Nanni-Tate - Italian Grammar Drills

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You will be able to work at your own pace while focusing on those aspects of grammar that you feel require most of your attention. Each of the books nineteen chapters features concise explanations of various grammar topics. And each chapter includes a variety of exercises that will reinforce your ability to manipulate the Italian language and give you an opportunity to immediately apply what you have learned. You can find answers to all exercises in the Answer Key at the back of this book. When using this book, you can follow the order presented or skip a chapter and return to it at a later time. Once youve worked your way through Italian Grammar Drills, not only will you find yourself confidently on your way to fluency, but you will also find that this book will remain a unique resource any time you need to clarify or review essential grammatical concepts.

Sometimes learning a new language may appear to be an insurmountable and tedious task, but the students who stay with it and master the grammar will find it a satisfactory and gratifying experience. How exciting to be able to communicate in Italian and appreciate the language of Italy and its people! My hope and intent in writing Italian Grammar Drills is to give you a basic tool for understanding, speaking, reading, and writing basic Italian, whether you are learning the language on your own or with an instructor. I am proud and excited to help students learn such a beautiful language. I will never tire of the excitement I feel when I see students wanting to learn Italian and then mastering it through study and practice. It has been my pleasure and privilege to have written Italian Grammar Drills.

It is important to know the gender of a noun in order to accompany it with the right articleil, lo, or la (the) or uno or una (a)and the right adjective (definite and indefinite articles are discussed in depth in ). The other words in a sentence that refer to the noun must agree in gender and number with that noun. Italian makes it easy to learn the gender of a noun: The nouns ending often reveals whether it is masculine or feminine. Most nouns ending in -o are masculine and most nouns ending in -a are feminine. There are a few exceptions. Some nouns ending in -a are masculine such as: Nouns of Greek origin ending in -ma are also masculine.

For example: And some nouns ending in -o are feminine: