"A practical course"--Cover

1. Asking for and giving directions -- 2. Identifying people and things -- 3. Asking about availability -- 4. Talking about location -- 5. Stating choice and preference -- 6. Talking about the present -- 7. Talking about routine and habit -- 8. Talking about possibility and asking permission ; 9. Giving orders and instructions -- 10. Talking about possession -- 11. Talking about events and actions in the past -- 12. Describing the past -- 13. Talking about the future -- 14. Talking about wants and preferences -- 15. Describing processes and procedures -- 16. Talking about likes and dislikes -- 17. Asking for and giving an opinion -- 18. Expressing an obkligation or need -- 19. Expressing emotions and uncertainty -- 20. Expressing wishes or polite requests -- 21. Expressing regrets -- 22. Expressing conditions -- Grammar appendix (1. Nouns with irregular plurals ; 2. Adjectives which take different forms ; 3. Comparison ; 4. Pronouns ; 5. Indefinites ; 6. Quantity ; 7. Relative pronouns ; 8. Prepositions ; 9. Negatives ; 10. Interrogatives ; 11. Conjunctions ; 12. Linking parts of sentences ; 13. Verbs extra ; Verb tables)

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Originally published as Teach yourself Italian grammar, 2000