Practice Makes Perfect Basic Spanish | Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect Basic Spanish

Authors: Dorothy Richmond

Published: December 2008

eISBN: 9780071642231 0071642234 | ISBN: 9780071458054

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

I

1 Definite articles · Family

2 Indefinite articles · Around the house

3 Yo tengo and yo quiero · Animals

4 The use of hay · The classroom

5 Subject pronouns · Common -ar verbs · Regular -ar verbs · Days of the week

Cumulativo 1 Lecciones 1–5

II

6 Clothing · -Ar verb endings

7 Regular -er verbs · Food and drink

8 -Er verb endings · Common -er verbs

9 Forms of adjectives · Colors · Expressing “I like”

10 Descriptive adjectives · Expressing “more than”

Cumulativo 2 Lecciones 6–10

III

11 Regular -ir verbs · Common -ir verbs

12 Asking questions · Interrogatives

13 Ser · Professions

14 Possessive adjectives · Using ser

15 Tener · Things in the house

Cumulativo 3 Lecciones 11–15

IV

16 Estar · Locations

17 Moods · Expressing emotions

18 Using estar · Physical condition

19 Querer · More clothing

20 Numbers · Expressing age · Idioms with tener · Using tener que

Cumulativo 4 Lecciones 16–20

V

21 Hacer · Weather

22 Telling time

23 Jugar · Sports and games

24 Ir · Contractions · Transportation

25 Five sensing verbs · Things to read

Cumulativo 5 Lecciones 21–25

VI

26 Poder · Adverbs

27 Two-verb constructions · Adverbs of time

28 Two-verb questions · More food

29 Comparative adjectives · Comparisons

30 Preposition + verb · Things in the house

Cumulativo 6 Lecciones 26–30

VII

31 Demonstrative adjectives · Common stem-changing -ar verbs

32 -Ar verbs with o > ue stem change · Unwritten “it”

33 -Er and -ir verbs with o > ue stem change

34 Verbs with e > ie stem change · Miscellaneous words

35 Double negatives

Cumulativo 7 Lecciones 31–35

VIII

36 Direct object pronouns · More professions

37 Saber

38 Conocer · Personal a · Schools of thought

39 Saber and conocer

40 Possession with de

Cumulativo 8 Lecciones 36–40

IX

41 Reflexive pronouns · Reflexive verbs

42 Reflexive -ar verbs · Articles in the bathroom

43 E > i stem-changing verbs · Measurements

44 Irregular yo forms · Ponerse and quitarse · More clothing

45 Indirect object pronouns · Dar

Cumulativo 9 Lecciones 41–45

X

46 Para · Pronouns after prepositions

47 Por

48 Para and por · Emotions · Idioms with por

49 Gustar · Verbs like gustar · Parts of the body

50 Ir + a + infinitive · Expressions of future time

Cumulativo 10 Lecciones 46–50

Cumulative paragraphs

Answer key

English-Spanish glossary

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Index