Edexcel Italian Grammar for A Level
By Derek Aust & Mike Zollo
April 2008
Hodder Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780340968550
363 Pages, Illustrated, 6 1/8 x 9 1/8"
$62.50 Paper Original
Edexcel Italian Grammar for A Level is the comprehensive grammar reference
textbook of choice for students studying for A level. Edexcel Italian 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:
• Meccanismi
provides clear explanations in English with examples in Italian.
• Mettetevi
a punto! Includes graded reinforcement exercises to practice what has been
explained, with a self-check answer key.
• Mettetevi in moto! 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 | ||||
| 3 Articles | ||||
| 4 Adjectives | ||||
| 5 Adverbs | ||||
| 6 The comparative of adjectives and adverbs | ||||
| 7 The superlative of adjectives and adverbs | ||||
| 8 Demonstatives | ||||
| 9 Possessives | ||||
| 10 Personal pronouns | ||||
| 11 Numerals | ||||
| 12 Measures and dimensions | ||||
| 13 The partitive article and other determiners | ||||
| 14 The present tense | ||||
| 15 The imperative | ||||
| 16 The perfect tense | ||||
| 17 The imperfect tense | ||||
| 18 Continuous tenses | ||||
| 19 The future tense | ||||
| 20 The conditional | ||||
| 21 The pluperfect and other compound tenses | ||||
| 22 The past definite tense | ||||
| 23 Past tenses contrasted | ||||
| 24 Reflexive verbs | ||||
| 25 The infinitive | ||||
| 26 Modal auxiliaries | ||||
| 27 The infinitive after prepositions | ||||
| 28 Vebs and their objects | ||||
| 29 Participles and the gerund | ||||
| 30 The passive | ||||
| 31 Impersonal verbs | ||||
| 32 The subjunctive - introduction | ||||
| 33 The subjunctive: influence | ||||
| 34 The subjunctive: emotional and mental reactions | ||||
| 35 The subjunctive: doubt, disbelief and possibility | ||||
| 36 The subjunctive: after conjunctions | ||||
| 37 The subjunctive: other main uses | ||||
| 38 Negatives | ||||
| 39 If... | ||||
| 40 How long for? | ||||
| 41 Prepositions | ||||
| 42 Relative pronouns | ||||
| 43 Questions - the interrogative | ||||
| 44 Exclamations | ||||
| 45 Direct and indirect speech | ||||
| 46 Times, days, dates | ||||
| 47 Prefixes and suffixes | ||||
| 48 Introduction to Italian vocabulary | ||||
| 49 Pronunciation and spelling | ||||
| Key to exercises | ||||
| Verb list | ||||
| Index |
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