Russian Grammar Workbook

The second edition of A Russian Grammar Workbook provides a
rigorous and hands-on approach to Russian grammar for students who
are intent on mastering the nuance and complexities of this
language.

• Revised and updated version of the popular and comprehensive
  workbook offering detailed coverage of all aspects of Russian
  grammar

• New edition reflects changes in Russian lexis and grammar over
  the past few years

• Features over 230 sets of structured exercises

• Packed with activities ranging from substitution drills and
  multiple choice questions, to grammatical quizzes and translation
  exercises

• May be used independently or in conjunction with Wade's
  A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, 3rd edition; a transparent
  structure links directly to the Grammar for ease of reference
  between the two volumes

Autorentext

Terence Wade (1930–2005) was Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow in Russian Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He wrote 12 books, including Prepositions in Modern Russian (1985), Russian Etymological Dictionary (1996), The Russian Language Today (with Larissa Ryazanova-Clarke, 1999), and A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, third edition (revised by David Gillespie, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). David Gillespie is Professor of Russian at the University of Bath, UK, where he has taught Russian language and culture since 1985. He is the author of 8 books and more than 50 papers on modern Russian literature and film.

Klappentext
"Together with Wade's A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, third edition, to which it is expertly keyed, this carefully updated workbook remains the clearest and most comprehensive learning tool of Russian available for students." Stephen Hutchings, University of Manchester Now updated and revised, the second edition of A Russian Grammar Workbook is an essential tool for serious students of the Russian language.Designed for use as a companion volume to the highly acclaimed A Comprehensive Russian Grammar or as an independent resource, the workbook features detailed coverage of all aspects of Russian grammar. In this new edition, Russian language specialist David Gillespie further refines and updates Terence Wade's original work by reflecting changes in Russian lexis and grammar over recent years. Activities in the text range from substitution drills and multiple choice questions, to translation exercises and a grammar quiz, with all-important grammatical points illustrated and explored in depth. The structure of the book is directly linked to the Grammar, a transparent arrangement that allows ease of referencing back and forth between the two books. It also features a key for students working independently and helpful suggestions for ways to follow up particularly complex issues in greater detail. The Workbook provides a rigorous and hands-on guide to Russian grammar for students who are intent on mastering the nuance and complexities of this language.

Zusammenfassung
The second edition of A Russian Grammar Workbook provides a rigorous and hands-on approach to Russian grammar for students who are intent on mastering the nuance and complexities of this language.

• Revised and updated version of the popular and comprehensive workbook offering detailed coverage of all aspects of Russian grammar
• New edition reflects changes in Russian lexis and grammar over the past few years
• Features over 230 sets of structured exercises
• Packed with activities ranging from substitution drills and multiple choice questions, to grammatical quizzes and translation exercises
• May be used independently or in conjunction with Wade's A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, 3rd edition; a transparent structure links directly to the Grammar for ease of reference between the two volumes

Inhalt
Preface to the First Edition xv

Preface to the Second Edition xvi

The Noun 1

Gender

1 First and second declensions [302, 34] 1

2 Soft-sign nouns [33] 2

3 Common gender [35] 2

4 Indeclinable nouns of foreign origin [36] 2

5 Differentiation of gender through suffixes. Professions [434] 3

6 Animals [45] 4

Declension

7 Animacy [47] 4

8 Nouns which have a plural form only [49] 5

9 First declension: masculine nouns [502] 5

10 Partitive genitive in -/- [53] 6

11 Prepositional/locative singular in -ý/- [54] 7

12 Special masculine plural forms [55] 7

13 First declension: neuter nouns in -o [58] 8

14 First declension: nouns in -e, -, -, - [59] 9

15 Second declension: nouns in -/- [61] 9

16 Third declension: soft-sign feminine nouns [63] 11

17 Declension of neuter nouns in - [64] 12

18 Declension of nouns in -/- [65] 12

19 é and [68] 12

20 Declension of first names/surnames [6970] 13

21 Apposition in the names of publications, towns etc. [72] 13

22 Agreement of , ó etc. [75] 14

Case Usage

23 The nominative [77] 14

24 The accusative [79] 15

25 The genitive [802] 15

26 The partitive genitive [834] 16

27 Genitive and negative [86] 17

28 Genitive and accusative after negated verbs [87] 17

29 Verbs that take the genitive [88] 18

30 The dative as indirect object of a verb [89] 21

31 Verbs that take the dative [90] 21

32 Impersonal constructions using the dative [92] 22

33 The instrumental of function [94] 23

34 The instrumental in passive constructions [96] 23

35 Verbs that take the instrumental [99] 24

36 The instrumental of dimension [101] 24

37 The instrumental as predicate [102] 25

38 Nouns in apposition [103] 26

Revision exercises: case usage 26

The Pronoun 31

39 Personal pronouns [110] 31

40 The pronoun [113] 32

41 The pronouns and [115] 32

42 The third-person pronouns (, á, ó, ) [116] 33

43 The Reflexive pronoun [117] 33

44 The possessive pronouns , , , [118] 34

45 The possessive pronouns ó, , [119] 34

46 The Reflexive possessive pronoun , , , [120] 35

47 , , ó, ó, as interrogative pronouns [1212] 35

48 ó, , and as relative pronouns [123] 36

49 The demonstrative pronouns and [1256] 38

50 and á [131] 38

51 , é, B, á, ó [132] 39

52 ó [134] 39

53 ó [135] 40

54 ó and é [136] 41

55 The 'potential' negative pronouns é, é [137] 41

56 Indefinite pronouns with the particles -, - [138] 42

57 é [141] 44 58 Other...