Full Description
Do you want to bring clarity to your communication by:
- getting to grips with the building blocks of Italian?
- learning the right language for the right context?
- speaking and writing with ease and style?
In this course you'll find comprehensive and clear explanations of key grammar patterns and structures reinforced and raised through authentic materials. You will learn how to construct grammar correctly and when and where to use it so you sound natural and appropriate. You'll also get extensive practice through exercises and self-assessments.
This book offers:
- clear learning goals to guide your learning
- comprehension questions to test your knowledge
- language in context sections to demonstrate grammar usage in everyday-life situations
- glossary of grammatical terms and verb tables for easy reference.
Contents
: Introduction
:
Introduction
: How to use this book
: How to use this book
: Glossary of grammatical terms
: Glossary of grammatical terms
: Functional grammar
: Functional grammar
01: Asking for and giving personal information
: 01 Asking for and giving personal information
: 02 Identifying people and things
02: Identifying people and things
03: Asking about availability
: 03 Asking about availability
: 04 Talking about location
04: Talking about location
05: Stating choice and preference
: 05 Stating choice and preference
: 06 Talking about the present
06: Talking about the present
07: Talking about routine and habits
: 07 Talking about routine and habits
: 08 Talking about possibility and asking permission
08: Talking about possibility and asking permission
09: Giving orders and instructions
: 09 Giving orders and instructions
: 10 Talking about possession
10: Talking about possession
11: Talking about events and actions in the past
: 11 Talking about events and actions in the past
: 12 Describing the past
12: Describing the past
13: Talking about the future
: 13 Talking about the future
: 14 Talking about wants and preferences
14: Talking about wants and preferences
15: Describing processes and procedures
: 15 Describing processes and procedures
: 16 Talking about likes and dislikes
16: Talking about likes and dislikes
17: Asking and giving an opinion
: 17 Asking and giving an opinion
: 18 Expressing obligation and need
18: Expressing obligation and need
19: Expressing emotions and uncertainty
: 19 Expressing emotions and uncertainty
: 20 Expressing wishes or polite requests
20: Expressing wishes or polite requests
21: Expressing regrets
: 21 Expressing regrets
: 22 Expressing conditions
22: Expressing conditions
: Key to the exercises
: Key to the exercises
: Reference grammar
: Reference grammar
01: Nouns with irregular plurals
: 01 Nouns with irregular plurals
: 02 Adjectives extra
02: Adjectives extra
03: Comparison
: 03 Comparison
: 04 Pronouns
04: Pronouns
05: Indefinites
: 05 Indefinites
: 06 Quantity
06: Quantity
07: Relative pronouns
: 07 Relative pronouns
: 08 Prepositions
08: Prepositions
09: Negatives
: 09 Negatives
: 10 Question words
10: Question words
11: Conjunctions
: 11 Conjunctions
: 12 Linking parts of sentences
12: Linking parts of sentences
13: Verbs
: 13 Verbs
: Taking it further
: Taking it further
: Index
: Index
