Intermediate Russian : a grammar and workbook / John Murray and Sarah Smyth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, John (John Damian), author.

Contributor:

Smyth, Sarah.

Series:

Grammar workbooks.

Grammar workbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Russian language.

Russian language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<EM>Intermediate Russian</EM> provides a reference grammar and related exercises in one volume. Varied texts from Russian sources give an insight into contemporary Russian society and culture. Features include: <BR>* texts and exercises reflecting contemporary Russian<BR>* concise grammar explanations<BR>* full exercise key <BR>* detailed index.<BR><EM>Intermediate Russian</EM>, and its sister volume, <EM>Basic Russian</EM>, are ideal both for independent study and use in class. Together the books provide a compendium of the essentials of Russian grammar.

Contents:

Cover; Intermediate Russian; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Sources; Part 1 Counting the years; 1 Counting things; сколъко; много/мало; Numerals and nouns; Collective numerals; 2 Dative case; Expression of age; Adverbs of time; Expressing the interval of time prior/subsequent to an event; 3 Ordinal numbers; Dates; Telling the time; 4 Aspect; Imperfective in a general enquiry or statement; так и не + perfective; 5 Revision; Part 2 Making plans; 6 Plans for the future

Imperfective and perfective future tense Suggesting a course of action or inviting someone to do somethingSuggesting a course of action or inviting someone to do something; Reaching a consensus; 7 Expressing possibility and impossibility; можно/нельзя; Expressing pleasure/displeasure; 8 Expressing desire; хотеть/хотеться; собираться + infinitive; 9 Expressing necessity; надо/не надо; нельзя + imperfective/perfective; надо + imperfective/perfective; должен; 10 'If' and 'when' (naming conditions); когда; если/как только; 11 Revision; Part 3 Getting things done; 12 Expressing desire: subjunctive

чтобы13 Imperative; Imperfective imperative; Perfective imperative; Speaking on the telephone; пусть/пускай; 14 Asking for and giving directions; через; 15 Giving advice, suggesting and agreeing; советовать/посоветовать; не стоит; чтобы; 16 Revision; Part 4 Going places; 17 Past tense; ходил vs. пошёл; ездил vs. поехал; 18 'On one's way'; идти/ехать; Adverbs: ещё, ещё не, уже, уже не(т); 19 Time spent travelling; идти/ехать in past tense (2); Indefinite pronouns: -то and -нибудь; 20 Stages in a journey; Prefixed verbs of motion; 21 Revision; Part 5 Describing (1); 22 Asking for details

The interrogative: какойRelative clauses: который; Asking questions: ли; 23 Adjectives and adverbs; Hard and soft adjectives; Comparative adjectives; Superlative adjectives; Comparative adverbs; в три раза больше; на три года старше; 24 Long and short adjectives; Adjectives: long and short form; The reflexive pronoun: себя; 25 The weather; Short-form neuter adjective/adverb as predicate; Talking about the weather; 26 Revision; Part 6 Describing (2); 27 Locating things; лежать, стоять and висеть; Adverbs of place; 28 Relocating things; класть/положить, ставить/поставить, вешать/повесить

29 Prepositional phrasesSelection of phrases; 30 Revision; Key to exercises; Glossary of proper names; Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations; Glossary of websites; Vocabulary; Grammar index; Russian index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 12, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-76563-8

0-415-69824-3

0-203-55881-2

1-136-76556-5

9780203558812

OCLC:

852758166