Advanced Spanish Step-by-Step | Step-by-Step

Advanced Spanish Step-by-Step

Authors: Barbara Bregstein

Published: December 2011

eISBN: 9780071768740 0071768742 | ISBN: 9780071768733

Contents

Preface

I: Ser and Estar; Present, Preterit, and Imperfect Tenses; Progressive Tenses; Present Subjunctive; Commands

1 Ser and Estar and the Present Tense

Estar (to be)

Ser (to be)

Reading Comprehension: Machu Picchu

2 Ser and Estar in the Preterit and Imperfect Tenses

Preterit Tense

Imperfect Tense

Regular Verbs in the Preterit

Irregular Verbs in the Preterit

Regular Verbs in the Imperfect

Irregular Verbs in the Imperfect

Comparison of Preterit and Imperfect

Reading Comprehension: Marianela

3 The Present Progressive Tense

Gerund Formation

Formation of the Present Progressive Tense

Use of the Present Progressive Tense

Placement of Object Pronouns

Uses of the Gerund with Verbs Other Than estar

Reading Comprehension: La parada del bus

4 The Past Progressive Tenses

The Imperfect Progressive Tense

The Preterit Progressive Tense

Reading Comprehension: El hospital

5 The Present Subjunctive

Formation of the Present Subjunctive

Uses of the Present Subjunctive

Other Tenses That Cause the Present Subjunctive

Reading Comprehension: El juicio

6 Commands

Affirmative tú Commands

Negative tú Commands

Ud. and Uds. Commands

Other Ways of Asking People to Do Things

Reading Comprehension: Perdida en Nicaragua

The nosotros Command: “Let us . . .”

Affirmative vosotros Commands

Negative vosotros Commands

Reading Comprehension: La Noche de Brujas

II: Nouns, Articles, Adjectives, Pronouns; Present and Past Perfect Tenses

7 Nouns, Articles, Adjectives, and Pronouns

Nouns and Articles

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

Reading Comprehension: Mi viaje

The Neuter lo + Adjective Used as a Noun

Adjectives Used as Nouns

Pronouns Used as Nouns

Pronunciation Practice: Los maderos de San Juan

Reading Comprehension: Lo fatal

8 The Present Perfect Tense

Formation of the Past Participle

Formation of the Present Perfect Tense

Uses of the Present Perfect Tense

Placement of Object Pronouns with the Present Perfect Tense

Use of the Infinitive haber and the Past Participle

Reading Comprehension: El apartamento

9 The Past Perfect Tense

Formation of the Past Perfect Tense

Uses of the Past Perfect Tense

Reading Comprehension: El sueño

Reading Comprehension: Recordando Nicaragua

The Past Participle as an Adjective

The Past Participle with ser and the Passive Voice

Reading Comprehension: El conde Lucanor

III: Future and Conditional Tenses; Past Subjunctive; Idioms

10 The Future Tense

Formation of the Future Tense

Uses of the Future Tense

The Future Progressive Tense

The Future Perfect Tense

Reading Comprehension: El porvenir

11 The Conditional Tense

Formation of the Conditional Tense

Uses of the Conditional Tense

The Conditional Progressive Tense

The Conditional Perfect Tense

Reading Comprehension: ¿Qué haría Ud. en las siguientes situaciones?

12 The Present Perfect Subjunctive

Formation of the Present Perfect Subjunctive

Uses of the Present Perfect Subjunctive

Reading Comprehension: La isla en el Caribe

13 The Imperfect Subjunctive

Formation of the Imperfect Subjunctive

Uses of the Imperfect Subjunctive

Reading Comprehension: El barco económico

Reading Comprehension: Xochicalco

14 The Past Perfect Subjunctive

Formation of the Past Perfect Subjunctive

Uses of the Past Perfect Subjunctive

Reading Comprehension: Su punto de vista

15 Idioms

Idioms with Prepositions

Idioms with Verbs

Time Expressions

Reading Comprehension: La defensa de Sócrates

Appendix: List of Verbs

Answer Key

Index