Edexcel German Grammar for A Level
By John Klapper & Trudi McMahon
April 2008
Hodder Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780340968536
333 Pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/8"
$62.50 Paper Original
Edexcel Spanish Grammar for A Level is the comprehensive grammar reference
textbook of choice for students studying for A level. Edexcel Spanish Grammar
for A Level takes a contemporary approach to language and gives plenty of
practice with graded reinforcement exercises. Our contents grid aligns to
the latest Edexcel GCE A Level specification, highlighting the language and
grammatical structures you need for the AS and A2 exam.
Each chapter covers
a specific grammatical point and is divided into three sections:
• Mecanismos
provides clear explanations in English with examples in Spanish.
• ¡Ponte
a punto! Includes graded reinforcement exercises to practice what has been
explained, with a self-check answer key.
• ¡... Y en marcha! offers
a range of open-ended communicative activities to encourage and develop the
creative use of language using the grammar points covered.
Table of Contents:
| Introduction | ||||
| 1 Grammar - what is it? | ||||
| 2 Nouns and articles | ||||
| 3 Adjectives | ||||
| 4 Adverbs | ||||
| 5 Comparative of adjectives and adverbs | ||||
| 6 Superlative of adjectives and adverbs | ||||
| 7 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns | ||||
| 8 Possessive adjectives and pronouns | ||||
| 9 Numerals | ||||
| 10 Measures and dimensions | ||||
| 11 Times, dates, weather and tener expressions | ||||
| 12 Pronouns | ||||
| 13 Infinitives | ||||
| 14 Present tense | ||||
| 15 Radical-changing verbs | ||||
| 16 Reflexive verbs | ||||
| 17 Future tense | ||||
| 18 Conditional tense | ||||
| 19 Imperfect tense | ||||
| 20 Continuous tenses | ||||
| 21 Preterite tense | ||||
| 22 Preterite and imperfect tenses together | ||||
| 23 Perfect tense | ||||
| 24 Pluperfect and other compound tenses with haber | ||||
| 25 Modal auxiliaries: 'must', 'ought', 'should', 'can', 'could' | ||||
| 26 Gustar and other 'back-to-front' verbs | ||||
| 27 Prepositions and the infinitive | ||||
| 28 Participles and gerunds | ||||
| 29 Imperatives | ||||
| 30 Ser and estar | ||||
| 31 The passive and its avoidance | ||||
| 32 Tenses of the subjunctive | ||||
| 33 Subjunctive: influence, emotion and judgement | ||||
| 34 Subjunctive: doubt, disbelief and possibilty | ||||
| 35 Subjunctive: futurity, purpose and other expressions | ||||
| 36 Subjunctive: indefinite and negative antecedents | ||||
| 37 Other uses of the subjunctive | ||||
| 38 'If...' clauses | ||||
| 39 Negatives | ||||
| 40 Prepositions | ||||
| 41 The personal a | ||||
| 42 Para and por | ||||
| 43 How long for? | ||||
| 44 Relative pronouns and adjectives | ||||
| 45 Interrogatives and exclamations | ||||
| 46 Direct and indirect speech | ||||
| 47 Some special suffixes | ||||
| 48 Spanish spelling and pronunciation | ||||
| 49 An introduction to Spanish vocabulary | ||||
| 50 To put it another way | ||||
| Key to the ¡Ponte a punto! exercises | ||||
| Verb table | ||||
| Index |
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