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Contents
Foreword for language teachers v
Introduction for students vi
Glossary of grammar terms viii
Nouns 1
Using nouns 1
Gender 1
Forming plur
als 7
Articles 11
Different types of article 11
The defi nite
article: el, la, los and las 11
The indefi nite article: un, una, unos and unas 17
The article lo 21
Adjectives 25
Using adjectives 25
Making adjectiv
es agree 25
Word order with adjectives 31
Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives 35
Demonstrative adjectives 41
Interrogative adjectives 45
Adjectives used in exclamations 46
Possessive adjectives (1) 46
Possessive adjectives (2) 50
Indefi nite adjectives 51
Pronouns 55
Personal pronouns: subject 55
Personal pr
onouns: direct object 61
Personal pronouns: indirect object 65
Order of object pronouns 70
Further information on object pronouns 73
Pronouns after prepositions 73
Possessive pronouns 78
Indefi nite pronouns 82
Relative pronouns 87
Interrogative pronouns 93
Demonstrative pronouns 95
Verbs 99
Overview of verbs 99
The pr
esent tenses 103
The present simple tense 103
ser and estar 116
The present continuous tense 121
The imperative 124
Refl exive verbs 131
The future tense 138
The conditional 143
The preterite 149
The imperfect tense 157
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The perfect tense 164
The pluperfect or past perfect tense 170
The passive 175
The gerund 180
Impersonal verbs 185
The subjunctive 190
The infi nitive 201
Prepositions after verbs 207
Verbal Idioms 212
Negatives 215
Questions 220
Asking questions in Spanish 220
Adverbs 227
How adverbs are used 227
How adv
erbs are formed 227
Comparatives and superlatives of adverbs 232
Common adverbs 236
Position of adverbs 242
Prepositions 244
Using prepositions 244
a, de, en, para and por 245
Some other common prepositions 254
Conjunctions 258
y, o, pero, porque and si 258
Some other common conjunctions 259
Split conjunctions 260
Spelling 263
Str
ess 266
Numbers 272
Time and date 274
Solutions 277
Main index 290
Verb tables 1-13
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