10Irregular RE Verbs (2/3)
6.1.11Irregular RE Verbs (3/3)
6.1.12Present Participle (1/2)
6.1.13Present Participle (2/2)
6.1.14Irregular Present Participles
6.1.15Avoir & Etre
6.2Perfect Tense
6.3Imperfect tense
6.4Imperfect vs Perfect
7Advanced Tenses
7.1Conditional Tense
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8.1The Passive Voice
8.2Pronouns
8.3Asking Questions
8.4Nouns
8.7Quantifiers & Intensifiers
8.8Adjectives
8.9Negative
8.10Conjunctions
8.11Miscellaneous
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