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Bregstein, Barbara. Easy Spanish Step-By-Step. McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Easy Spanish Step-By-Step

Authors: Barbara Bregstein

Published:  December 2005

eISBN: 9780071483179 0071483179 | ISBN: 9780071463386
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Guide to Pronunciation
  • The Alphabet
  • Greetings and Salutations
  • I: Elements of a Sentence
  • 1 Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives
  • The Gender of Nouns and the Definite Article
  • The Indefinite Article
  • Adjectives
  • 2 Estar, Ser, and Subject Pronouns
  • Subject Pronouns
  • Estar (to be)
  • Ser (to be)
  • Reading Comprehension: La casa
  • 3 Hay, Interrogative Words, Days, and Months
  • Hay
  • Interrogative Words
  • Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons
  • Reading Comprehension: Un pueblo colonial
  • Reading Comprehension: El cine
  • 4 Numbers, Dates, and Time
  • Cardinal Numbers
  • Ordinal Numbers
  • The Date
  • Telling Time
  • Reading Comprehension: El restaurante
  • Reading Comprehension: El oficio de la casa
  • 5 Regular Verbs
  • Uses of the Present Tense
  • -Ar Verbs
  • -Er Verbs
  • -Ir Verbs
  • -Ar and -er Verbs with More than One Meaning
  • Reading Comprehension: Una escuela en México
  • 6 Irregular Verbs
  • -Ar Verbs
  • -Er Verbs
  • -Ir Verbs
  • Reading Comprehension: El tren
  • 7 Ir and the Future
  • Ir (to go)
  • The Future with the Verb ir
  • Idioms
  • Useful Words: que and para
  • Key Vocabulary
  • Time Expressions with hacer
  • Reading Comprehension: La cita
  • 8 Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Possessive Adjectives
  • Demonstrative Adjectives
  • Neuter Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Adjectives of Nationality
  • Adjectives That Precede a Noun
  • Comparative Adjectives
  • Superlative Adjectives
  • Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives
  • Comparing Nouns
  • Comparing Verbs
  • Adverbs
  • Reading Comprehension: La fiesta
  • 9 Negatives and Prepositions
  • Negatives
  • Prepositions
  • Reading Comprehension: El circo
  • Key Vocabulary
  • Reading Comprehension: El trabajo
  • II: Objects, Reflexive Verbs, and the Present Subjunctive
  • 10 The Indirect Object
  • Gustar and the Indirect Object
  • Verbs Like gustar
  • The Indirect Object Pronoun
  • Reading Comprehension: Ir de compras
  • Reading Comprehension: El viaje
  • 11 The Direct Object
  • The Personal a and the Direct Object
  • The Direct Object Pronoun
  • Reading Comprehension: La bienvenida
  • 12 Reflexive Verbs
  • The Reflexive Pronouns
  • Some Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs
  • Reflexive Verbs Whose English Translations Do Not Necessarily Include Oneself
  • Position of the Reflexive Pronoun
  • Reflexive Verbs with Parts of the Body and Clothing
  • Reflexive Verbs That Express Emotion
  • Reflexive Verbs That Express Movement
  • Reflexive Verbs That Express "To Become"
  • Most Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs
  • Reflexive Verbs with Reciprocal Meanings
  • Se and Impersonal Expressions
  • Reading Comprehension: El encuentro
  • 13 The Present Subjunctive
  • Formation of the Present Subjunctive
  • Uses of the Present Subjunctive
  • Reading Comprehension: La despedida
  • III: Preterit Tense, Imperfect Tense, and Double Object Pronouns
  • 14 The Preterit Tense
  • Formation of the Preterit
  • Uses of the Preterit
  • Irregular Verbs
  • Verbs with Orthographic Changes
  • Verbs with Special Meanings in the Preterit
  • Reading Comprehension: En la corte (primera escena)
  • 15 The Imperfect Tense
  • Formation of the Imperfect
  • Uses of the Imperfect
  • Preterit and Imperfect Compared
  • Double Object Pronouns
  • Reading Comprehension: El juicio (segunda escena)
  • Answer Key
  • Index