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Table of ContentsPreface viii
Spanish Sounds xi
Lesson 1 Basic Expressions 1
Grammar I Indefinite Articles • Gender of Nouns 4
Grammar II Definite Articles and Contractions 6
Grammar III Subject Pronouns 9
Lesson 2 En un restaurant (In a Restaurant) 12
Grammar I The Three Conjugations • Present Indicative of Regular-ar Verbs 18
Grammar II Regular Verbs Ending in -er and -ir 21
Grammar III Fonns and Usage of ser and estar 24
Lesson 3 En un restaurante de mariscos (In a Seafood Restaurant) 28
Grammar I Adjective-Noun Agreement • Plural of Nouns and Adjectives 33
Grammar II Present Indicative of ir, dar, ver, saber, and decir 36
Grammar III Question Words • Numbers in Spanish 38
Lesson 4 En el aeropuerto de Sevilla (At Seville’s Airport) 43
Grammar I Present Indicative of tener, venir, poner, salir, and hacer 48
Grammar II ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?) 51
Grammar III Present Indicative of Stem-Changing Verbs 54
Lesson 5 La familia hispana y la casa (The Hispanic Family and the House) 57
Grammar I Present Indicative of oír, traer, conocer, and huir • Contrasting saber and conocer 63
Grammar II The Written Accent 66
Grammar III Negative Constructions 68
Exam 1 Lessons 1–5 72
Answers Lessons 1–5 and Exam 1 78
Lesson 6 En un hotel en México (At a Hotel in Mexico) 90
Grammar I Idiomatic Expressions with hacerand tener 98
Grammar II Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns 101
Grammar III Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns 103
Lesson 7 Una fiesta de cumpleaños (A Birthday Party) 107
Grammar I Direct Object Nouns and Pronouns • Personal a 116
Grammar II Reflexive Constructions and Reflexive Pronouns 119
Grammar III Preterite (Past Tense) of Regular Verbs • Spelling Changes 122
Lesson 8 De compras en el supermercado (Shopping at the Supermarket) 126
Grammar I Preterite of Stem-Changing Verbs 135
Grammar II Preterite of Irregular Verbs 137
Grammar III Idiomatic Expressions with Verbs hay, hay que, acabar de, ponerse a140
Lesson 9 En un banco de la ciudad de México (At a Bank in Mexico City) 144
Grammar I Indirect Object Pronouns 151
Grammar II The Indirect Object with gustarand with Unplanned Occurrences 155
Grammar IIIThe Imperfect Indicative 159
Lesson 10 En la estación de trenes de Madrid (At the Train Station in Madrid) 162
Grammar I Preterite and lmperfect in Contrast 171
Grammar II Hacer + (Time Expressions) + que + (Present Tense) • Llevar + (Time Expressions) (+ de) 175
Grammar III Ordinal Numbers • Days of the Week • Seasons • Months of the Year 177
Exam 2 Lessons 6–10 182
Answers Lessons 6–10 and Exam 2 188
Lesson 11 Las partes del cuerpo (The Parts of the Body) 205
Grammar I Comparisons of Inequality 212
Grammar II Comparisons of Equality • Superlatives 215
Grammar III Future Indicative of Regular Verbs 219
Lesson 12 La buena salud (Good Health) 222
Grammar I Conditional Tense of Regular Verbs 230
Grammar II Future and Conditional of Irregular Verbs 233
Grammar III Familiar Commands (tú)237
Lesson 13 Dos amigos en la farmacia (Two Friends at the Drugstore) 241
Grammar I Conjunctions y, e, o, u, sino, pero • Formation and Uses of Adverbs Ending in – mente 249
Grammar II Formal Commands (usted / ustedes) 253
Grammar III Present Subjunctive of Regular and of Stem-Changing Verbs • Uses of the Present Subjunctive 256
Lesson 14 EI automóvil de alquiler (The Rental Car) 260
Grammar I Verbs Irregular in the Present Subjunctive 267
Grammar II Indicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Information vs. Influence 271
Grammar III A Review of the Written Accent 275
Lesson 15 En un camión mexicano (On a Mexican Bus) 280
Grammar IIndicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Perception vs. Emotion 289
Grammar II Indicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Certainty vs. Doubt 292
Grammar III Indicative and Subjunctive in Contrast: Adjectival and Adverbial Clauses ,295
Exam 3 Lessons 11–15 301
AnswersLessons 11–15 and Exam 3 308
Appendixes 327
Appendix 1 Regular Verbs 327
Appendix 2 Irregular Verbs 330
Appendix 3 Stem-Changing Verbs • Verbs with Spelling Changes 335
Spanish-English Vocabulary 338
English-Spanish Vocabulary 347
