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Yates, Jean. Must Know High School Basic Spanish. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.

Must Know High School Basic Spanish

Authors: Jean Yates

Published:  June 2019 Pages: 224

eISBN: 9781260453072 | ISBN: 9781260453065
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • The Flashcard App—with Audio!
  • 1 Pronouncing Spanish
  • Patterns of Spanish Sounds
  • Using Accent Marks—¿Sí o no?
  • Running Words Together
  • 2 Being Friendly
  • Saying Hello
  • Meeting New People
  • Welcoming New People
  • Being Polite at a Meal
  • Celebrating
  • Being Polite
  • Emergencies
  • Saying Goodbye
  • 3 Developing a Spanish Vocabulary
  • Noun Cognates
  • Adjective Cognates
  • Verb Cognates
  • Adverb Cognates
  • 4 Identifying People
  • Possessives
  • Ser, the Verb That Tells Who People Are
  • Subject Pronouns
  • Asking Questions
  • DIÁLOGO Chicos nuevos
  • Identifying People by Nationality
  • Identifying People by Ethnicity
  • Identifying People by Sexual Orientation
  • Identifying People by Religion
  • Learning Where People Are From
  • Using de
  • DIÁLOGO Profesores de español
  • 5 Talking About Family
  • Tú: Another Word for “you” When Talking to Friends and Family
  • The Plural of “you”
  • “We are”
  • “They are”
  • Making Nouns Plural
  • Possessives—Singular and Plural
  • DIÁLOGO Apellidos
  • LECTURA La familia Martínez
  • 6 Talking About Jobs
  • What Do You Do?
  • Jobs and Professions
  • DIÁLOGO Médicos
  • Showing Possession with de
  • Y and también—Together
  • Ni and tampoco
  • Showing Contrast with pero
  • LECTURA Nuestros vecinos y sus trabajos
  • 7 Describing People
  • Descriptive Adjectives
  • Describing People Using the Indefinite Articles un, una, unos, unas
  • Showing the Strength of an Adjective
  • Making Comparisons
  • Superlatives
  • Tener, a Verb Used to Describe Parts of the Body
  • The Numbers 0–29
  • Indicating Age with tener
  • DIÁLOGO Vecinos nuevos
  • LECTURA Mi compañera de cuarto
  • 8 Identifying and Describing Things
  • Common Things in Our Lives
  • Using Long-Form Possessives
  • Describing Things with Adjectives
  • Describing Things with Nouns
  • DIÁLOGO Regalos
  • LECTURA Modos de transporte
  • DIÁLOGO En una tienda de ropa
  • 9 “It,” Counting to Infinity, and Abstract Nouns
  • Using Direct Object Pronouns
  • Numbers from 30 Up
  • DIÁLOGO Conversación entre un maestro y la directora de la escuela
  • Abstract Nouns
  • LECTURA Lo más importante en la vida
  • 10 Times, Dates, and Events
  • Telling Time
  • The Days of the Week
  • The Calendar
  • LECTURA ¿De qué signo eres?
  • Events—What, When, and Where
  • DIÁLOGO Invitación
  • Using ir: Going to an Event
  • 11 How People Feel, the State of Things, and the Weather
  • Talking About How Someone Feels
  • Adverbs That Describe Conditions
  • Adjectives That Describe Conditions
  • Using tener: When Something Is Wrong with Someone
  • DIÁLOGO ¡Mi pobre mamá!
  • Describing the Condition of Places and Things
  • LECTURA Estamos nerviosos
  • Reporting the Weather
  • DIÁLOGO Visita a Argentina
  • 12 Indicating Location
  • Indicating Location with estar
  • DIÁLOGO Prueba de geografía
  • Indicating “in,” “on,” and “at” with Spanish en
  • Other Prepositions That Show Location
  • LECTURA Mi dormitorio
  • Indicating Location Using con
  • DIÁLOGO Muchacho perdido
  • 13 Describing Facts and Common Activities
  • The Infinitive
  • -ar Verbs
  • Conjugating -ar Verbs in el tiempo presente
  • Asking Yes/No Questions with -ar Verbs
  • Asking What Someone Does on a Regular Basis
  • Asking for Information with -ar Verbs
  • Using Adverbs to Tell How Things Are Done
  • DIÁLOGO La vida de una estudiante
  • Using Stem-Changing -ar Verbs
  • -er Verbs
  • Conjugating -er Verbs in el tiempo presente
  • Using Stem-Changing -er Verbs
  • Other Common Stem-Changing -er Verbs
  • DIÁLOGO Estar en forma
  • Some Useful -er Verbs That Have Irregular yo Forms
  • Other Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -cer
  • Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -ger
  • -ir Verbs
  • Conjugating -ir Verbs in el tiempo presente
  • The Verb salir, an -ir Verb with an Irregular yo Form
  • Using Stem-Changing -ir Verbs
  • DIÁLOGO Un consejo
  • The Verbs decir (i) and venir (ie)—Two Stem-Changing -ir Verbs with Irregular yo Forms
  • Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -uir
  • The Verb oír
  • The Verb elegir—and Other Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -gir
  • Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -cir
  • 14 Describing Actions Toward People and Things
  • Verbs That Cannot Take a Direct Object Noun or Pronoun
  • Verbs Used with Direct Object Nouns and Pronouns
  • Placement of Direct Object Pronouns
  • LECTURA Mejores amigos
  • DIÁLOGO Ayuda con la tarea
  • 15 Speaking Reflexively and Impersonally
  • Infinitives That Include -se
  • Common Verbs That Take Reflexive Pronouns—and How to Translate Them into English
  • LECTURA Rutina diaria
  • DIÁLOGO De vacaciones
  • Reciprocal Verbs: How to Say “each other” in Spanish
  • The Impersonal se
  • 16 Giving, Showing, and Telling
  • Indirect Object Pronouns
  • Giving: The Verb dar
  • LECTURA Dictados
  • Showing and Telling: The Verbs mostrar and decir
  • Asking and Answering Questions
  • DIÁLOGO ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
  • Direct and Indirect Objects Together
  • LECTURA Bailes latinos
  • DIÁLOGO Hermanos unidos
  • 17 Expressing Feelings
  • Two Common Ways to Express Your Feelings
  • Customizing verbos psicológicos for Singular and Plural Subjects
  • Talking About Activities That You Enjoy—or Not!
  • DIÁLOGO Actividades favoritas
  • LECTURA A cada uno lo suyo (“To each his own”)
  • 18 Describing Activities in Progress
  • Expressing “now”
  • Forming the Gerund in Spanish
  • The tiempo presente progresivo: estar + Gerund
  • DIÁLOGO Conversación por teléfono
  • Indicating How Long an Activity Has Been Going On
  • Indicating How Long Since Something Happened: hace
  • Indicating the Start of an Action That Is Still Going On: desde
  • DIÁLOGO ¡Qué buena idea!
  • Indicating a First-Time Action
  • LECTURA Estudiar demasiado
  • 19 Describing Intentions and Plans
  • Asking a Favor
  • Offering a Favor
  • Talking About Scheduled Events
  • Expressing “going to”
  • The Verb pensar (ie)
  • Using Reflexive, Direct, and Indirect Object Pronouns to Discuss Plans
  • DIÁLOGO Amigo enfermo
  • LECTURA Descanso
  • 20 Explaining Our Reasons
  • Saying What You Want to Do: querer
  • Saying What You Can Do: saber and poder
  • Expressing Necessity: deber and tener que
  • DIÁLOGO Amigos y hermanitas
  • Verbs with Object Pronouns
  • LECTURA Mi futuro
  • “To have just done”
  • Answer Key