Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook

by John Whitlam, Agripino S. Silveira

Overview

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Brazilian Portuguese, ideal for use alongside the Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar or as an independent resource.

The book is divided into two sections. Part A provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures whilst Part B practises everyday functions, including making social contact, asking questions and expressing needs.

This third edition offers a greater variety of exercises, including exercises designed to practice concepts introduced in the "Notes for Spanish Speakers" sections of the Grammar. Exercises from the second edition have also been revised and expanded upon and a comprehensive answer key at the back of the book enables you to check on your progress.

The Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners who have a basic knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese, including undergraduates taking Brazilian Portuguese as a major or minor part of their studies, as well as intermediate and advanced school, adult education and self-study students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032244426
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/30/2022
Series:	Modern Grammar Workbooks
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	220
Sales rank:	651,990
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Whitlam was a freelance writer, university lecturer and lexicographer based in Rio de Janeiro. He has authored a number of language-teaching books and project-coordinated and co-authored four best-selling bilingual dictionaries of Portuguese and English.

Agripino S. Silveira is Lecturer in Portuguese at Stanford Language Center, Stanford University, USA.

Table of Contents

Part A Structures

1 Pronunciation and spelling

2 Gender and gender agreement

3 Number and number agreement

4 Articles

5 Adjectives and adverbs

6 Numbers and numerical expressions

7 Personal pronouns

8 Demonstratives

9 Possessives

10 Relative pronouns

11 Interrogatives

12 Exclamations

13 Indefinite adjectives and pronouns

14 Negatives

15 Regular verb conjugations

16 Semi-irregular and irregular verbs

17 Gerunds, past participles, compound tenses and the passive

18 Use of the tenses

19 The infinitive

20 The subjunctive

21 The imperative

22 Reflexive verbs

23 Ser, estar and ficar

24 Verbs used in auxiliary, modal and impersonal constructions

25 Prepositions

26 Conjunctions

27 Word order

28 Word formation

Part B Functions

29 Making social contacts

30 Basic strategies for communication

31 Asking questions and responding

32 Negating

33 Reporting

34 Asking and giving personal information

35 Identifying people and things

36 Describing

37 Making comparisons

38 Expressing existence and availability

39 Expressing location and distance

40 Expressing possessive relations

41 Expressing changes

42 Expressing cause, effect and purpose

43 Expressing knowledge

44 Remembering and forgetting

45 Expressing obligation and duty

46 Expressing needs

47 Expressing possibility and probability

48 Expressing certainty and uncertainty

49 Expressing supposition

50 Expressing conditions

51 Expressing contrast or opposition

52 Expressing capability and incapability

53 Seeking and giving permission

54 Asking and giving opinions

55 Expressing agreement, disagreement and indifference

56 Expressing desires and preferences

57 Expressing likes and dislikes

58 Expressing surprise

59 Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction

60 Expressing hope

61 Expressing sympathy

62 Apologizing and expressing forgiveness

63 Expressing fear or worry

64 Expressing gratitude

65 Giving advice and making suggestions

66 Making requests

67 Giving directions, instructions and orders

68 Making an offer or invitation and accepting or declining

69 Talking about the present

70 Talking about the future

71 Talking about the past

Answer key

Index of grammar structures

Index of functions

Editorial Reviews

"Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is very comprehensive and covers all necessary areas expected for Portuguese learners wishing to have a better understanding and command of the Brazilian variant. The author shows a deep knowledge of the many idiosyncrasies of Brazilian Portuguese, always referring to the existing differences related to register and spoken versus written language. Also, the fact that it is divided into two parts (traditional grammar and function-based grammar), which are clearly interconnected in each section, makes it easier for students to look up any information they may need. Learners are provided a set of useful exercises related to both traditional grammar and function-based grammar, which focus on important and often challenging aspects of the Portuguese language."

Dr. José Peixoto Coelho de Souza, Language Tutor in Portuguese, University of Manchester, UK

"Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar continues to be a wonderful supplement to the textbooks that I use in my language courses. It captures and presents problematic instances in an organized format. The examples and brief explanations are clear and relevant. This reference guide is essential for anyone who wants to master a nuanced understanding of Brazilian Portuguese."

Dr. Cynthia A. Sloan, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Spanish, Portland State University, USA

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