Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Vocabulary, Second Edition

Practice Make Perfect: Italian Vocabulary, Second Edition by Daniela Gobetti

Master the words and phrases necessary for handling everyday situations

Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Vocabulary helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for an increasing vocabulary, you are able to perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence to communicate well in Italian.

Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Vocabulary offers you:

• More than 250 exercises
• Concise grammatical explanations
• A new chapter on contemporary vocabulary
• An answer key to gauge your comprehension

With help from this book, you can easily speak or write in Italian about:

• Different occupations and jobs
• Italian holidays and traditions
• Taking the train
• Growing your own garden
• Where it hurts on your body
• Your house
• Your family and friends
• What you studied in school
• Your favorite TV show
• Your family's background . . . and much more!

Table of contents:

• Unit 1 Family
• Unit 2 People
• Unit 3 Body and Senses
• Unit 4 Emotions and the Mind
• Unit 5 Body Care, Dieting, and Health
• Unit 6 Consumer Society
• Unit 7 Housing
• Unit 8 Living
• Unit 9 Transportation, Traffic, and Travel
• Unit 10 Tourism
• Unit 11 Education and Technology
• Unit 12 Culture and Leisure Time
• Unit 13 Work and Business
• Unit 14 Government, Politics, and Society
• Unit 15 Nature and the Environment
• Unit 16 Measurements, Time, and Dates
• Answer Key

Practice Make Perfect: Italian Vocabulary, Second Edition - About the Author

Daniela Gobetti consults with universities and colleges to internationalize their programs. She is the author of Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Pronouns and Prepositions, Must-Know Italian, and Better Reading Italian.