Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (9) 10
“Nine outta ten!”
Pros:
solid treatment of huge range of grammar and sentence structure topics; plenty of examples of real-life Brazilian Portuguese in use; author focuses on grammar as it’s used by native speakers in Brazil, unlike the standard language of even Brazilian Portuguese textbooks; well organized; great [...]
Jan
7
2010
7
2010
Modern Portuguese: A Reference Grammar by Mario Perini
Dec
21
2009
21
2009
Teach Yourself Portuguese Grammar by Sue Tyson-Ward
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 (6) 7 8 9 10
“Six outta ten!”
Pros:
covers a great deal of grammar up to the later intermediate level; explanations and examples of Portuguese sentences; lots of exercises with variety and relevance to topics; decent balance of both Brazilian and European Portuguese (but not perfect, so proceed cautiously); verb tables and [...]
Aug
4
2009
4
2009
Portuguese: An Essential Grammar (Paperback) by Janet Lloyd
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 (6) 7 8 9 10
“Six outta ten!”
Pros:
abundant examples; great organization; covers all basic topics of beginning & intermediate Portuguese grammar
Cons:
European Portuguese dialect only; no exercises; short, terse explanations leave some to fend for themselves; better as a reference work
Portuguese: An Essential Grammar offers a more traditional approach to Portuguese grammar, [...]
Aug
4
2009
4
2009
Essential Portuguese Grammar (Dover Books on Language) (Paperback) by Alexander da R. Prista
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) 9 10
“Eight outta ten!”
Pros:
price; straightforward explanations; abundant examples; great coverage of basic grammar; handy index and table of contents
Cons:
doesn’t venture beyond intermediate level; cuts out some trickier points; supplementary to a conversation course
Prista’s Essential Portuguese Grammar (not to be confused with the more in-depth Portuguese: An Essential [...]