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¿Habla español? Improve your Spanish with Dummies
Spanish Workbook For Dummies is full of clear explanations and hundreds of practice activities for beginning Spanish learners. You'll learn how to express yourself, ask questions, talk about the past, and construct simple sentences—en español. As you work through the book, complete practice exercises, get lots of writing opportunities, and have tons of fun. Then check your work, with answers and explanations at the end of every chapter. Plus, you'll have access to handy verb charts, a thematic vocabulary list, and mini-dictionaries, right inside this very book.
Learn the fundamentals of Spanish with integrated grammar that advances as you go
Work through practice exercises and activities as you read through each chapter
Improve and activate your Spanish with explanations of each workbook answer
Avoid common mistakes made by Spanish learners and get ready to travel, chat with friends, or interact with colleagues
This friendly Dummies workbook is perfect for beginners of all ages. If you're looking to get started with Spanish, step right in—we've got the practice, practice, practice you need to succeed.
Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with the Basics 5
Chapter 1: Getting a Jump Start in Spanish 7
Chapter 2: Selecting the Proper Part of Speech 33
Part 2: The Here and Now 49
Chapter 3: Sorting Out Word Gender 51
Chapter 4: Coloring Your Sentences with Adjectives 73
Chapter 5: Expressing Yourself in the Present 91
Chapter 6: Expressing Yourself with Subjunctive Feeling 121
Chapter 7: Enriching Your Sentences with Adverbs and Comparisons 149
Part 3: Giving and Obtaining Information 163
Chapter 8: Getting Answers with the Right Questions 165
Chapter 9: Being Clear and Concise with Object Pronouns 185
Chapter 10: Reflecting on Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs 205
Chapter 11: Getting Attention with Commands 217
Chapter 12: Preparing to Connect with Prepositions 239
Part 4: Reminiscing about the Past and Seeing into the Future 253
Chapter 13: Leaving It Completely in the Past 255
Chapter 14: Looking Back with the Imperfect 269
Chapter 15: Seeing into the Future 283
Part 5: The Part of Tens 293
Chapter 16: Ten Most Common Mistakes in Spanish 295
Chapter 17: Ten Important Verb Distinctions 301
Part 6: Appendixes 307
Appendix A: Verb Charts 309
Appendix B: Thematic Vocabulary 319
Appendix C: English-Spanish Dictionary 331
Appendix D: Spanish-English Dictionary 335
Index 341
