ABSTRACT

Introducing Italian culture and people through the medium of the language used today, Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook provides readers with the basic tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations.

Presenting twenty-three individual grammar points in lively and realistic contexts, Basic Italian is an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in one, easy to follow volume. Each unit consists of jargon-free explanations and comparisons with English, which focus upon the more common difficulties experienced by learners of Italian.

Features include:

* contemporary examples in both Italian and English

* grammar tables for easy reference

* full exercise answer key

* glossary of grammatical terms.

Basic Italian is the ideal reference and practice book for beginners, as well as for students with some knowledge of the language.

chapter 1|8 pages

Nouns: gender and number

Nouns: gender and number Gender: masculine and feminine

chapter 2|8 pages

Definite and indefinite articles

Definite and indefinite articles Definite article

chapter 3|11 pages

UNIT THREE

Adjectives; possessive and demonstrative pronouns

chapter 4|8 pages

UNIT FOUR

The present tense of essere and avere

chapter 5|10 pages

The present tense of regular (and some irregular) verbs

The present tense of regular (and some irregular) verbs Use of the present tense

chapter 6|6 pages

UNIT SIX

Adverbs

chapter 7|5 pages

UNIT SEVEN

Direct object pronouns (1)

chapter 8|11 pages

UNIT EIGHT

Prepositions

chapter 9|6 pages

UNIT NINE

Questions

chapter 10|5 pages

UNIT TEN

Indirect object pronouns (1)

chapter 11|5 pages

UNIT ELEVEN

Piacere and similar verbs

chapter 12|10 pages

The present perfect tense

The present perfect tense Use of the present perfect

chapter 13|5 pages

UNIT THIRTEEN

Direct and indirect object pronouns (2)

chapter 14|5 pages

UNIT FOURTEEN

Direct and indirect object pronouns (3: stressed forms)

chapter 15|7 pages

UNIT FIFTEEN

Relative pronouns

chapter 16|9 pages

UNIT SIXTEEN

The imperfect tense

chapter 17|9 pages

The pronouns ne and ci

The pronouns ne and ci The pronoun ne

chapter 18|8 pages

The future tense

The future tense Use of the future

chapter |6 pages

UNIT NINETEEN

The past perfect tense Use of the past perfect

chapter |6 pages

UNIT TWENTY

Reflexive pronouns

chapter 21|8 pages

UNIT TWENTY-ONE

The imperative

chapter 22|5 pages

UNIT TWENTY-TWO

The pronoun si

chapter 23|6 pages

The present conditional

The present conditional Use of the present conditional

chapter |19 pages

KEY TO EXERCISES

UNIT 1