\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{sigtunaskolan} \pdfinfo{ /Title (french-a2-finals-writing.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (sigtunaskolan) /Subject (French A2 Finals - Writing Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A7C7E7} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F4F8FC} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{French A2 Finals - Writing Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{sigtunaskolan} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/146719/cs/32249/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}sigtunaskolan \\ \uline{cheatography.com/sigtunaskolan} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 31st May, 2022.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.176 cm} x{1.008 cm} x{1.008 cm} x{1.008 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Present Tense Regular Verb Conjugations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{\{\{ac\}\}Infinitive Ending:}} & {\bf{-er}} & {\bf{-ir}} & {\bf{-re}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Je & -es & -is & -s \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Tu & -es & -is & -s \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Il/Elle/On & -e & -it & \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Nous & -ons & \seqsplit{-issons} & -ons \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Vous & -ez & \seqsplit{-issez} & -ez \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Ils/Elles & -ent & \seqsplit{-issent} & -ent \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}For the pronoun {\bf{on}}: l' is put infront of on when it succeeds a word that ends with a vowel, becoming l'on.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular Present Tense Verb Conjugations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Venir (To Come)} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Je viens} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Tu viens} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Il/Elle/On vient} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Nous venons} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Vous venez} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Ils/Elles viennent} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Pouvoir is conjugated the same as Vouloir.}} \newline Devenir is the same as venir, only with de- infront of the word. \newline The only present tense conjugation to falloir is {\bf{faut}}.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{5.84 cm} p{2.16 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Imperfect \& Future Conjugations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{\{\{ac\}\}Imperfect: Replace -ons of present nous verb with imperfect ending.}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}Nous allons \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} Je all{\bf{ais}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Je & -ais \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Tu & -ais \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Il/Elle/On & -ait \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Nous & -ions \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Vous & -iez \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Ils/Elles & -aient \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{\{\{ac\}\}Future: Add future ending to infinitiv.}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}Jouer \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} Je jouer{\bf{ai}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Je & -ai \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Tu & -as \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Il/Elle/On & -a \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Nous & -ons \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Vous & -ez \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Ils/Elles & -ont \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{6.32 cm} p{1.68 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Future of Aller, Avoir \& Être}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{\{\{ac\}\}Future: Aller, Avoir \& Être all have irregular future\{\{nl\}\} conjugations as they have their own stems.\{\{nl\}\}}} {\emph{Future form: Stem + Future ending}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}Aller \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} J'{\bf{ir}}ai} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{\{\{ac\}\}Stems:}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Aller & Ir \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Avoir & Aur \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Être & Ser \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{6.48 cm} x{1.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Travel Verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Prendre (passe compose) & Pris \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{\{\{ac\}\}Sortir Imperfect}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Je/Tu & Sors \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Il & Sort \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Nous & \seqsplit{Sortons} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Vous & Sortez \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Ils & \seqsplit{Sortent} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.204 cm} x{3.572 cm} x{1.824 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pronouns}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Possessive (Mine) & (In)Direct Object (Himself) & Stressed (Him) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Mien(ne)(s)} & Me & Moi \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Tien(ne)(s)} & Te & Toi \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Sien(ne)(s)} & Le/La/Lui (Indir.) & Lui/Elle \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Nôtre(s) & Nous & Nous \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Vôtre(s) & Vous & Vous \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Leur(s) & Les/Leur (Indir.) & \seqsplit{Eux/Elles} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{Rule for Indirect Object: If the english sentence includes to/for, its indirect. \newline \newline Le/La/Les {\bf{always}} before possessive pronoun.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.36 cm} x{4.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Replacement Pronouns}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Y & À + noun \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}En & De + noun \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Qui & That/Which (subject) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Que/Qu (before vowel/h) & That/Which (object) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Dont & Of/About which/whom or Whom \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Laquel(le)(s) & Preposition (excl. of/about) e.g to/on/from/in + which/whom \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Qui/Que are relative pronouns that provide additional information about a noun.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.16 cm} x{3.84 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Possessive Adjectives}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} My & Mon/Ma/Mes \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Your & Ton/Ta/Tes \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} His/Her & Son/Sa/Ses \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Our & Notre/Nos \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Your (vous) & Votre/Vos \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Their & Leur/Leurs \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{The possessive adjective always precedes the noun it describes \newline {\bf{Rule: Possessive adjective is changed to masculine, infront of feminine nouns beginning with vowels.}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.48 cm} x{3.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Demonstrative Pronouns \& Determiners}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ce (p)/Cette (f) & This/That \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Ces & These/Those \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Celui (m)/Ceux (f) & This/That one \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Celle (m)/Celles (f) & These/Those ones \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Celui/Ceux/Celle(s) are the pronouns; adding suffixes -ci and -là, to the end distinguishes object distance. \newline {\bf{-ci = this/these. \& -là = that/those.}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Grammar - à \& de}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{\{\{ac\}\}Generally, à means "to," "at," or "in," while de means "of" or "from".\{\{nl\}\}However, both have more uses.}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{\{\{ac\}\}Uses of à:}} & {\emph{e.g}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Location/Destination & Je vais à Paris (I'm going to Paris) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Distance & C'est à 5 minutes (It's 5mins away) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Possession & Ce livre est à Jean (This is Jean's book) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Purpose & Une tasse à thé (a cup for tea) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Characteristics & Un enfant aux yeux bleus (a blue-eyed child) \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Measurement & Payer à la semaine (to pay weekly) \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Uses of {\bf{de}}: & {\emph{e.g}} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Origin & Partir de Paris (to leave from Paris) \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Belonging & Le livre de Paul (Paul's book) \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ac\}\}Contents & Une tasse de thé (a cup of tea) \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}