Modern Spanish Grammar: Workbook

176 Pages·1.234 MB·Spanish

by  Kattán-Ibarra J., Wilkie I.

Modern
S
PANISH
Grammar
W
ORKBOOK
Second Edition
Routledge Modern Grammars
Series concept and development – Sarah Butler
Other books in the series:
Modern Spanish Grammar, Second Edition by Juan Kattán-Ibarra and Chris Pountain
ISBN: HB 041527303X; PB 0415273048
Modern French Grammar
Modern German Grammar, Second Edition
Modern Italian Grammar
Modern French Grammar Workbook
Modern German Grammar Workbook, Second Edition
Modern Italian Grammar Workbook
Modern
S
PANISH
Grammar
W
ORKBOOK
Second Edition
Juan Kattán-Ibarra
and Irene Wilkie
First published 1997
by Routledge
This edition first published in 2003
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
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© 1997 Juan Kattán-Ibarra
© 2003 Juan Kattán-Ibarra and Irene Wilkie
TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall
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ISBN 0–415–27306–4(Print Edition)
Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Self-evaluation checklists 3
Part 1 Structures 11
Part 2 Functions 47
Answer key 123
Cross-references to Modern Spanish Grammar 158
Workbook evaluation questionnaire 163
Index of grammar structures 164
Index of functions 166
v

Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their thanks to Christopher J. Pountain of Queens’
College Cambridge for his valuable collaboration in the production of the first version
of this workbook.
vii

Introduction
Modern Spanish Grammar Workbook, Second Edition, like its companion volume
Modern Spanish Grammar, Second Edition is divided into two parts: Structures and
Functions.
The Structures section provides practical exercises on the basic grammar of Spanish, and
it will be a good idea to work from this section if you can identify specific points on
which you need practice (e.g. the subjunctive, agreements, use of verb forms, etc.).
You will find some self-evaluation pages to help you to do this.
The Functions section is organized according to language use in particular situations.
Here you can practise not only the associated grammatical structures, but also set
phrases and ways of doing things, such as apologizing, describing a person, asking the
way, and so on.
The two sections inevitably overlap to a certain extent, although the nature of the
exercises in the two parts is generally different. You will find cross-references between
exercises which deal with similar points or similar uses of language. The Workbook
contains exercises at all levels and aims to be comprehensive in its coverage of the basic
structures of the language. A full key is provided at the end of the book.
The Workbook has been designed to be used independently or as a complement to
Modern Spanish Grammar and full cross-referencing to the Grammar is provided at the
end of the book. You should consult the Grammar for the elucidation of any difficulties
you encounter in working through the exercises: in this way the Workbook can be used
successfully for private study as well as being a convenient resource for taught courses.
Exercises have been graded on a 3-point scale as follows:
(cid:1) easy exercises with basic vocabulary which require little or no manipulation
(cid:1)(cid:1) slightly more difficult exercises which may contain more complex vocabulary
and/or require some degree of manipulation
(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1) more complex exercises using wider vocabulary and requiring grammatical
manipulation.
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