Summary:
Pracitising Spanish Grammar offers a comprehensive set of varied exercises for developing a greater practical awareness of the language. It is designed as a companion volume to the widely acclaimed A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish by John Butt and Carmen Benjamin, but it can also be used on its own by anyone wishing to improve their proficiency in Spanish. Giving attention to both Peninsular and Latin American varieties of the language, the workbook includes examples of authentic Spanish from journalistic and literary extracts, and from colloquial usage. The exercises are graded in terms of difficulty as follows:
Level 1 - basic drill for revision of essential points
Level 2 - intermediate exercises covering standard usage
Level 3 - advanced assignments and work on non-standard usage
A key to the exercises is provided making this workbook as suitable for private study as for classroom use.

• Accompanies the highly acclaimed A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish
• Provides varied exercises, graded into three ability levels (from basic to advanced)
• Covers Peninsular and Latin American Spanish
• Suitable for classroom study
• Vocabulary will be updated to reflect current use
• The cross references with the new reference grammar will be totally updated

Table of Contents:
1 Nouns
2 Articles
3 Adjectives
4 Comparatives
5 Demonstratives
6 The neuter
7 Possessives
8 Numbers
9 Pronouns
10 Forms of verbs
11 Indicative usage
12 The imperative
13 The Subjunctive
14 Reported speech
15 The syntax of verbal constructions
16 Non-finite forms of the verb
17 Modal auxiliaries
18 Negative constructions
19 Interrogation and exclamations
20 Ponominal verbs
21 The expression of 'becoming'
22 Passive
23 Ser, Estar and Haber
24 Adverbs
25 Expressions of time
26 Conjunctions
27 Prepositions
28 Relative pronouns and nominalizers
29 Cleft sentences
30 Word order
31 Affective suffixes
32 Spelling and punctuation
33 General exercises
Key to the exercises

About the Author(s):
Christopher Pountain is Professor of Spanish Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London.
Teressa de Carlos was formerly a Senior Language Teaching Officer at the University of Cambridge.
Angela Howkins is a Lecturer in Spanish at Dundee College.

Readership:
Undergraduates