Product Description

No more verb trouble! Interactive exercises make mastering Italian verbs a snap!

The Big Green Book of Italian Verbs with CD-ROM includes more than 180 interactive exercises with instant visual feedback on verb conjugation skills, with frequent cross-referencing to the accompanying book. You can also review usage examples and test your knowledge of common verbal phrases and idioms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28181 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• 702 pages

From the Back Cover

Become an Italian verb virtuoso with this unbeatable reference/interactive combo!

The Big Green Book of Italian Verbs with CD-ROM is the most comprehensive resource available for learning and mastering Italian verbs. Designed for beginning through advanced learners, this indispensable guide will help you conjugate verbs with east, enabling you to communicate in Italian confidently.

Inside you will find:

• 555 fully conjugated verbs, listed alphabetically
• Current idioms and expressions for each verb
• The Top 50 verbs, with many examples of their usage in context
• More than 2,700 verbs cross-referenced to conjugation models
• A handy guide to deciphering irregular verb forms

The CD-ROM is a fun way to help you:

• Sharpen your skills with more than 300 interactive exercises, from multiple choice to fill-in-the-blank
• Form verbs and choose the right tenses
• Master common idioms and everyday expressions
• Track and evaluate your progress with a pretest and a comprehensive review test

About the Author

Katrien Maes-Christie, Ph.D., was an assistant professor of Italian at the University of Delaware and is now director of the League of European Research Universities.

Daniel Franklin is an experienced editor of German language-learning titles.

Riccarda Saggese, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Italian at the University of Delaware.

Customer Reviews

Excellent value; excellent book
This is an excellent reference book.

The use and meanings of each of the Italian tenses are explained at the beginning of the book, with examples.

Each of the 555 verbs is listed in alphabetical order, with a whole page (i.e. one side) each, with the verb clearly conjugated in, full, as promised. Below the conjugation are examples of usage, with idioms and related words where relevant. 50 of the most common verbs (often the most irregular and/or most idiomatic) have a second page devoted to examples.

Following the verbs are some exercises with answers to aid learning.

Finally, there is not one, but three indices: an English to Italian verbs index; an index of irregular Italian verb forms, which is incredibly useful if you come across a verb form and you can't work out which verb it is; and an Italian (to English) verb index, listing over 2,700 more verbs cross referenced to one of the fully conjugated verbs.

What more you could ask for in a book of verbs is beyond me, and it's a steal at six quid!

practice makes perfect
Excellent work book. With regular practice, the learning of the (highly complicated) Italian verbs becomes easier...not easy, but it most certainly helps. Repeating the exercises again and again, can only improve the knowledge and use of the verb tenses.

Invaluable
As a beginner in learning Italian, and with a very poor memory, I have found this book absolutely invaluable as a rapid source of information and a great aid to learning.

I haven't really used the CD yet but will do so now that my Italian has reached to stage of using more than the present tense!

Great!