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Tables of Contents for Practical Spanish Grammar
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
viii
Spanish Sounds
xi
Basic Expressions
1
11
Indefinite Articles • Gender of Nouns
4
2
Definite Articles and Contractions
6
3
Subject Pronouns
9
3
En un restaurante (In a Restaurant)
12
16
The Three Conjugations • Present Indicative of Regular-ar Verbs
18
3
Regular Verbs Ending in -er and -ir
21
3
Forms and Usage of ser and estar
24
4
En un restaurante de mariscos (In a Seafood Restaurant)
28
15
Adjective-Noun Agreement • Plural of Nouns and Adjectives
33
3
Present Indicative of ir, dar, ver, saber, and decir
36
2
Question Words • Numbers in Spanish
38
5
En el aeropuerto de Sevilla (At Seville's Airport)
43
14
Present Indicative of tener, venir, poner, salir, and hacer
48
3
¿Que hora es? (What time is it?)
51
3
Present Indicative of Stem-Changing Verbs
54
3
La familia hispana y la casa (The Hispanic Family and the House)
57
33
Present Indicative of oir, traer, conocer, and huir • Contrasting saber and conocer
63
3
The Written Accent
66
2
Negative Constructions
68
22
Lessons 1-5
72
6
Lessons 1-5 and Exam 1
78
12
En un hotel en Mexico (At a Hotel in Mexico)
90
17
Idiomatic Expressions with hacer and tener
98
3
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
101
2
Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
103
4
Una fiesta de cumpleanos (A Birthday Party)
107
19
Direct Object Nouns and Pronouns • Personal a
116
3
Reflexive Constructions and Reflexive Pronouns
119
3
Preterite (Past Tense) of Regular Verbs • Spelling Changes
122
4
De compras en el supermercado (Shopping at the Supermarket)
126
18
Preterite of Stem-Changing Verbs
135
2
Preterite of Irregular Verbs
137
3
Idiomatic Expressions with Verbs hay, hay que, acabar de, ponerse a
140
4
En un banco de la ciudad de Mexico (At a Bank in Mexico City)
144
18
Indirect Object Pronouns
151
4
The Indirect Object with gustar and with Unplanned Occurrences
155
4
The Imperfect Indicative
159
3
En la estacion de trenes de Madrid (At the Train Station in Madrid)
162
43
Preterite and Imperfect in Contrast
171
4
Hacer + (Time Expressions) + que + (Present Tense) • Llevar + (Time Expressions) (+ de)
175
2
Ordinal Numbers • Days of the Week • Seasons • Months of the Year
177
28
Lessons 6-10
182
6
Lessons 6-10 and Exam 2
188
17
Las partes del cuerpo (The Parts of the Body)
205
17
Comparisons of Inequality
212
3
Comparisons of Equality • Superlatives
215
4
Future Indicative of Regular Verbs
219
3
La buena salud (Good Health)
222
19
Conditional Tense of Regular Verbs
230
3
Future and Conditional of Irregular Verbs
233
4
Familiar Commands (tu)
237
4
Dos amigos en la farmacia (Two Friends at the Drugstore)
241
19
Conjunctions y, e, o, u, sino, pero • Formation and Uses of Adverbs Ending in -mente
249
4
Formal Commands (usted/ustedes)
253
3
Present Subjunctive of Regular and of Stem-Changing Verbs • Uses of the Present Subjunctive
256
4
El automovil de alquiler (The Rental Car)
260
20
Verbs Irregular in the Present Subjunctive
267
4
Indicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Information vs. Influence
271
4
A Review of the Written Accent
275
5
En un camion mexicano (On a Mexican Bus)
280
47
Indicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Perception vs. Emotion
289
3
Indicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Certainty vs. Doubt
292
3
Indicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Adjectival and Adverbial Clauses
295
32
Lessons 11-15
301
7
Lessons 11-15 and Exam 3
308
19
Appendixes
327
11
Appendix 1 Regular Verbs
327
3
Appendix 2 Irregular Verbs
330
5
Appendix 3 Stem-Changing Verbs • Verbs with Spelling Changes
335
3
Spanish-English Vocabulary
338
9
English-Spanish Vocabulary
347