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To Jenny Oliensis, a friend like no other
 Contents

Preface

I 1 Definite articles Family

2 Indefinite articles Around the house
3 Yo tengo and yo quiero Animals
4 The use of hay The classroom
5 Subject pronouns Common -ar verbs Regular -ar verbs Days of
the week
CUMULATIVO 1 Lecciones 15

II 6 Clothing -Ar verb endings

7 Regular -er verbs Food and drink
8 -Er verb endings Common -er verbs
9 Forms of adjectives Colors Expressing I like
10 Descriptive adjectives Expressing more than
CUMULATIVO 2 Lecciones 610

III 11 Regular -ir verbs Common -ir verbs

12 Asking questions Interrogatives
13 Ser Professions
14 Possessive adjectives Using ser
15 Tener Things in the house
CUMULATIVO 3 Lecciones 1115

IV 16 Estar Locations
 17 Moods Expressing emotions
18 Using estar Physical condition
19 Querer More clothing
20 Numbers Expressing age Idioms with tener Using tener que
CUMULATIVO 4 Lecciones 1620

V 21 Hacer Weather
22 Telling time
23 Jugar Sports and games
24 Ir Contractions Transportation
25 Five sensing verbs Things to read
CUMULATIVO 5 Lecciones 2125

VI 26 Poder Adverbs
27 Two-verb constructions Adverbs of time
28 Two-verb questions More food
29 Comparative adjectives Comparisons
30 Preposition + verb Things in the house
CUMULATIVO 6 Lecciones 2630

VII 31 Demonstrative adjectives Common stem-changing -ar verbs

32 -Ar verbs with o > ue stem change Unwritten it
33 -Er and -ir verbs with o > ue stem change
34 Verbs with e > ie stem change Miscellaneous words
35 Double negatives
CUMULATIVO 7 Lecciones 3135

VIII 36 Direct object pronouns More professions

37 Saber
38 Conocer Personal a Schools of thought
39 Saber and conocer
40 Possession with de
 CUMULATIVO 8 Lecciones 3640

IX 41 Reflexive pronouns Reflexive verbs

42 Reflexive -ar verbs Articles in the bathroom
43 E > i stem-changing verbs Measurements
44 Irregular yo forms Ponerse and quitarse More clothing
45 Indirect object pronouns Dar
CUMULATIVO 9 Lecciones 4145

X 46 Para Pronouns after prepositions

47 Por
48 Para and por Emotions Idioms with por
49 Gustar Verbs like gustar Parts of the body
50 Ir + a + infinitive Expressions of future time
CUMULATIVO 10 Lecciones 4650

Cumulative paragraphs
Answer key
English-Spanish glossary
Index
 Preface

Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish is an effective companion text to

whatever book(s) you may be using in your first- or second-year Spanish
class. This highly useful workbook is well suited for middle school and high
school students.
This book is not meant to introduce concepts or to be the primary
teaching tool. Rather, its purpose is to reinforce what has been presented
already, whether by a teachers instruction or in a formal textbook. Very
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covered in the exercises. Exercises use the present tense exclusively. This
choice of present tense is contextually appropriate, even when historical
figures are mentioned.
The easiest way to know what to expect from Practice Makes Perfect:
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Vocabulary, on the other hand, is an ongoing process, frequently dictated by
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Reinforcement for concepts already presented in another format or setting
An emphasis on broad, basic conceptsnot grammatical minutiae
An emphasis on the informal you (t and vosotros)in exercises, you is
assumed to be the singular familiar form t and you all is assumed to be
the plural familiar form vosotros
 Useful vocabulary lists for a variety of topics
More than 300 entertaining exercises dealing with the basic structure of the
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A broad range of fun exercises (true/false, fill in the blank, translations,
Who am I?, etc.)
Exercise content infused with famous and popular people and characters,
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Ten sets of exercisescalled Cumulativoseach of which tests the
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A final set of translation exercises that tests the cumulative knowledge
acquired through each of the ten parts of this book
Answers to all exercises
A glossary that draws together vocabulary from throughout the book
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Buena suerte!

Acknowledgments
It is always an honor when a book goes into a subsequent edition, as it means
that the original text was helpful to many students. Therefore, my first
expression of gratitude goes to all the students who used and learned from the
first edition and who provided valuable feedback.
While the pedagogy and basics of presenting the Spanish language and
grammar evolve at a slow pace, the world around us and its cultural
references change constantly and quickly. Thus, I turned to two of the hippest
people I know, Matthew Haas and James Hardy, to provide me with names
and events to replace those mentioned in the first edition whose time, as they
say, has passed.
On the home front, I remain eternally grateful to my husband, Martin, and
our daughters, Daisy and Lily, for being there in all ways.
I was fortunate to work once again with Christopher Brown, Language
Publisher at McGraw-Hill, who oversaw the process of the publication of this
second edition. Christopher is and always has been a joy with whom to work.
I am delighted that these people are in my life, and I thank each of them
as well as my friends and extended family members who add much to this
world.
 LECCIN 1 Definite articles Family
LECCIN 2 Indefinite articles Around the house
LECCIN 3 Yo tengo and yo quiero Animals
LECCIN 4 The use of hay The classroom
LECCIN 5 Subject pronouns Common -ar verbs Regular -ar
verbs Days of the week
CUMULATIVO 1 Lecciones 15

Grammar
Definite articles
Indefinite articles
Yo tengo, yo quiero
Hay
Subject pronouns
Conjugation of regular -ar verbs
Vocabulary
Family members
Around the house
Animals
The classroom
 Common -ar verbs
Days of the week
Fun facts
Celebrities
The White House
Winnie the Pooh
Mr. Rogers
Television
Fast food
Characters from Arthur