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Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook John Whitlam

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook By John Whitlam

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook by John Whitlam


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Summary

Offers exercises and language tasks for the learners of Brazilian Portuguese. This book provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures. It covers practises on everyday functions (for example - making social contact, asking questions and expressing needs). It is suitable for learners who have a basic knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese.

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook Summary

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook by John Whitlam

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Brazilian Portuguese. The book is divided into two sections:

  • Part A provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures
  • Part B practises everyday functions (e.g. making social contact, asking questions and expressing needs).

A comprehensive answer key at the back of the book enables you to check on your progress.

Modern Brazilian Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners who have a basic knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese, including undergraduates taking Brazilian Portuguese as a major or minor part of their studies, as well as intermediate and advanced students in schools and adult education. It can be used independently or in conjunction with Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide.

John Whitlam is a freelance writer, university lecturer and lexicographer based in Rio de Janeiro. He has authored a number of language teaching books and project coordinated and co-authored three of the best-selling bilingual dictionaries of Portuguese and English.

Table of Contents

Contents. Introduction. Glossary. Part A Structures 1. Pronunciation and spelling 2. Gender and gender agreement 3 Number and number agreement 4. Articles 5. Adjectives and adverbs 6. Numbers and numerical expressions 7. Personal pronouns 8. Demonstratives 9. Possessives 10. Relative pronouns 11. Interrogatives 12 Exclamations 13. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns 14. Negatives 15. Regular verb conjugations 16. Semi-irregular and irregular verbs 17. Gerunds, past participles, compound tenses and the passive 18. Use of the tenses 19. The infinitive 20. The subjunctive 21. The imperative 22. Reflexive verbs 23. Ser, estar and ficar 24. Verbs used in auxiliary, modal and impersonal constructions 25. Prepositions 26. Conjunctions 27. Word order 28. Word formation PART B Functions 1 Social contacts and communication strategies II Giving and seeking factual information III Putting events into a wider context IV Expressing emotional attitudes V The language of persuasion VI Expressing temporal relations

VI Expressing temporal relations

Additional information

GOR013635864
9780415566469
0415566460
Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook by John Whitlam
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2010-10-21
190
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