With easy-to-understand explanations, - with many illustrations for better memorization, - with an introductory page for each chapter, - with overviews and verb tables (all tenses), - with example sentences from everyday life, Chapter 1 begins with special features of the French language: special characters (accents, cédille ...) and their pronunciation, systematics in verb conjugations and error prevention. A zoom page at the beginning of each chapter shows an overview and the structure of the chapter with references to the subchapters, on the opposite side of the zoom page is an introduction to the respective chapter, e.g. What are adverbs? Many memorable example sentences and illustrations from everyday life explain the grammar. Rules are highlighted in yellow, signal grammar is highlighted in a red frame. Many overviews allow a sc.