The distinction between factual and imaginary concessive clauses needs to be made more clearly, and quamvis does not introduce a type of conditional clause, unlike et(iam) si and tametsi (the clue is in the ‘si’). Useful easy practice sentences followed by unseen passages which become progressively longer and more challenging as the students progress.

Am not sure about all the negative things said about this seller by other people,,, because my experience was completely different, totally positive. Grammatical explanations are a sort of updated (but not updated enough) Kennedy - still a little prolix (what's with the notes-within-notes in 8pt?

In fact the tenses used are exactly the same as those for subordinate clauses in indirect speech, which such a table (see point 9) would show at a glance. A well designed guide to Latin after GCSE with lots of exercises; Latin into English and English into Latin. The manuscript tradition shows that Cicero used both the subjunctive and indicative, seemingly indiscriminately, in indirect questions; but the grammarians — or some of them: they often could not agree, sometimes with themselves even — knew better than Cicero (how ironic is that?

Taylor is a firm believer in the value of English-Latin translation: “Translating into Latin may seem difficult at first, but it is the best way to get to know the language properly and to test your understanding of it. I thought that I understood what contribution Latin made to English, but re-visiting the subject through this book has enhanced my appreciation of the part that it has played in modern culture, etc. The changes are even more profound once the book moves from grammar to reading, to reflect the changes in the A level specification. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.So it is perfectly understandable that one would want to make it as simple as possible for the learner.

Although designed as a continuation of Latin to GCSE , it is self-contained and can be used independently. And, as I said, this course would not help them directly to prepare for half of the examination requirements; for that a different sort of book would be needed. Its suitability for its purpose would be best assessed by a current teacher in the English system, but BMCR received no offers of review from this quarter. Finally there is a reference section including a summary of all constructions, a comprehensive grammar, and a vocabulary of 1000 Latin words (with an additional list of 250 common poetic words for verse passages). The Section B (Cicero) passages, divided into (i) lightly adapted passages (5) and (ii) shorter unadapted extracts (10), have only 5-7 lines of Latin.It is amusing to translate a sentence to find it means something along the lines of 'If you had learnt the words this would be easy, children' or 'Surely you do not find this work difficult?

is a series of five longer Readings, the longest amounting to 81 lines: Nepos on Alcibiades, Curtius on Alexander and Porus, Livy on Horatius and Scaevola (two separate shorter passages), Cicero”s Tusculans on the fear of death, and Tacitus on the fire of Rome. Ialsoamlearning-withtwootherseniorladies,allinour70s,andwearenowstrugglingalone,havinglostourlovelyteachertoforeignfields. Excellently presented, good explanations of principles of grammar, followed by well set-out exercises and passages of Latin prose for translation. Finally there is a reference section including a summary of all constructions, a comprehensive grammar, and a general vocabulary of about 1200 Latin words. The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials.

It indicates purpose or fitness (the latter was perhaps its original meaning) in certain uses of gerundival attraction, e. A full grammar section with sentences is followed by many brief, annotated prose passages (Nepos, Livy, Cicero), then a guide to scansion and poetic vocabulary section is followed by a good dose of Ovid, rounded off my lengthier passages from De Bello Gallico and some of the more famous excerpts from Livy. The next sections provide translation and comprehension passages at AS and A-level, including verse unseens, scansion, and a list of 300 common poetic words.