A Spanish Learning Grammar, Third Edition

A Spanish Learning Grammar, Third Edition by Mike Thacker, Pilar Munoz

352 pages, 37 line drawings.

A Spanish Learning Grammar, Third Edition, is an innovative reference grammar and workbook suitable for you, whether you are studying Spanish at intermediate or advanced level.

Its straightforward explanations of grammar are supported by examples with contemporary vocabulary, humorous cartoon drawings, and plentiful, varied exercises, helping you to grasp often complex points of grammar in an enjoyable way.

Its carefully devised two-part structure mirrors the learning process, allowing you to focus on core knowledge first and enabling you to progress confidently to more advanced knowledge at your own pace.

Key features for this third edition include:

• New drawings which illustrate grammar through real-life scenarios 
• New vocabulary bringing you up-to-date with Spanish in the digital age
• Re-ordering of the section on verbs, making the tenses easier for you to find
• Online interactive exercises with audio answers, providing you with invaluable listening and pronunciation practice. 

To aid your understanding, this third edition of A Spanish Learning Grammar also contains a glossary of grammatical terms, useful verb tables and a key to the exercises.

Written in the belief that grammar is the key to real communication, this is an essential textbook for any student of Spanish.

• Its carefully devised two-part structure mirrors the learning process, allowing you to focus on acquiring core knowledge before confidently progressing to a more advanced understanding of Spanish.
• Revised with new vocabulary, such as topical and technological terms, to bring you up-to-date with Spanish in the digital age.
• A thoroughly revised verbs section, re-organised to make it even quicker for you to find key information on the tenses.
• A revised contents page enables you to make the most of the many features of this new edition.
• A glossary of grammatical terms explains often difficult points of grammar clearly to aid your understanding.
• Useful verb tables help you to grasp complex grammar rules more easily.
• A key to the in-text exercises so you can check your own progress.
• New drawings that illustrate grammar points through real-life scenarios, making grammar fun to learn!
• Free access to online exercises with audio answers, providing you with valuable listening and pronunciation practice.
• Common European Framework (CEFR) Categorisation: B2 - C1

Table of Contents: 

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Glossary of Grammatical Terms

1 Pronunciation, Accents, Spelling and Punctuation

2 Articles

3 Nouns

4 Adjectives

5 Comparison

6 Numerals

7 Personal Pronouns

8 Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

9 Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

10 Relative Clauses

11 Interrogatives and Exclamations

12 Indefinites

13 Verbs

14 Present Tense

15 Future Tense

16 Conditional Tense

17 Perfect Tense

18 Preterite Tense

19 Imperfect Tense

20 The Preterite and Imperfect Tenses Contrasted

21 Compound Tenses

22 The Subjunctive

23 Continuous Forms of the Verb

24 If-clauses

25 The Imperative

26 Spelling Changes in Verbs

27 Modal Verbs

28 Gustar-type and Impersonal Verbs

29 Ser and Estar

30 Active and Passive

31 Pronominal Verbs

32 The Infinitive

33 The Past Participle

34 The Gerund

35 Negation

36 Adverbs

37 Prepositions

38 Conjunctions

39 Diminutives and Augmentatives

40 Word Order

Verb Tables

Key to Part I Exercises

Key to Part II Exercises

Index

A Spanish Learning Grammar, Third Edition - About the Author(s):

MIKE THACKER, formerly Director of The Language Centre, University of Surrey, UK.

PILAR MUNOZ, formerly Senior Tutor in the Department of Culture, Media and Communication, University of Surrey, UK.