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Build up your Italian grammar skills and communicate with ease

The only way to boost your confidence in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. From the present tense of regular verbs to direct object pronouns, this comprehensive guide and workbook covers all aspects of Italian grammar that you need to master.

Focusing on the practical aspects of Italian as it's really spoken, each unit of Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian Grammar features clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and lots of engaging exercises.

Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian Grammar makes mastering grammar easy with:

Clear, down-to-earth, easy-to-follow explanations that make even the most complex principles easy to understand
Example sentences that illustrate and clarify each grammatical point
Dozens of exercises in formats suited to every learning style
Practical and high-frequency vocabulary used throughout
A detailed answer key for quick, easy progress checks
With help from this book, you can effortlessly use:
Possessive adjectives • Relative pronouns • Gerunds • Expressions of time • The passive and the impersonal Si * The subjunctive mood * Question words

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0071603670
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978-0071603676
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McGraw-Hill Education
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16 Nov. 2008
Language

Italian
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20.96 x 1.27 x 27.31 cm
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304 pages
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Education (16 Nov. 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ Italian
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071603670
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071603676
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.96 x 1.27 x 27.31 cm

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Professor Marcel Danesi, PhD. is a Professor and undergraduate coordinator in the Department of Semeiotics and Communication, and Anthropology at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. He also holds an appointment at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) as a professor and researcher in bilingual education, and is a director at the Research in Forensic Semiotics (RIFS) Unit at Victoria College. Previously, he has held positions at Rutgers University, University of Rome, and the Catholic University of Milan, and the University of Lugano. Professor Danesi is interested in the ancientness of puzzles and their use in cultures and role in human affairs as tests of intelligence; and popular culture and how they inform social evolution. In addition to teaching, he is an author and editor, having penned several textbooks and books that have been featured in the New York Times, and Toronto Star, including the best-seller The Puzzle Instinct: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life. In 1998, Professor Danesi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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MissyMoonBeam

Yes, practice does make perfect

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 June 2014

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Italian grammar is not easy to learn, but as the books says, 'practice makes perfect' and with all the things students of the language need to remember, especially with regards to genders and plurals, students will need to practice a lot!

I'm a language teacher, so understand how important it is to study the grammar of a language and at a level that is complimentary to the stage the learner is at. This would do very well for Pre-Intermediates (possibly) to Upper Intermediates. It is too difficult for Beginners as, in places, it asks you to draw on language knowledge you may not possess, and it's too easy for advanced learners. This series does actually have an advanced learners' addition though.

This book covers all the parts of speech and their sub-categories, though it could benefit from being more explanatory in places. It also states that you learn the grammar in context - this is not actually so, but it will enable the student recognise certain grammar structures when they are looking at it in context.

Overall, not a bad grammar book at all and one of the better ones on the market.

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Un buon acquisto!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 20 July 2020

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I like the format of this book. There is information, followed by relevant exercises, questions then answers. It’s well set out and encourages you to have a go. The one thing I would mention is that you do need some knowledge of basic vocabulary, grammar. It does move on to more challenging tasks and it helps to look at other Italian resources to compliment your learning, ie short stories, music, newspaper articles, films in Italian. I’m really pleased with my purchase however this is not for a complete beginner.

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Bazza

Very good, but perhaps go for the paper version

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 August 2018

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The book itself is very good. Rules clearly set out, with plenty of immediate examples to give them a reality and with frequent exercises to help fix them in the mind. The missing star is because I have the kindle version and, as is inevitable with any reference book, the format is cumbersome when you want to refer back or forwards. But that is more of a warning than a criticism. The paper version is probably a bit easier to use. On the other hand I have good, readable grammar with no extra weight to my luggage.

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Hampshire_Birdman

Useful addition to a formal course in Italian

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These books are proving useful as they allow us to keep practicing whilst Italian course is closed. Hopefully we will not be too far behind when the course restarts

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Maximusmorpheus

Grammar is nothing to be feared

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 November 2015

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Love using this book to help me with verb conjugations with information about the different tenses. It's great to practice with the exercises it provides in the book. This isn't a scary book and doesn't bore you to death, it tells you quickly what each of the tenses are used for and when to use them. It's not just a whole book of information which will frighten you away. I have tried reading other grammar books and I simply forget what they have told me because they give you so much information that you end up forgetting what you learned, they are just words upon words upon words. This book, however, is more concise and gets straight to the point and makes things simpler to remember and follow

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ADviewsthings

Good drills, but feeds you more than what you know

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 August 2018

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The drills are great, and they have notes at the beginning of each chapter to introduce you to the current topic before drills.

However this book assumes that you already know some Italian (mainly verb conjugation). They gave exercises for pronouns, however the pronouns change the verb conjugation, which I wouldn't know about unless I read ahead. This is my biggest issue with this book. I don't think it's very beginner friendly because of that.

So I wouldn't suggest this book as a "main study book" but rather a book to be used for reviewing what you have already learnt.

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Liz Adams

Clear and comprehensive with exercises which help to embed learning - ideal to revise as well as learn new grammar

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As someone who has been learning Italian informally over a number of years, I found this book very helpful - it covers some of the more tricky grammar areas which it is difficult to get right without repeated exposure to the language, so it is helpful to be able to re-visit grammar and revise the basics as well as learn new areas. It does it in a way which is clear and comprehensive, with exercises which help to embed the learning. A more traditional approach than that used by many of the topic based learning guides currently available.

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pingfloy

Adoro questo libro!

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This is a cracker of a grammar book. I thought that I knew a fair bit of Italian and was happily scribbling answers in on the first chapter, having arrogantly skimmed over the grammar information. Big mistake! This book is really thorough and you have to read everything, concentrate and then do the exercises. If you want real back-up for an Italian class which perhaps concentrates on speaking and listening (or does that modern thing of modules about restaurants, booking hotel rooms, transport etc) then this book will give you the grammar and syntax which will help you to adapt to all sorts of situations.
I recommend it to you if you are serious about extending and deepening your knowledge of the language.

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