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

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  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.

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  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 [30-2, 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 [43-4] 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 [50-2] 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 [69-70] 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 [80-2] 15

  26 The partitive genitive [83-4] 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 [121-2] 35

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

  49 The demonstrative pronouns and [125-6] 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 parts of speech which can also function as pronouns [143] 44

  The Adjective 45

  The Long Form of the Adjective

  59 'Mixed' declension [146] 45

  60 Soft-ending adjectives [147] 45

  61 Formation of adjectives from nouns: the suffixes - -, - -and -ö-/-e - [148] 46

  62 Attributive use of the long adjective [155] 46

  63 Use of the long adjective with predicative meaning [156] 48

  Revision exercises: declension of adjectives 48

  The Short Form of the Adjective

  64 Endings of the short form of the adjective [159] 50

  65 The mobile vowels - -, -o- and - - in the masculine short form [161] 50

  66 Some special short forms [162] 50

  67 Short forms: pairs of opposites [168] 51

  68 Adjectives of dimension [169] 51

  69 Delimitation of meaning by the oblique case of a noun or pronoun [170] 52

  70 Delimitation of meaning by a prepositional phrase [171] 53

  Revision exercises: short-form and long-form adjectives 53

  The Comparative Degree of the Adjective

  71 The attributive comparative with ó [177] 55

  72 One-word attributive comparatives [178] 56

  73 Predicative comparative forms in - [179] 56

  74 Comparative short forms in -e in predicative meaning [180-1] 57

  75 Constructions with the comparative [182] 58

  76 Other functions of the short-form comparative [184] 59

  The Superlative Degree of the Adjective

  77 The superlative degree with á [185] 60

  78 b I and **** [186] 60

  The Numeral 61

  Cardinal, Collective and Indefinite Numerals

  79 The cardinal numeral [190] 61

  80 Declension of cardinal numerals [191] 62

  81 The numeral **, á, ó, ** [193] 62

  82 á/ **b I, / , **, H , ó /ó [194] 63

  83 Numerals five and above [195] 64

  84 Agreement of oblique cases of numerals á/ b I to 999 with oblique plural forms of nouns [196] 65

  85 Declension of compound numerals [198] 66

  86 Collective numerals [200] 67

  87 Indefinite numerals [201] 68

  88 Agreement of the predicate with a subject that contains a numeral [202] 69

  Ordinal Numerals

  89 Formation of ordinal numerals. Usage [203-4] 70

  Special Functions of Numerals

  90 Telling the time [206] 71

  91 Giving the date [207] 73

  92 Numerals in compound nouns and adjectives [211] 74

  The Verb 75

  Conjugation

  93 First-conjugation verbs with stems ending in a vowel [215] 75

  94 First-conjugation verbs with consonant stems I [216] 77

  95 First-conjugation verbs with consonant stems II: verbs in - with consonant mutation throughout conjugation [217] 78

  96 First-conjugation verbs with consonant stems III: verbs in - , - /- , - [218] 79

  97 Present-future endings in the second conjugation [220-1] 81

  98 Consonant change in the conjugation of second-co…