Intermediate Russian

<p><em>Intermediate Russian</em> provides a reference grammar and related exercises in one volume. Varied texts from Russian sources give an insight into contemporary Russian society and culture. Features include: <br>* texts and exercises reflecting contemporary Russian<br>* concise grammar explanations<br>* full exercise key <br>* detailed index.<br><em>Intermediate Russian</em>, and its sister volume, <em>Basic Russian</em>, are ideal both for independent study and use in class. Together the books provide a compendium of the essentials of Russian grammar.</p> <p><strong>I. Interacting:</strong> 1. Naming, greetings, congratulating 2. Thanking, apologising, requesting and advising 3. Possession, desire and making suggestions 5. Seeking and giving clarification 5. Identifying and describing people 6. Going places <strong>II. Narrating:</strong> 7. Keeping a diary 8. Memoirs 9. Anecdote 10. Biographical sketch 11. News items 12. Narratives in the future <strong>III. Describing:</strong> 13. Adjectives 14. Pronouns 15. Compound nouns and imperfective gerund 16. Aspects and perfective gerund 17. Negation and numerals 18. Participles</p>