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"Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook" comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. Using a wide variety of texts from Russian sources, "Intermediate Russian" enables students to gain an insight into contemporary Russian society and culture whilst strengthening their fluency in the language. Its 18 Units present a broad range of grammatical topics, illustrated by examples which serve as models for the wide-ranging and varied exercises that follow. These exercises enable the student to master the relevant grammar points. Features include:
- texts and exercises reflecting contemporary Russian
- concise grammatical explanations
- full key to the exercises
- detailed index.
"Intermediate Russian," like its sister volume, "Basic Russian," is ideal for both independent study and use in class. The two books comprise a compendium of the essentials of Russian grammar.
List of contents
I. Interacting: 1. Naming, greetings, congratulating 2. Thanking, apologising, requesting and advising 3. Possession, desire and making suggestions 5. Seeking and giving clarification 5. Identifying and describing people 6. Going places II. Narrating: 7. Keeping a diary 8. Memoirs 9. Anecdote 10. Biographical sketch 11. News items 12. Narratives in the future III. Describing: 13. Adjectives 14. Pronouns 15. Compound nouns and imperfective gerund 16. Aspects and perfective gerund 17. Negation and numerals 18. Participles
About the author
John Murray and Sarah Smyth are Lecturers in Russian at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
