Spanish for Reading and Translation Book

Every chapter includes the following sections:

Reading

Vocabulary

Grammar

Reading

Each of the sections contains accompanying exercises. The grammar topics are as follows:

Preliminary Lesson

• Pronunciation, reading strategies, cognates and use of the dictionary

Chapter 1

• Gender and number of nouns, definite and indefinite articles, and prepositions

Chapter 2

• Adjectives, subject pronouns, present tense, ser and estar

Chapter 3

• Imperfect tense and preterit tense

Chapter 4

• Future tense, conditional tense and affirmative and negative word pairs

Review Lesson 1 — Chapters 1-4

Chapter 5

• Compound tenses and progressive tenses

Chapter 6

• Commands, present subjunctive, and present subjunctive in noun clauses

Chapter 7

• Present subjunctive in adjective and adverbial clauses, imperfect subjunctive, and sequence of tenses

Chapter 8

• Compound tenses of the subjunctive, si clauses, adjective, adverbs, and superlatives

Review Lesson 2 — Chapters 5-8

Chapter 9

• Direct and indirect object pronouns, gustar and similar verbs, personal a, neuter pronoun lo, pronouns as objects of prepositions, reflexive pronouns, and reciprocal constructions

Chapter 10

• True passive voice, passive construction with se, se in accidental happenings, estar plus past participle, and hace in time expressions

Chapter 11

• Possessive adjectives and pronouns, demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, and relatives

Chapter 12

• Por and para, questions and exclamations, word order, numbers, expressions of obligation, lo plus adjectives and adverbs, uses of the infinitive, and diminutives and augmentatives

Review Lesson 3 — Chapters 9-12

Appendix I

• Specialized Readings

Appendix II

• Reading and Translation Resources: Dictionaries, Newspapers, Magazines and Journals

Index