Bilingual Grammar of English Spb

This third edition of this text presents the major grammatical contrasts between English and Spanish in a simple and direct manner that is ideal for teachers of either language. The reworked and expanded text features numerous exercises in each chapter and a new, extensive glossary of grammatical terms.

List of contents

Basic Word Order in English and Spanish
English Verb Morphology
Spanish Regular Verb Morphology
Spanish Irregular Verb Morphology
The Comparative Syntax of Statements and Questions
A Question of Aspect: The Spanish Imperfect-Preterite Contrast
The Spanish Indicative and Subjunctive Moods
English Modal Auxiliaries and Their Spanish Equivalents
English Phrasal Verbs
English To Be vs. Spanish Ser, Estar and Haber
English and Spanish Personal Pronouns
Gustar, Hacer, Tener and Dar
Transitivity, Pronominal Verbs and Indefinite Subjects
The English and Spanish Imperative Systems
The Present Participle (Gerund) and the Infinitive
Passive Constructions
Conditional Sentences and Unreal Comparison
Spanish and English Verb + Preposition Constructions
Nouns and Articles; Possessive and Partitive Constructions
Descriptive and Limiting Adjectives
Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
Adverbs and Prepositions
Interrogatives, Admiratives, Ellipsis and Verification Tags
Spanish and English Contractions
Degrees of Comparison
Relative Words Used Between Clauses
Affirmative Words and their Negative Counterparts
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

About the author

By Sam Hill; María Mayberry and Edward Baranowski

Summary

This third edition of this text presents the major grammatical contrasts between English and Spanish in a simple and direct manner that is ideal for teachers of either language. The reworked and expanded text features numerous exercises in each chapter and a new, extensive glossary of grammatical terms.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Baranowski, Baranowski Edward, Sam Hill, Hill Sam, Mar Mayberry, Maria Mayberry, María Mayberry
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2014
• EAN: 9780761863762
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6376-2
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Spanish, Grammar & vocabulary, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, ELT grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation, LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE STUDY / Spanish