Inside This Unit: The Full Breakdown
Theme 3 (Beauty & Aesthetics) adds the future and conditional, comparatives/superlatives, and relative pronouns.
Why it matters
These structures let you express opinions and comparisons about art and culture.
Key concepts
- Conditional (je voudrais) for politeness/hypotheticals.
- plus/moins/aussi … que for comparison; le plus … for superlative.
- qui (subject) / que (object) relative pronouns.
Comparing and Hypothesizing
Form the future and conditional, compare with plus/moins/aussi … que, and join clauses with qui/que while discussing Francophone arts. Use the conditional for nuance and politeness.
AP exam tip
Use the conditional and comparatives to add sophistication to opinion writing.
Connections to other units
- Theme 2: Builds on tense control.
- Theme 4: Opinion structures feed argumentation.
