Marcel Danesi

Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian All-In-One

Herausgeber: Danesi, Marcel

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Get six times the language-learning expertise for the price of one book! More than two million students have turned to the Practice Makes Perfect series for a trusted guide to help build their language-learning skills. And, now this bestselling brand offers you all of the tools you need to improve your Italian in one value-packed workbook. Featuring six titles in one volume, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian All-in-One provides a solid foundation of verbs, vocabulary and grammar, and conversational structures. This one-stop resource includes thorough explanations that are reinforced by hundreds of hands-on practice exercises to help you build the skills you communicate in Italian with confidence. A comprehensive index makes it easy to reference all grammar explanations throughout the book. This comprehensive program also offers you extensive support through McGraw-Hill Education's unique Language Lab app. You'll find flashcards sets for all vocabulary lists throughout the book as well as audio recordings for conversation practice. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian All-in-One features: .Six titles in one convenient volume: Complete Italian Grammar; Italian Conversation; Italian Verb Tenses; Italian Sentence Builder; Italian Pronouns and Prepositions; and Italian Vocabulary .An integrated approach that allows you to study at your own level and develop language skills at your own pace .Extensive digital support available via the McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab app .Digital flashcards for all vocabulary lists throughout the book .Streaming audio recordings for conversation practice

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• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 281mm x 225mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1058g
• ISBN-13: 9781260455120
• ISBN-10: 1260455122
• Artikelnr.: 56972381

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Preface PART I: CONVERSATION Introduction to Part I Pronunciation Guide I-1
Making contact Hellos and good-byes Introductions Assistance I-2 Numbers,
time, dates Numbers Time Dates I-3 Getting information Information
Directions On the phone and mobile devices I-4 People Describing and
flirting Character Family relationships I-5 Jobs and homes Jobs Job
interviews Homes I-6 Daily life At the supermarket Shopping Banking I-7
Weather, seasons, and holidays Weather Seasons Holidays I-8 Traveling
Trains and buses Accommodations At the airport PART II: BASIC GRAMMAR
Introduction to Part II II-1 Nouns and titles Common nouns Gender patterns
Spelling adjustments in the plural Mass nouns Proper nouns and titles
Grammar in culture II-2 More about nouns More gender patterns Nouns of
Greek origin Other types of nouns Altered nouns Compound nouns Grammar in
culture II-3 Articles The indefinite article The definite article Uses of
the indefinite article Uses of the definite article Grammar in culture II-4
Adjectives Descriptive adjectives Invariable adjectives Position
Form-changing adjectives Comparison of adjectives Grammar in culture II-5
Pronouns Subject pronouns Object pronouns Stressed pronouns Other pronouns
Grammar in culture II-6 More pronouns Object pronouns with compound tenses
Double pronouns Attached pronouns Grammar in culture II-7 Demonstratives
The demonstrative of nearness The demonstrative of farness Demonstrative
pronouns Indicating words and expressions Grammar in culture II-8
Possessives Possessive adjective forms The third-person forms Possessives
with kinship nouns Possessive pronouns Grammar in culture II-9 Partitives
Partitives with count nouns Alternative forms Partitives with mass nouns
Partitives in the negative Adjectives indicating quantity Grammar in
culture II-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 PART III: VERB TENSES Introduction to
Part III III-1 More on the Present Tense (Presente Indicativo) The
progressive tense Essere (to Be) and Avere (to Have) Fare (to Do, to Make)
Sapere and Conoscere (to Know) III-2 The Imperative (Imperativo) Formal
Commands The Imperative with Object Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns
Additional Ways of Using the Imperative III-3 Reflexive Verbs (Verbi
Riflessivi) Positioning of Reflexive Pronouns Reciprocal Reflexives
Reflexive Versus Non-Reflexive III-4 The Future Tense (Futuro Semplice) The
Future Tense of Essere III-5 The Present Perfect Tense (Passato Prossimo)
The Present Perfect with Avere The Present Perfect with Essere III-6 The
Imperfect Tense (Imperfetto) Comparison of the Present Perfect and the
Imperfect III-7 The Preterite (Passato Remoto) Irregular Verbs in the
Preterite The Preterite of Fare The Preterite of Essere and Avere III-8 The
Past Perfect (Trapassato Prossimo), Preterite Perfect (Trapassato Remoto),
and Future Perfect (Futuro Anteriore) The Past Perfect (Trapassato
Prossimo) The Preterite Perfect (Trapassato Remoto) The Future Perfect
(Futuro Anteriore) III-9 The Present Conditional (Condizionale Presente)
III-10 The Past Conditional (Condizionale Passato) III-11 Compound
Reflexive Verbs (Verbi Riflessivi Composti) III-12 The Subjunctive Mood
(Modo Congiuntivo) The Present Subjunctive (Congiuntivo Presente) The
Imperfect Subjunctive (Congiuntivo Imperfetto) The Past Subjunctive
(Congiuntivo Passato) The Past Perfect Subjunctive (Congiuntivo Trapassato)
III-13 The Passive Voice (Forma Passiva) Verbs Other than Essere to Express
the Passive Voice Alternatives to the Passive Voice III-14 Idiomatic
Expressions (Espressioni Idiomatiche) Idioms with Avere Idioms with Fare
Special Constructions with Fare, Lasciare, Metterci, and Volerci Idioms
with Dare III-15 Verbs and Expressions Followed by a Preposition Verbs and
Expressions Followed by the Preposition a Verbs and Expressions Followed by
the Preposition di Verbs Followed by the Preposition su Verbs Followed
Directly by the Infinitive Impersonal Verbs PART IV: SENTENCE BUILDING
Introduction to Part IV IV-1 Declarative sentences and word order
Declarative sentences Word order in declarative sentences Declarative
sentences with prepositional phrases Declarative sentences with adverbial
phrases or adverbs Negative declarative sentences IV-2 Interrogative
sentences Forming interrogative sentences Interrogative words IV-3
Questions and answers Forming questions from sentences Chi and che cosa
IV-4 Imperatives -are verbs -ere verbs -ire verbs Irregular imperative
forms Addressing groups Lasciare in the imperative form Negative
imperatives Imperatives with object and reflexive pronouns IV-5
Coordinating conjunctions Types of conjunctions Conjunctions ma and e IV-6
Subordinating conjunctions Common subordinating conjunctions Subordinating
conjunctions with indicative and subjunctive moods IV-7 Relative pronouns
Che and chi Cui Il quale Quello che, ciò che, and quanto Quanto, chiunque,
and dove IV-8 Present and past participles Present participles Past
participles Past participles standing alone Position of pronoun with the
past participle IV-9 Adjectives Attributive adjectives Predicative
adjectives Position of adjectives Adjectives used as nouns Adverbial
adjectives Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives IV-10 Adverbs
Position of the adverb Modal adverbs Adverbs of location Adverbs of time
Adverbs of quantity Adverbs of affirmation, denial, and doubt Interrogative
adverbs Comparative and superlative of adverbs IV-11 Pronouns Subject
pronouns Personal pronouns as direct objects Indefinite pronouns Reflexive
pronouns IV-12 Infinitives Tense of the infinitive Infinitive constructions
with aiutare, imparare, leggere, sentire, and vedere IV-13 Passive voice
Venire with the passive voice Andare with the passive voice Si with the
passive voice IV-14 Subjunctive mood Present subjunctive Past subjunctive
Imperfect subjunctive Pluperfect subjunctive Uses of the subjunctive in
independent clauses Uses of the subjunctive in dependent clauses
Subjunctive after the conjunction se Subjunctive in relative clauses PAR T
V: PROBLEM SOLVER Introduction to Part V V-1 Nouns, gender, and number
Categories of masculine and feminine words Masculine and feminine suffixes
Professions Number: Singular or plural V-2 Articles The indefinite article
The definite article Articles and proper names V-3 Adjectives Four-form
adjectives Two-form adjectives Three-form adjectives One-form, or
invariable, adjectives Indefinite adjectives and pronouns Adjectives
describing more than one noun The position of adjectives Possessive
adjectives Comparative and superlative uses of the adjective Equal
comparisons Absolute superlatives V-4 Adverbs Different types of adverbs
V-5 Present and present perfect tenses Regular -are verbs Regular -ere
verbs Regular -ire verbs Present tense irregular verbs Uses of the present
tense (il presente) The present perfect tense (il passato prossimo) avere
as an auxiliary verb Modals and auxiliaries Transitive verbs Intransitive
verbs essere as an auxiliary verb Verbs that can take either essere or
avere Irregular participles V-6 Imperfect and past perfect tenses The
imperfect (l'imperfetto) The past perfect (il trapassato prossimo) V-7
Future and future perfect tenses Irregular verbs in the future tense (il
futuro) The future perfect tense (il futuro anteriore) V-8 Present and
perfect conditional tenses The present conditional (il condizionale)
Irregular verbs in the conditional The perfect conditional (il condizionale
passato) V-9 The subjunctive The subjunctive (il congiuntivo) with
subordinate clauses Present subjunctive of irregular verbs The past
subjunctive The auxiliaries avere and essere The past perfect (or
pluperfect) subjunctive (il congiuntivo trapassato) V-10 The imperative
V-11 Prepositions Simple prepositions Prepositions in other roles Combined
prepositions (le preposizioni articolate) Prepositions and idiomatic
expressions Problematic prepositions V-12 Pronouns Subject pronouns
Direct-object pronouns Indirect-object pronouns Stressed pronouns (i
pronomi tonici) Prepositions + di + pronouns ci ne Double-object pronouns
Appendix: Irregular Verbs Italian-English Glossary English-Italian Glossary
Answer Key McGraw-Hill Language Lab app: Flashcards: 215 sets Audio:
Answers to 235 exercises Audio: 48 conversations