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Schmitt, Conrad J.. Schaum's Outline of Spanish Grammar, 5ed. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Schaum's Outline of Spanish Grammar, 5ed

Authors: Conrad J. Schmitt

Published:  June 2008

eISBN: 9780071543965 0071543961 | ISBN: 9780071543958
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  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Nouns and Articles
  • Nouns
  • Nouns ending in -o, -a
  • Nouns ending in -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre, -ción, -sión
  • Nouns ending in -sis
  • Feminine nouns beginning with a-
  • Masculine nouns ending in -a
  • Nouns ending in -ista
  • Nouns ending in -e
  • Nouns that change gender
  • Irregular nouns ending in -o
  • Nouns that end in -or, -ora
  • Compound nouns
  • Diminutives and augmentatives
  • Nouns ending in -ón
  • Foreign words
  • The Indefinite Article
  • Uses of the Definite Article
  • With general or abstract nouns
  • With titles
  • With languages
  • With days of the week and seasons
  • With parts of the body and articles of clothing
  • With weights and measures
  • Contractions of the definite article
  • Special Use of the Indefinite Article with ser
  • A Personal
  • Omission of the Indefinite Article
  • Chapter 2 Adjectives
  • Adjectives Ending in -o
  • Adjectives Ending in -e
  • Adjectives Ending in Consonants
  • Adjectives of Nationality
  • Special Adjectives Ending in a Consonant
  • Apocopated Adjectives
  • Adjectives of Color
  • Comparative
  • Superlative
  • Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives
  • Adjectives with -ísimo
  • Comparative of Equality
  • Comparative of equality with nouns
  • Cardinal Numbers
  • Ordinal Numbers
  • Formation of Nouns from Adjectives
  • Possessive Adjectives
  • Demonstrative Adjectives
  • Expressions ¡Qué! ¡Tal!
  • Formation of Adverbs
  • Chapter 3 Verbs
  • Formal versus Familiar Forms
  • El voseo
  • Present Tense
  • Regular first conjugation verbs
  • Ir, dar, estar
  • Regular second conjugation verbs
  • Regular third conjugation verbs
  • Irregular verbs
  • First-class stem-changing verbs: e–ie, o–ue
  • Second-class stem-changing verbs: e–ie, o–ue
  • Third-class stem-changing verbs: e–i
  • Verbs ending in -uir
  • Special uses of the present tense
  • Imperfect Tense
  • Regular -ar verbs
  • Regular -er and -ir verbs
  • Irregular verbs
  • Uses of the Imperfect Tense
  • Continuing action
  • Mental activity
  • Description in the past
  • Reminiscing or stream of conciousness
  • Reminiscing
  • Stream of conciousness
  • With the time expression hacía
  • Preterite Tense
  • Regular -ar verbs
  • Regular -er and -ir verbs
  • The verb dar
  • Second-class stem-changing verbs
  • Third-class stem-changing verbs
  • Verbs with y stem
  • Irregular verbs
  • Uses of the Preterite
  • Completed past action
  • Verbs with special meanings
  • Differences between preterite and imperfect
  • Future Tense
  • Ir a with infinitive
  • Regular verbs
  • Irregular verbs
  • Conditional
  • Regular verbs
  • Irregular verbs
  • Special Uses of the Future and Conditional
  • Indirect discourse
  • Compound Tenses
  • Formation of the past participle
  • Present Perfect
  • Pluperfect
  • Preterite Perfect
  • Future Perfect
  • Conditional Perfect
  • The Subjunctive
  • Formation of the Present Subjunctive
  • Regular verbs
  • Stem-changing verbs
  • Irregular verbs
  • Uses of the Present Subjunctive
  • In noun clauses
  • With impersonal expressions
  • With expressions of doubt
  • Verbs like aconsejar, pedir, rogar
  • In relative clauses
  • After por ... que
  • In indefinite expressions with ... quiera
  • The Imperfect Subjunctive
  • Formation of the Imperfect Subjunctive
  • Uses of the Imperfect Subjunctive
  • In noun clauses
  • With impersonal expressions
  • In relative clauses
  • The Subjunctive with Adverbial Conjunctions
  • Conjunctions of time
  • With aunque
  • Other conjunctions
  • Conjunctions of purpose
  • ¡Quizá(s)!, ¡Tal Vez!
  • ¡Ojalá!
  • Quisiera
  • General note on imperfect subjunctive
  • Present Perfect Subjunctive
  • Pluperfect Subjunctive
  • Sí Clauses
  • The Imperative
  • Formal commands
  • Familiar commands
  • First-person plural command (let’s)
  • The Present Participle
  • Progressive Tenses
  • Present progressive
  • Imperfect progressive
  • Reflexive Verbs
  • Formation
  • Special note concerning reflexive verbs
  • Reflexive versus nonreflexive
  • Reciprocal verbs
  • Special Uses of the Infinitive
  • After a preposition
  • After an auxiliary
  • As a noun
  • Passive Voice
  • With ser
  • With se
  • Chapter 4 Negatives
  • Making a Sentence Negative
  • Common Negative Words
  • Tampoco
  • Sino
  • Special Negative Expressions
  • Chapter 5 Interrogatives
  • Common Interrogative Words
  • Cuál, cuáles
  • Cuál versus qué
  • Chapter 6 Pronouns
  • Subject Pronouns
  • Direct Object Pronouns
  • Lo, los, la, las
  • Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
  • Me, te, nos
  • Indirect Object Pronouns
  • Le, les
  • Le for les
  • Leísmo
  • Double Object Pronouns
  • Me lo, te lo, nos lo
  • Se lo
  • Position of Object Pronouns
  • With conjugated verbs
  • With infinitives
  • With present participles
  • With commands
  • Special Verbs with Indirect Objects
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • With an indirect object pronoun
  • Prepositional Pronouns
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Que
  • A quien, a quienes
  • El que, la que
  • With prepositions
  • Lo que
  • Cuyo
  • Chapter 7 Ser and estar
  • With Predicate Nominative
  • Origin versus Location
  • Meaning “to take place.’’
  • Characteristic versus Condition
  • Changes of Meaning
  • Passive Voice
  • Chapter 8 Por and para
  • Chapter 9 Special Uses of Certain Verbs
  • Acabar, acabarse
  • Acordarse de, recordar
  • Andar, ir, irse
  • Cuidar, cuidarse
  • Dar
  • Dejar
  • Hacer
  • Hacerse, llegar a ser, ponerse, volverse
  • Jugar, tocar
  • Pensar en, pensar de
  • Poner
  • Quedar
  • Saber, conocer
  • Servir para, servir de, servirse de
  • Tener
  • Volver, devolver, envolver
  • Answers to Exercises
  • Verb Charts