3rd Edition
Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook
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.
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
Biography
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.
"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
