Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish, Premium Third Edition

by Dorothy Richmond

Overview

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Master essential language skills to build your confidence in basic Spanish

Whether you are learning on your own or taking a beginning class, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish will support your study and build your confidence in your new language. Each bite-sized lesson of this bestselling guide focuses on just one key grammar concept, supported by essential vocabulary and clear examples of everyday usage. You will then learn to communicate in authentic Spanish: how to meet new people, engage in small talk, express ideas, and more.

More than 300 entertaining exercises will help you practice your new skills. And this third edition is also accompanied by flashcards and extensive audio recordings, available via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study.

Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish will help you master:

• High-frequency vocabulary across common themes
• Key verbs, such as ser, estar, tener, hacer, ir, poder, and their uses
• Saber vs conocer; por vs para, comparatives and superlatives
• Verb forms, sentence structures, and more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260453492
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	03/24/2020
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	55,416
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dorothy Richmond is an experienced teacher of Spanish and the bestselling author of five titles in the Practice Makes Perfect series.

Table of Contents

Preface v

I

1 Definite articles Family 3

2 Indefinite articles Around the house 6

3 Yo tengo and yo quiero Animals 9

4 The use of hay The classroom 12

5 Subject pronouns Common -ar verbs Regular -ar verbs Days of the week 15

Cumulativo 1 Lecciones 1-5 20

II

6 Clothing -Ar verb endings 27

7 Regular -er verbs Food and drink 31

8 -Er verb endings Common -er verbs 34

9 Forms of adjectives Colors Expressing "I like" 37

10 Descriptive adjectives Expressing "more than" 40

Cumulativo 2 Lecciones 6-10 44

III

11 Regular -ir verbs Common-ir verbs 51

12 Asking questions Interrogatives 54

13 Ser Professions 57

14 Possessive adjectives Using ser 60

15 Tener Things in the house 63

Cumulativo 3 Lecciones 11-15 66

IV

16 Estar Locations 73

17 Moods Expressing emotions 76

18 Using estar Physical condition 79

19 Querer More clothing 82

20 Numbers Expressing age Idioms with tener Using tener que 88

Cumulativo 4 Lecciones 16-20 92

V

21 Hacer Weather 99

22 Telling time 102

23 Jugar Sports and games 107

24 Ir Contractions Transportation 110

25 Five sensing verbs Things to read 113

Cumulativo 5 Lecciones 21-25 116

VI

26 Poder Adverbs 125

27 Two-verb constructions Adverbs of time 128

28 Two-verb questions More food 131

29 Comparative adjectives Comparisons 134

30 Preposition + verb Things in the house 138

Cumulativo 6 Lecciones 26-30 141

VII

31 Demonstrative adjectives Common stem-changing -ar verbs 149

32 -Ar verbs with o > ue stem change Unwritten "it" 152

33 -Er and -ir verbs with o > ue stem change 155

34 Verbs with e > ie stem change Miscellaneous words 159

35 Double negatives 163

Cumulativo 7 Lecciones 31-35 167

VIII

36 Direct object pronouns More professions 175

37 Saber 178

38 Conocer Personal a Schools of thought 181

39 Saber and conocer 184

40 Possession with de 187

Cumulativo 8 Lecciones 36-40 191

IX

41 Reflexive pronouns Reflexive verbs 199

42 Reflexive -ar verbs Articles in the bathroom 202

43 E > i stem-changing verbs Measurements 205

44 Irregular yo forms Ponerse and quitarse More clothing 208

45 Indirect object pronouns Dar 211

Cumulativo 9 Lecciones 41-45 214

X

46 Para Pronouns after prepositions 223

47 Por 226

48 Para and por Emotions Idioms with por 229

49 Gustar Verbs like gustar Parts of the body 232

50 Ir + a + infinitive Expressions of future time 237

Cumulaivo 10 Lecciones 46-50 240

Cumulative paragraphs 245

Answer key 248

English-Spanish glossary 261

Index 266