Summary:
Spanish Grammar in Context uses authentic text to illustrate and explain the key areas of Spanish grammar, and then offers a range of exercises for students to test their understanding and to produce effective language of their own.
Aimed at intermediate and advanced learners, and with a key to the exercises provided, the book is suitable for independent and tutor-led study.
Sourced from contemporary literature, newspaper and magazine articles from both Spain and Latin America, the texts are up-to-date and topical, and together with the exercises which have been expanded for the second edition, give students a comprehensive coverage of Spanish grammar.

• Updated with new exercises and texts from around the Spanish-Speaking world
• Uses authentic texts from a variety of sources to illustrate grammar in context
• Presents grammar as an essential tool for enjoying the Spanish language rather than as an end in itself
• Written by a highly experienced author team

Table of Contents:
Part 1 - The Verb
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Perfect tense
Pluperfect tense
Future tense
Conditional tense
The Infinitive
The Gerund
Modal Verbs
Passive and Impersonal Sentences
The Reflexive
Ser and Estar
Present Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive
Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect
Imperative
Part 2 - Grammar Essentials
Articles
Nouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparison
Demonstratives
Possessives
Personal pronouns
Relative pronouns
Negation
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Word order

About the Author(s):
Juan Kattán-Ibarra is a highly-experienced freelance author.
Angela Howkins is Lecturer in Spanish at Dundee College, Soctland.

Readership:
Undergraduate students of Spanish