Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate Spanish Grammar, Premium Third Edition
By Gilda Nissenberg
Contents:
Preface
1 Subject pronouns and the present tense
Subject pronouns
The present tense
2 Present tense irregular verbs
Verbs with stem changes in the present tense
Irregular verbs
3 Ser and estar, and adjectives
Ser and estar
Adjectives
Estar and the present progressive
4 The near future, nouns, and articles
The present and the near future
Nouns
Articles
5 Adverbs and comparisons
Adverbs
Adverbial phrases
Comparatives of adjectives and adverbs
6 Gustar and verbs like gustar
Verbs like gustar
Prepositions and prepositional phrases
Negative and affirmative words and expressions
7 Reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive verbs and prepositions
8 Direct and indirect object pronouns and commands
Direct and indirect object pronouns
Double object pronouns
Commands
9 Demonstrative and possessive adjectives and pronouns
Demonstrative adjectives
Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative pronouns
Possessive pronouns
10 Idiomatic verbal phrases
Expressions with dar
Expressions with estar
Expressions with hacer
Expressions with tener
11 Interrogatives and exclamations
Interrogative words
Exclamations
12 Regular verbs in the preterit tense
The preterit tense
Formation of the preterit tense
Verbs with spelling changes in the preterit
Stem-vowel changes in the preterit tense
13 Irregular and stem-changing verbs in the preterit tense
Irregular verbs in the preterit tense
Stem-changing verbs in the preterit tense
Verbs that change meaning in the preterit
14 The imperfect tense
Regular verbs in the imperfect tense
Irregular verbs in the imperfect
Uses of the imperfect tense
Phrases used with the imperfect
Using the imperfect and the preterit in one sentence
15 The future tense
Regular verbs in the future tense
Irregular verbs in the future tense
The future tense to express probability in the present
16 The conditional tense
Uses of the conditional tense
Regular verbs in the conditional tense
Irregular verbs in the conditional tense
More uses of the conditional tense in Spanish
17 The present perfect and past perfect tenses
The present perfect tense
Regular past participles
Uses of the present perfect
Irregular past participles
The past perfect tense
Uses of the past perfect tense
18 The passive voice
The active voice vs. the passive voice
Formation of the passive
The passive reflexive
19 The present subjunctive
Formation of the present subjunctive
Uses of the present subjunctive
Impersonal expressions and opinions
20 The imperfect subjunctive
Formation of the imperfect subjunctive
Uses of the imperfect subjunctive
Answer key