Intermediate Portuguese: A Grammar and Workbook is an accessible reference grammar presenting twenty-two individual grammar points in realistic contexts with practise exercises in each unit designed to reinforce and consolidate learning.
This comprehensive volume takes a grammatical approach which encourages students to familiarise themselves with the grammar points in each unit, using a wide variety of contemporary vocabulary that can be applied to different settings such as work, shopping, tourism, business, education and socialising.
Key features include:
grammar exercises and a full answer key frequent comparative references to English grammar a list of key vocabulary at the end of each unit a glossary of grammatical terms
Providing readers with the essential tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations, Intermediate Portuguese is an essential resource for students with beginner to intermediate knowledge of the language and is suitable for both class-based learning and independent study.
By:
Cristina Sousa
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780415633222
ISBN 10: 0415633222
Series: Routledge Grammar Workbooks
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 18 March 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Unit 1 Relative pronouns Unit 2 The future tense Unit 3 The conditional tense Unit 4 The subjunctive mood Unit 5 The past (or imperfect) subjunctive Unit 6 The future subjunctive Unit 7 The infinitive and personal infinitive Unit 8 The present participle Unit 9 The passive voice and the past participle Unit 10 Verb ‘haver’ Unit 11 Impersonal and unipersonal verbs Unit 12 Commands and the imperative mood Unit 13 Direct and reported speech Unit 14 Conjunctions Unit 15 Prepositions Unit 16 Perfect tenses in the indicative mood Unit 17 Perfect tenses in the subjunctive mood Unit 18 Compound infinitive and present participle Unit 19 Using 'gente/a gente', 'ainda/já', 'tão/tanto', 'tudo/todo' Unit 20 Auxiliary verbs Unit 21 Versatile verbs Unit 22 Revision Glossary Key to exercises
Cristina Sousa holds a PhD in literary translation. She is a translator, proofreader and copywriter and she has lectured in Portuguese Studies at various universities in the UK.
