John Murray - Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible and practical grammar with 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. The 30 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 answer key
• detailed index.

Intermediate Russian, like its sister volume, Basic Russian, is ideal for both independent study and use in class. John Murray and Sarah Smyth are Lecturers in Russian at Trinity College Dublin. John Murray and Sarah Smyth are Lecturers in Russian at Trinity College Dublin.

They are the authors of Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook, also published by Routledge. Other titles available in the Grammar Workbooks series are: Basic Cantonese
Intermediate CantoneseBasic Chinese
Intermediate ChineseBasic German
Intermediate GermanBasic Irish
Intermediate IrishBasic ItalianBasic Japanese
Intermediate JapaneseBasic Korean
Intermediate KoreanBasic PersianBasic Polish
Intermediate PolishBasic RussianBasic Spanish
Intermediate SpanishBasic Welsh
Intermediate WelshBasic Yiddish INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK 2nd edition John Murray and Sarah Smyth

Second edition published 2013
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This grammar and workbook is intended for learners of Russian at an intermediate stage or for those who want to refresh their knowledge of the grammar. It is suitable both for people studying on their own and for those participating in language courses. It is intended not to replace a course book, but to be an additional resource for teachers and learners. This book provides brief explanations and illustrations of intermediatelevel grammatical patterns and ample scope for practising and consolidating intermediate-level Russian structures. In order to use this book, learners should have acquired a vocabulary of about 2,500 words.

Each unit contains a brief explanation of a number of related areas of grammar, illustrative examples of the contexts in which the structures can be used and a selection of exercises. Units are arranged in thematically linked parts, each covering a range of grammatical structures. Each unit also has an independent focus, which allows learners to concentrate on specific areas at appropriate stages in their own progress. Within each unit, the exercises provide systematic coverage of the points under discussion. The final unit of each part places the structures which have been learnt independently in a wider context and offers the opportunity for revision. The six parts are:

• Counting the years which looks at common constructions used when talking about people's lives over time;
• Making plans which introduces common constructions used when planning for the future;
• Getting things done which introduces common constructions used when we want, or want others, to do something;
• Going places which looks at verbs of motion;
• Describing (1) which introduces common constructions used when describing things;
• Describing (2) which continues looking at constructions used when describing things.

Intermediate Russian, which is a follow-on volume from Basic Russian, aims to cover the key points an intermediate learner needs to know in order to speak, read and write correct Russian.

It is not intended to cover all the needs of the more advanced learner. Learners at advanced levels will, however, find Intermediate Russian useful for reference and revision. This workbook is intended to be self-contained. The grammatical exercises are complemented by a key to the exercises, a list of vocabulary and an index. Students are advised to supplement the vocabulary list by the use of a good dictionary for fuller information on individual words, their stress and usage. A list of abbreviations used throughout the book is given at the beginning of the vocabulary.

Personal names which might not normally be found in dictionaries are marked for stress in the glossary.

Several colleagues have given help and advice during the writing of this book. In the preparation of the first edition a special debt of gratitude was due to Irina Mogilina for her careful proofreading and helpful comments. Thanks were also due to Caroline Brooks, Alison Cowie, Aoife Doherty, Annest John, Charlotte Lary, Sarah Marcus, Maeve Moore, David Murphy, Linda Murray, Brd Higgins N Chinnide, Deirdre Nic Ruairi and Kieran O'Reilly, all former students of Russian, who between them read and commented on the manuscript. For this second edition we would like to give very special thanks to Irina Starovoitova for her rigorous proofreading and very helpful suggestions. We would also like to thank the three anonymous reviewers.

We are most grateful to the editorial and production teams at Routledge, particularly Samantha Vale Noya and Sarah May for their encouragement and support. We accept full responsibility for the errors and infelicities that no doubt remain. Finally, we would like to dedicate this book to our students, past and present. For generous permission to use material from their publications, we are extremely grateful to Druzhba narodov, Moskovskie novosti, Nezavisimaya gazeta, Ogonek and Ptyuch. Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge ownership of copyright. The publishers will be glad to make suitable arrangements with any copyright holders whom it has not been possible to contact.

John Murray and Sarah Smyth
Trinity College, Dublin

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