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Edexcel Spanish Grammar for A Level

Phil Turk and Mike Zollo


Paperback
£23.99

ISBN: 9780340968543
Published: 28/03/2008
Extent: 320 pages
Series: EAML


 
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Summary:
Edexcel Spanish Grammar for A Level is a comprehensive grammar reference textbook  for students studying for Edexcel A level Spanish. 

It takes a contemporary approach to language and gives plenty of practice with graded reinforcement exercises. Our contents grid aligns to the latest Edexcel GCE A Level specification, highlighting the language and grammatical structures you need for the AS and A2 exam.

Each chapter covers a specific grammatical point and is divided into three sections:

  • Mecanismos provides clear explanations in English with examples in Spanish.
  • ¡Ponte a punto! Includes graded reinforcement exercises to practice what has been explained, with a self-check answer key.
  • ¡... Y en marcha! offers a range of open-ended communicative activities to encourage and develop the creative use of language using the grammar points covered.

    For the full range of support for Edexcel A Level Spanish see also:
    Student's Book 978 0340 968864
    Dynamic Learning Network Edition DVD-ROM 978 0340 968895)
    Teacher's Resource Book 978 0340 968871
    Audio CD set 978 0340 968888


    • Edexcel's own course for Edexcel's own specification

    • A comprehensive grammar reference book for all students


    Table of Contents:
    Introduction
    1 Grammar - what is it?
    2 Nouns and articles
    3 Adjectives
    4 Adverbs
    5 Comparative of adjectives and adverbs
    6 Superlative of adjectives and adverbs
    7 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
    8 Possessive adjectives and pronouns
    9 Numerals
    10 Measures and dimensions
    11 Times, dates, weather and tener expressions
    12 Pronouns
    13 Infinitives
    14 Present tense
    15 Radical-changing verbs
    16 Reflexive verbs
    17 Future tense
    18 Conditional tense
    19 Imperfect tense
    20 Continuous tenses
    21 Preterite tense
    22 Preterite and imperfect tenses together
    23 Perfect tense
    24 Pluperfect and other compound tenses with haber
    25 Modal auxiliaries: 'must', 'ought', 'should', 'can', 'could'
    26 Gustar and other 'back-to-front' verbs
    27 Prepositions and the infinitive
    28 Participles and gerunds
    29 Imperatives
    30 Ser and estar
    31 The passive and its avoidance
    32 Tenses of the subjunctive
    33 Subjunctive: influence, emotion and judgement
    34 Subjunctive: doubt, disbelief and possibilty
    35 Subjunctive: futurity, purpose and other expressions
    36 Subjunctive: indefinite and negative antecedents
    37 Other uses of the subjunctive
    38 'If...' clauses
    39 Negatives
    40 Prepositions
    41 The personal a
    42 Para and por
    43 How long for?
    44 Relative pronouns and adjectives
    45 Interrogatives and exclamations
    46 Direct and indirect speech
    47 Some special suffixes
    48 Spanish spelling and pronunciation
    49 An introduction to Spanish vocabulary
    50 To put it another way
    Key to the ¡Ponte a punto! exercises
    Verb table
    Index


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