Practice Makes Perfect_Complete Italian Grammar, Premium Third Edition

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 Nouns and titles Common nouns Gender patterns Spelling adjustments in the plural Mass nouns Proper nouns and titles Grammar in culture 2 More about nouns More gender patterns Nouns of Greek origin Other types of nouns Altered nouns Compound nouns Grammar in culture 3 Articles The indefinite article The definite article Uses of the indefinite article Uses of the definite article Grammar in culture 4 Adjectives Descriptive adjectives Invariable adjectives Position Form-changing adjectives Comparison of adjectives Grammar in culture 5 Pronouns Subject pronouns Object pronouns Stressed pronouns Other pronouns Grammar in culture 6 More pronouns Object pronouns with compound tenses Double pronouns Attached pronouns Grammar in culture 7 Demonstratives The demonstrative of nearness The demonstrative of farness Demonstrative pronouns Indicating words and expressions Grammar in culture 8 Possessives Possessive adjective forms The third-person forms Possessives with kinship nouns Possessive pronouns Grammar in culture 9 Partitives Partitives with count nouns Alternative forms Partitives with mass nouns Partitives in the negative Adjectives indicating quantity Grammar in culture 10 Present tenses The present indicative of regular verbs Irregular verbs in the present indicative The present subjunctive of regular verbs Irregular verbs in the present subjunctive Special uses of the subjunctive Grammar in culture 11 Past tenses The present perfect Irregular past participles The past subjunctive The past absolute Irregular verbs in the past absolute Grammar in culture 12 The imperfect and pluperfect tenses The imperfect indicative The imperfect subjunctive The pluperfect tenses Grammar in culture 13 The progressive tenses The gerund The present progressive tenses The imperfect progressive tenses Grammar in culture 14 The future and conditional tenses The future The future perfect The conditional (present and past) Hypothetical sentences Grammar in culture 15 The imperative Regular forms of the imperative The negative imperative Irregular forms Grammar in culture 16 Reflexive verbs Forms Compound tenses Imperative forms Grammar in culture 17 Prepositions and adverbs Prepositional contractions Uses of the prepositions Adverbs of manner Other kinds of adverbs Comparison of adverbs Grammar in culture 18 Sentences Interrogative sentences Question words Negative sentences Objects Conjunctions and relative pronouns Grammar in culture 19 Numbers The cardinal numbers Telling time The ordinal numbers Numerical expressions Dates Grammar in culture 20 Miscellaneous topics The verb piacere The passive and the impersonal si Other topics Grammar in culture Review exercises Irregular verb tables Italian-English glossary English-Italian glossary Answer key