¡Acción Gramática!: New Advanced Spanish Grammar

Summary:
¡Acción Gramática! is the new edition of the highly successful grammar reference textbook for those studying Spanish at intermediate level and above. Although updated to include contemporary language together with summary and revision points and a brand new design, ¡Acción Gramática! has retained the approach to grammar learning that has made it the choice for A level and Higher grade students, undergraduates, students in further education and adult learners.

• New edition of this highly successful book
• Contains new features such as summary and revision points whilst retaining the proven structure
• Perfect for any student studying at post-GCSE level

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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