Announcing an innovative practical reference grammar, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. This is the ideal reference grammar for intermediate and advanced learners at advanced secondary level and above.

Part A Structures; Chapter 1 Pronunciation and spelling; Chapter 2 Gender and gender agreements; Chapter 3 Plurals and number agreement; Chapter 4 The articles; Chapter 5 Adjectives; Chapter 6 Comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs; Chapter 7 Numbers; Chapter 8 Personal pronouns; Chapter 9 Demonstratives; Chapter 10 Possessives; Chapter 11 Relative pronouns; Chapter 12 Interrogative and exclamatory forms; Chapter 13 Indefinite and negative pronouns and adjectives; Chapter 14 Adverbs; Chapter 15 Negation; Chapter 16 Verb forms; Chapter 17 Use of the verb forms; Chapter 18 Use of the subjunctive; Chapter 19 Sequence of tense; Chapter 20 Other forms of the verb and their uses; Chapter 21 Modal auxiliary verbs and expressions; Chapter 22 Ser and estar; Chapter 23 The reflexive; Chapter 24 The passive; Chapter 25 Prepositions; Chapter 26 Complementation; Chapter 27 Conjunctions; Chapter 28 Word order; Part b Functions; Social contact and communication strategies; Chapter 29 Making social contacts; Chapter 30 Basic strategies for communication; Giving and seeking factual information; Chapter 31 Asking questions and responding; Chapter 32 Negating; Chapter 33 Reporting; Chapter 34 Asking and giving personal information; Chapter 35 Identifying people, places and things; Chapter 36 Describing; Chapter 37 Making comparisons; Chapter 38 Expressing existence and availability; Chapter 39 Expressing location and distance; Chapter 40 Expressing possessive relations; Chapter 41 Expressing changes; Chapter 42 Describing processes and results; Chapter 43 Expressing cause, effect and purpose; Putting events into a wider context; Chapter 44 Expressing knowledge; Chapter 45 Remembering and forgetting; Chapter 46 Expressing obligation and duty; Chapter 47 Expressing needs; Chapter 48 Expressing possibility and probability; Chapter 49 Expressing certainty and uncertainty; Chapter 50 Expressing supposition; Chapter 51 Expressing conditions; Chapter 52 Expressing contrast or opposition; Chapter 53 Expressing capability and incapability; Chapter 54 Seeking and giving permission; Chapter 55 Asking and giving opinions; Chapter 56 Expressing agreement, disagreement and indifference; Part 4 Expressing emotional attitudes; Chapter 57 Expressing desires and preferences; Chapter 58 Expressing likes and dislikes; Chapter 59 Expressing surprise; Chapter 60 Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction; Chapter 61 Expressing approval and disapproval; Chapter 62 Expressing hope; Chapter 63 Expressing sympathy; Chapter 64 Apologizing and expressing forgiveness; Chapter 65 Expressing fear or worry; Chapter 66 Expressing gratitude; Part 5 The language of persuasion; Chapter 67 Giving advice and making suggestions; Chapter 68 Making requests; Chapter 69 Giving directions, instructions and orders; Chapter 70 Making an offer or invitation and accepting or declining; Expressing temporal relations; Chapter 71 Talking about the present; Chapter 72 Talking about the future; Chapter 73 Talking about the past; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of words and topics;