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Richmond, Dorothy. Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Vocabulary, 2nd Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2012.

Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Vocabulary, 2nd Edition

Authors: Dorothy Richmond

Published:  October 2012

eISBN: 9780071804134 0071804137 | ISBN: 9780071804127
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preliminary matters
  • The Spanish alphabet and its pronunciation
  • Stress and accent marks
  • Plurals
  • Diphthongs
  • Punctuation marks
  • Cognates
  • Basic greetings
  • Highly useful data
  • 1 The basics
  • Definite articles
  • Indefinite articles
  • Yo tengo..., yo quiero...
  • Está, the “is” of location
  • The use of hay
  • Vocabulary Building: The diminutive suffixes -ito and -ita
  • Standard orthographic changes
  • Cracking the gender code
  • Vocabulary
  • Family and friends
  • The animal kingdom
  • Around the house
  • Some basic words
  • The numbers 0–10
  • Está
  • Words of location
  • Items in and around the house
  • 2 Regular verbs
  • Conjugation of regular -ar verbs
  • Deleting the understood subject pronoun
  • Conjugation of regular -er verbs
  • Qualitative adjectives
  • Conjugation of regular -ir verbs
  • Vocabulary building: The suffix -ería
  • Vocabulary
  • Common -ar verbs
  • Places of employment
  • Musical instruments
  • Common -er verbs
  • Food and drink
  • Colors
  • Common qualitative (descriptive) adjectives
  • Cognate adjectives
  • Common -ir verbs
  • In and around the school
  • Stores
  • 3 Asking questions
  • Simple questions
  • Negative responses
  • Complex questions
  • Negative questions
  • Questions of quantity and limitation
  • The contractions al and del
  • Street addresses
  • Vocabulary Building: The suffixes -ero and -era
  • Vocabulary
  • Items of clothing
  • Fabrics and material
  • Clothing: parts and decorations
  • Tourist sites: buildings
  • More tourist sites
  • Cooking phrases that use al
  • Directions on a map
  • 4 Irregular verbs
  • Jugar (to play [a game])
  • Poder (to be able to) and querer (to want)
  • Tener (to have)
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Ir, salir, and venir: three irregular verbs of motion
  • Hacer (to do, make)
  • The five senses: oír (to hear), oler (to smell), probar (to taste), ver (to see), tocar (to touch)
  • Direct object pronouns
  • The personal a
  • Poner (to put, place)
  • Dar (to give) and decir (to say, tell)
  • Indirect object pronouns
  • Vocabulary Building: The suffixes -era and -ero
  • Vocabulary
  • Sports and games
  • Sports matters
  • Means of transportation
  • Idioms with hacer
  • The weather
  • Types of books and things to read
  • Professions
  • Household items/fixtures
  • Verbs of communication and the movement/transfer of objects
  • 5 The verbs ser and estar (to be)
  • Conjugation of ser and estar
  • Uses of estar
  • Preposition + infinitive
  • Demonstrative adjectives
  • Uses of ser
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Comparisons with ser and estar
  • Neuter demonstrative pronouns
  • Vocabulary Building: Suffixes that denote origin and/or nationality
  • Vocabulary
  • Emotional states and moods
  • Physical conditions
  • Physical appearance
  • Results of action
  • Adverbs and prepositions of location
  • The clock
  • Time expressions
  • Significant dates of the year
  • Relationships
  • Personality descriptions
  • Advertising
  • Situational descriptions
  • 6 Saber and conocer
  • Saber and conocer (to know)
  • Adding object pronouns to the infinitive
  • Pedir and preguntar (to ask)
  • Sacar, tomar, llevar, quitar (to take)
  • Completar, terminar, cumplir, acabar (de) (to complete, finish, or end)
  • Formation of adverbs
  • Vocabulary Building: Compound words
  • Vocabulary
  • In the laboratory
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics and mechanics
  • Electricity
  • The arts
  • Art styles and movements
  • Art class
  • Music
  • Theater and movies
  • Television and radio
  • Communications
  • Computers
  • 7 Stem-changing verbs
  • Stem-changing verbs
  • Vocabulary building: The suffix -ismo
  • Vocabulary building: The suffix -ista
  • Weights and measures
  • Vocabulary Building: The suffix -ado/-ada
  • Vocabulary
  • Life and death
  • The press
  • Politics and government
  • Politicians
  • International politics
  • Shopping
  • Weight, density, and liquid measures
  • Length and shape
  • Geometric shapes
  • Expressions of quantity
  • Containers
  • 8 Reflexive verbs
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Ponerse, hacerse, volverse a, convertirse en, llegar a ser (to become)
  • Gustar
  • Verbs that take an indirect object pronoun
  • Doler
  • Vocabulary Building: The medical suffixes -itis and -osis
  • Vocabulary
  • Common reflexive verbs
  • The human body
  • Addiction and violence
  • Religion 101
  • Religion 102
  • Social issues
  • Cooking
  • The emergency room
  • Personal hygiene
  • In the doctor’s office
  • Medical specialists
  • In the dentist’s office
  • In the optician’s office
  • 9 Para and por
  • Para and por
  • Vocabulary Building: The suffix -ario
  • Reciprocal pronouns
  • Vocabulary
  • Travel
  • Road travel
  • Travel by plane
  • Travel by train
  • Travel by boat
  • Streets and roads
  • Vacations and camping
  • At the hotel
  • Language
  • Listening and talking
  • Reading and writing
  • Postsecondary education
  • Geography
  • The environment and the ecosystem
  • War and peace
  • Weapons
  • Military personnel
  • 10 The passive voice and negatives
  • The passive voice
  • Negatives
  • Vocabulary
  • Crime
  • Trial and sentencing
  • At work
  • In the office
  • In the factory
  • In the toolshed
  • Business
  • Banking and the economy
  • Social life
  • Answer key
  • Subject and vocabulary index
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  • B
  • C
  • D
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  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
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