Everything Spanish Practice Book: Hands-on Techniques to Improve Your Speaking And Writing Skills Book

	Top Ten Reasons to Practice Your Spanish	x
	Introduction	xi
1	Nouns and Articles	1
	What Is a Noun?	2
	Grammatical Gender	2
	Special Endings	4
	Exceptions to the Rule	6
	Singular and Plural	7
	Indefinite Articles	9
	Definite Articles	10
	Using Del and Al	11
	Proper Nouns	12
	Putting It Together	14
2	Pronouns	19
	Subject Pronouns	20
	Direct Object Pronouns	21
	Indirect Object Pronouns	23
	Reflexive Pronouns	25
	Reciprocal Pronouns	27
	Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns	28
	Demonstrative Pronouns	31
	Indefinite Pronouns	32
	Relative Pronouns	34
	Interrogative Pronouns	36
	Exclamative Pronouns	37
	Putting It Together	38
3	Adjectives and Adverbs	43
	Noun/Adjective Agreement	44
	Exceptions to the Agreement Rule	47
	Qualifying Adjectives	49
	Determinant Adjectives	50
	Making Comparisons	54
	Superlatives-the Best	57
	Adverbs of Manner	58
	Adverbs of Place	60
	Adverbs of Time	62
	Adverbs of Quantity	63
	Putting it Together	64
4	Prepositions, Conjunctions, and More	67
	Introduction to Common Prepositions	68
	Por and Para	72
	Prepositions of Location	75
	Prepositions of Time	78
	Prepositional Phrases	80
	Coordinating Conjunctions	82
	Correlative Conjunctions	84
	Subordinating Conjunctions	85
	Cardinal Numbers	87
	Ordinal Numbers	91
	The Alphabet and Spelling	92
	Diminutives, Augmentatives, and Absolute Superlatives	94
	Putting It Together	97
5	Verbs 101 and the Present Tense	101
	Infinitives	102
	Present-Tense AR Conjugations	103
	Present-Tense ER Conjugations	106
	Present-Tense IR Conjugations	109
	Spelling Change Verbs	112
	Stem Changing Verbs	115
	Irregular Verbs	119
	In the Negative	123
	Active and Passive Voice	127
	Introduction to Verb Moods	128
	Using Ser and Estar	130
	Putting It Together	133
6	Verbs and Objects	137
	Direct and Indirect Objects	138
	Reflexive Verbs	140
	The Impersonal Se Construction	143
	Transitive and Intransitive Verbs	144
	Putting It Together	146
7	Past, Future, Conditional, and Perfect Tenses	149
	Preterite Past	150
	Imperfect Past	157
	Future Tense	160
	Conditional Tense	164
	Present Perfect	167
	Pluperfect Tense	169
	Preterite Perfect	171
	Future Perfect	172
	Conditional Perfect	174
	Putting It Together	176
8	Subjunctive and Imperative Moods	181
	The Present Subjunctive	182
	Irregular Present Subjunctive Verbs	184
	Using and Choosing the Subjunctive	187
	Perfect Tenses in the Subjunctive	193
	Imperfect Subjunctive	196
	The Imperative Mood	199
	Putting It Together	204
9	Verbal Constructions and More	207
	Present Progressive	208
	Past Progressives	211
	Hay and Its Other Forms	213
	Heading into the Future with Ir A	215
	Just Finished	217
	Saber Versus Conocer	218
	Past Participles as Adjectives	220
	How About That Weather?	221
	Talking Time	223
	Putting It Together	225
10	The Final Exam	229
	Basic Understanding	230
	Matching Nouns with Articles and Adjectives	232
	Pronoun Review	235
	Using Adverbs	237
	Prepositions and Conjunctions	240
	Choosing the Correct Verb Tense	242
	Getting In the Mood	247
	Making Sense of Spanish	250
Appendix A	Verb Tables	253
Appendix B	Spanish to English Glossary	263
Appendix C	English to Spanish Glossary	281
Appendix D	Answer Key	299
	Index	329