Practice Makes Perfect : Basic Spanish

Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish is a trusted companion to your Spanish-learning experience. In each bite-sized lesson, author Dorothy Richmond explains one--and only one--grammar concept and illustrates it with many clear examples. The accompanying fun and interesting exercises let you practice, practice, practice what you have learned. Although these lessons are purposely short so you can complete them in twenty minutes or less, you can go at a pace that works for you.

This guide/workbook will help you master

present tense verb conjugation • the ser and estar verb forms • adjectives • possessive pronouns • sentence structures • the contractions al and del • indefinite articles • tener idioms • and more

Whether you are learning on your own or taking a beginning Spanish class, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish will help you build your confidence.

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

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

11. Regular -ir verbs; Common -ir verbs

12. Asking questions; Interrogatives

Etc. (Chaps. 13-50)

Cumulative Paragraphs

Answer key

English-Spanish glossary

Index