Spanish grammar made easy 2nd Edition by Michael Zollo, Alan Wesson 1138955825 9781138955820

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ISBN 10: 1138955825

ISBN 13: 9781138955820

Author: Michael Zollo; Alan Wesson

Spanish Grammar Made Easy is the ideal introduction to the basics of Spanish grammar for anyone new to the language or looking to refresh their knowledge. This second edition features: concise and jargon-free explanations supported by examples exercises throughout to reinforce learning a ‘fast-track’ option for more advanced learners a full answer key, making the Grammar ideal for self-study. A companion website is available at http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9781138955820. With over 200 additional exercises and audio, it provides ample grammar practice for learners as well as the opportunity to practise listening and pronunciation skills. Spanish Grammar Made Easy presents the essential patterns and rules of the Spanish language in a clear and accessible manner. It is the ideal Grammar for those wishing to supplement their learning and move beyond the phrasebook level.

Spanish grammar made easy 2nd Table of contents:

1 Verbs

1.1 Verbs: talking about what you do

1.1.1 What is the infinitive?

1.1.2 Groups of verbs

1.1.3 Irregular verbs

1.1.4 The ‘persons’ of the verb

1.1.5 Fast track: verbs

1.2 Talking about what you are doing now: the present tense

1.2.1 Talking about what you are doing at this moment: the present continuous tense

1.2.2 Talking about yourself: yo

1.2.3 Talking to someone younger or someone you know well: tú

1.2.4 Talking about someone or something else: él/ella and usted

1.2.5 Talking about yourself and someone else: nosotros/as

1.2.6 Talking to more than one person you know well: vosotros/as

1.2.7 Talking about other people and things: ellos/ellas and ustedes

1.2.8 Fast track: present tense

1.3 Saying ‘no’, asking questions and telling someone what to do : negatives, interrogatives and imperatives

1.3.1 Negatives: how to say what you don’t do

1.3.2 Interrogatives: asking questions

1.3.3 Imperatives: giving orders, directions or instructions

1.3.4 Fast track: negatives, interrogatives and imperatives

1.4 Talking about what has already happened: the past tenses

1.4.1 The perfect tense

1.4.2 How to form the past participle

1.4.3 Reflexive verbs in the perfect tense

1.4.4 When to use the imperfect tense

1.4.5 How to form the imperfect tense

1.4.6 Checklist: imperfect tense

1.4.7 The preterite tense

1.4.8 Checklist: preterite tense

1.4.9 Preterite or imperfect?

1.4.10 Fast track: the past tenses

1.5 Talking about what will happen: the future tenses and the conditional

1.5.1 The near future/immediate future: I am going to …

1.5.2 The future simple tense: I will …

1.5.3 The conditional – how to say: I would …

1.5.4 Fast track: future and conditional

1.6 Expressing wishes, desires, doubts and uncertainties: the subjunctive

1.6.1 Expressing uncertainty, wishes and desires: how to form the subjunctive

1.6.2 Expressions which take the subjunctive

1.6.3 Recognising the subjunctive

1.6.4 Fast track: the subjunctive

1.7 Fast track: verbs

1.8 Useful expressions using verbs

1.8.1 To be or not to be: ser or estar?

1.8.2 Special uses of tener

1.8.3 There is/There are: hay

1.8.4 To know: conocer or saber?

1.8.5 Impersonal verbs

1.8.6 To take, bring, look for, fetch, meet a person

1.8.7 To remember

1.8.8 Negative expressions

1.8.9 Question words and word order

1.8.10 Since (desde hace); to have just (acabar de)

1.8.11 Fast track: useful expressions using verbs

2 Nouns and Determiners

2.1 Nouns and gender

2.2 Nouns and the words for ‘the’: el and la

2.2.1 The neutral article: lo

2.3 Nouns and the words for ‘the’ in the plural: los and las

2.3.1 Common irregular plurals

2.4 Nouns and the words for ‘a’: un and una

2.4.1 Nouns with masculine and feminine forms 122

2.5 How to tell if a noun is masculine or feminine 123

2.6 ‘My’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’, etc.: possessive adjectives

2.6.1 My (mi, mis)

2.6.2 Your (tu, tus)

2.6.3 His, her and its (su, sus)

2.6.4 Our (nuestro/a, nuestros/as)

2.6.5 Your (vuestro/a, vuestros/as)

2.6.6 Their (su, sus)

2.6.7 Your (formal) (su, sus)

2.6.8 Fast track: nouns and determiners

2.7 More determiners

2.7.1 This, these: este/esta and estos/estas

2.7.2 That, those: ese/esa/esos/esas and aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas

2.7.3 ¿Cuánto/Cuánta? and ¿Cuántos/Cuántas?

2.7.4 Some, other, all, any, every, etc.

3 Pronouns

3.1 yo, tú, usted, él, ella, etc.: subject pronouns

3.1.1 Yo – I: the first person singular

3.1.2 Tú – you: the familiar singular form

3.1.3 Él/ella – he/she/it: the third person singular

3.1.4 Usted – you: the formal singular form

3.1.5 Nosotros/as – we: the first person plural

3.1.6 Vosotros/as – you: the familiar plural form

3.1.7 Ellos/ellas – they: the third person plural

3.1.8 Ustedes – you: the formal plural form

3.1.9 Fast track: subject pronouns

3.2 Lo, la, los, las – him, her, it, them: direct object pronouns

3.2.1 Lo, la, los, las – him, her, it, them, you

3.2.2 Me, te, nos, os – me, you, us

3.2.3 Fast track: direct object pronouns

3.3 Me, te, le, nos, os, les: indirect object pronouns

3.3.1 Word order: indirect object pronouns

3.3.2 Word order: direct and indirect object pronouns

3.3.3 Fast track: indirect object pronouns

3.4 Mí, ti, etc.: prepositional/disjunctive pronouns

3.5 Object pronouns and the imperative

3.5.1 Pronouns with reflexive verbs in the imperative

3.5.2 Order of pronouns in the imperative

3.6 ¿Quién? ¿Qué?: interrogative words

3.7 Mío, tuyo, etc.: possessive pronouns

3.8 Que, quien, etc.: relative pronouns

3.8.1 Que – who, which, that

3.8.2 Quien(es) – (with, for, etc.) whom

3.8.3 El cual, etc. – who/whom/which

3.8.4 Cuyo/a, cuyos/as – whose

3.9 Éste/ésta, ése/ésa, aquél/aquélla – this, that, etc.

3.10 Fast track: pronouns

4 Adjectives

4.1 Adjectival agreement

4.1.1 Adjectives ending in –o

4.1.2 Adjectives ending in –e

4.1.3 Adjectives ending in a consonant

4.1.4 Other patterns

4.1.5 Adjectives of nationality

4.1.6 Colours

4.1.7 Apocopation

4.2 The position of adjectives

4.3 Fast track: adjectives

4.4 Big, bigger, biggest: the comparative and superlative

4.4.1 Comparing two people or things

4.4.2 The superlative: ‘the most …’ and ‘the least …’

4.4.3 Saying ‘as (big) as’

4.4.4 Better, worse, older and younger: irregular comparisons

4.4.5 Fast track: comparative and superlative

5 Adverbs

5.1 Formation of adverbs

5.1.1 Regular adverbs

5.1.2 Irregular adverbs 178

5.1.3 Pairs of adverbs

5.2 Other useful adverbs

5.3 Comparison of adverbs

5.4 Fast track: adverbs

6 Prepositions

6.1 Recognising prepositions

6.2 Using prepositions

6.2.1 a and en

6.2.2 por and para

6.2.3 con and sin

6.2.4 de and entre

6.2.5 hacia and hasta

6.2.6 según

6.2.7 sobre, en and encima de

6.2.8 detrás de, tras and después de

6.2.9 delante de, ante and enfrente de

6.2.10 desde

6.2.11 Fast track: prepositions

7 Conjunctions and Other Useful Words

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