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1 online resource (viii, 202 pages) : illustrations |
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1 online resource (1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
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Introduction -- Chapter 1: Verbs -- 1-1: Talking about what you do -- 1-1-1: About verbs: what is the infinitive? -- 1-1-2: Groups of verbs -- 1-1-3: Irregular verbs -- 1-1-4: Persons of the verb -- 1-1-5: Fast track: Verbs -- 1-2: Talking about what you are doing now: the present tense -- 1-2-1: Talking about what you are doing at this moment: the present continuous tense -- 1-2-2: Talking about yourself: io -- 1-2-3: Talking to someone younger or someone you know well: tu -- 1-2-4: Talking about someone or something else: lui/lei/Lei -- 1-2-5: Talking about yourself and someone else: noi -- 1-2-6: Talking to more than one person you know well: voi -- 1-2-7: Talking about other people and things: loro/Loro -- 1-2-8: Fast track: Present tense -- 1-3: Negatives, interrogatives and imperatives -- 1-3-1: Negatives: how to say what you don't do -- 1-3-2: Interrogatives: asking questions -- 1-3-3: Imperatives: giving orders, directions or instructions -- 1-3-4: Fast track: Negatives, interrogatives and imperatives -- 1-4: Past tenses -- 1-4-1: Perfect tense: il passato prossimo -- 1-4-2: How to form the past participle -- 1-4-3: Reflexive verbs in the perfect tense -- 1-4-4: Imperfect tense: when to use it -- 1-4-5: How to form the imperfect tense -- 1-4-6: Perfect or imperfect? -- 1-4-7: Past definitive tense: il passato remoto -- 1-4-8: Fast track: Past tenses -- 1-5: Future tense and the conditional -- 1-5-1: Future tense: I will -- 1-5-2: Conditional: I would -- 1-5-3: How to conform the conditional -- 1-5-4: Fast track: Future and conditional -- 1-6: Subjunctive -- 1-6-1: How to form the subjunctive -- 1-6-2: Expressions which take the subjunctive -- 1-6-3: Recognising the subjunctive -- 1-6-4: Fast track: Subjunctive -- 1-7: Other tenses -- 1-8: Fast track: Verbs -- 1-9: Useful expressions using verbs -- 1-9-1: Essere and stare -- 1-9-2: There is/are: c'e, ci sono -- 1-9-3: To have: special uses of avere -- 1-9-4: To know: sapere or conoscere? -- 1-9-5: Impersonal verbs -- 1-9-6: Back-to-front verbs -- 1-9-7: To take, 'to bring' and 'to look for/fetch/meet' a person -- 1-9-8: To remember and 'to forget' -- 1-9-9: Negative expressions -- 1-9-10: Question words and word order -- 1-9-11: Since, 'ago', and 'to have just': da, fa and appena -- 1-9-12: Fast track: More on avere and other useful verbs -- Chapter 2: Nouns And Determiners -- 2-1: Nouns and gender -- 2-2: Nouns and the words for 'the': il, la etc -- 2-2-1: Singular nouns -- 2-3: Nouns in the plural: i, gli, and le -- 2-4: Nouns and the word for 'a': un, un', uno and una -- 2-5: How to tell if a noun is masculine or feminine -- 2-6: How to say 'my', 'you', 'his', 'her', etc -- 2-6-1: My: il mio, la mia, i miei, le mie -- 2-6-2: Your: il tuo, la tua, i tuoi, le tue -- 2-6-3: His and 'her': il suo, la sua, i suoi, le sue -- 2-6-4: Our: il nostro, la nostra, i nostri, le nostre -- 2-6-5: Your: il vostro, la vostra, i vostri, le vostre -- 2-6-6: Their: il loro, la loro, i loro, le loro -- 2-6-7: Your (formal): il suo, la sua, i suoi, le sue, il loro, la loro, i loro, le loro -- 2-6-8: Fast track: Nouns and determiners -- 2-7: More determiners -- 2-7-1: This, 'these', 'that', and 'those': questo/questa/questi/queste/quel/quello/quella/quell/quei/guegli/quelle -- 2-7-2: How much?, 'How many?': quanto/quanta/quanti/quante? -- 2-7-3: Some, 'other', 'all', 'any', 'every', etc |
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Chapter 3: Pronouns -- 3-1: Lo, tu, Lei, lui, esso/essa, 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it': subject pronouns -- 3-1-1: Io, 'I': first person singular -- 3-1-2: Tu, 'you': second person singular, familiar form -- 3-1-3: Lei, 'you': second person singular, polite form -- 3-1-4: Lui (egli), lei (ella), and esso/essa, 'he', 'she', 'it': third person singular -- 3-1-5: Noi, 'we': first person plural -- 3-1-6: Voi, 'you': second person plural, familiar form -- 3-1-7: Loro, 'you': second person plural, polite form -- 3-1-8: Loro, 'they': third person plural -- 3-1-9: Fast track: Subject pronouns -- 3-2: Lo, la, li, le, 'him', 'her', 'it', 'them': direct object pronouns -- 3-2-1: Lo, la, li, le: 'him', 'her', 'it', 'them': La, Li, Le: 'you' -- 3-2-2: Mi, ti, ci, and vi: 'me', 'you', and 'us' -- 3-2-3: Fast track: Direct object pronouns -- 3-3: Mi, ti, gli, le, ci, vi, gli/loro, 'to me', 'to you', 'to him', 'to her', 'to us', 'to them': indirect object pronouns -- 3-3-1: Mi, ti, gli, le, etc: indirect object pronouns -- 3-3-2: Pronoun ne -- 3-3-3: Word order of pronouns: indirect + direct -- 3-3-4: Fast track: Indirect object pronouns -- 3-4: Me, te, lui, etc: prepositional or disjunctive pronouns -- 3-4-1: MI, ti, ci, vi, loro, 'me', 'you', 'us' 'them' and the imperative -- 3-5: Chi?, Che/che cosa/cosa?, 'who?', 'what?': interrogative words -- 3-6: Il mio, la mia, il tuo, la tua: how to say 'it's mine', 'it's yours': possessive adjectives and pronouns -- 3-7: Che, cui, 'who', 'which': relative pronouns -- 3-7-1: Chi, 'the person who' -- 3-7-2: Quello che, quella che, cio che, 'that which', 'what' -- 3-7-3: Il quale/la quale/ i quali/le quali, 'the one(s) which' -- 3-7-4: Il cui, la cui, etc, 'whose' -- 3-8: Questo/questa, quello/quella, 'this one', 'that one', etc -- 3-9: Fast track: Pronouns -- Chapter 4: Adjectives -- 4-1: What is an adjective? -- 4-1-1: Adjectival agreement -- 4-1-2: Regular adjectives -- 4-1-3: Irregular adjectives -- 4-1-4: Adjectives of nationality -- 4-1-5: Colours -- 4-2: Position of adjectives -- 4-3: Fast track: Adjectives -- 4-4: Comparative and superlative -- 4-4-1: Comparing two people or things -- 4-4-2: Superlative -- 4-4-3: Saying 'as (big) as' -- 4-4-4: Irregular comparatives -- 4-5: Fast track: Comparative and superlative -- Chapter 5: Adverbs -- 5-1: Formation of adverbs -- 5-1-1: Regular adverbs -- 5-1-2: Irregular adverbs -- 5-1-3: Adverbs to watch -- 5-2: Fast track: Adverbs |
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Chapter 6: Prepositions -- 6-1: Recognising prepositions -- 6-2: Some common prepositions -- 6-2-1: A, da, di, in and su -- 6-2-2: Per -- 6-2-3: Con -- 6-2-4: Fra -- 6-2-5: Tra -- 6-2-6: Sopra and sotto -- 6-3: Fast track: Prepositions -- 6-4: Other useful prepositions -- 6-5: Expressions of time -- Chapter 7: Conjunctions And Other Useful Words -- Verb tables -- Answers |
| Summary |
Overview: The Grammar Made Easy series is ideal for beginners as well as for those who have some knowledge of the language, and want to learn the basics of grammar and progress beyond the beginner level. The books consist of seven units that present basic grammar topics in an accessible and unintimidating manner. The interactive CD-ROM provides extensive interactive grammar practice, it contains around 220 activities covering all the lessons in the book. Learners can work at their own pace, and will move through the different sections with ease. The CD-ROM can be used with the book or on its own as a revision tool |
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Includes CD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover |
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Text in English and Italian |
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Italian language -- Grammar
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Italian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
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Italian language -- Spoken Italian.
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Italian language -- Self-instruction
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Italian.
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Italian language
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Italian language -- Grammar
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Italian language -- Spoken Italian
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Self-instruction
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Textbooks
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Electronic book
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Wesson, Alan
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9781134673124 |
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1134673124 |
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