The CliffsStudySolver workbooks combine 20 percent review material with 80 percent practice problems (and the answers!) to help make your lessons stick. CliffsStudySolver Spanish I is for students who want to reinforce their knowledge with a learn-by-doing approach. Inside, you’ll get the practice you need to learn Spanish I with problem-solving tools such as
- Clear, concise reviews of every topic
- Practice problems in every chapter — with explanations and solutions
- A diagnostic pretest to assess your current skills
- A full-length exam that adapts to your skill level
Example problems, work problems, worked solutions, and verb charts can help you communicate in a Spanish-speaking environment. Explore other aspects of the language including
- The parts of speech: Articles, adjectives and adverbs, nouns and pronouns, and prepositions
- Verbs: Regular and irregular, gerunds, and moods
- Verb tenses: The progressive, imperfect, and present perfect tenses
- Sentences, phrases, and clauses
- Punctuation and capitalization
Practice makes perfect —and whether you're taking lessons or teaching yourself, CliffsStudySolver guides can help you make the grade.
Author Gail Stein, M.A., taught foreign languages to junior- and senior-high classes for more than 30 years. She has written several language textbooks, including the Spanish Practice and Testing series.
Table of Contents:
Pretest. Chapter 1: Daily Tools.
Numbers.
Days, Months, and Dates.
Chapter 2: Articles and Nouns.
Markers.
Nouns.
Noun Plurals.
Chapter 3:Possession.
Possession Using De.
Possessive Adjectives.
Possessive Pronouns.
Chapter 4: Subject Pronouns, the Present Tense, and Verbal Distinctions.
Subject Pronouns.
The Present Tense.
Using the Present Tense.
Verbal Distinctions.
Chapter 5: Asking and Answering Questions.
Asking Yes/No Questions.
Asking Information Questions.
Answering Yes/No Questions.
Answering Information Questions.
Chapter 6: Reflexive Verbs.
Reflexive Pronouns.
Reflexive Verbs with Infinitives and Gerunds.
Verbs Used Reflexively in Spanish but Not in English.
Verbs with Special Reflexive Meanings.
Idiomatic Reflexive Verbs.
Reflexive Verbs Expressing Reciprocal Action.
Reflexive Pronoun Se Used to Express the Passive Voice.
Chapter 7: Object Pronouns.
Direct Object Pronouns.
Indirect Object Pronouns.
Gustar and Other Similar Verbs.
Position of Object and Reflexive Pronouns.
Double Object Pronouns.
Chapter 8: Gerunds and the Present Progressive.
Gerunds.
Progressive Tenses.
Forming the Present Progressive.
Chapter 9:Adjectives.
The Gender of Adjectives.
Plural of Adjectives.
Position of Adjectives.
Adjectives with Different Meanings.
One Noun and Two Adjectives.
Shortened Forms of Adjectives.
Chapter 10:Adverbs.
Formation of Adverbs.
Adverbial Phrases.
Adjectives versus Adverbs.
Exceptions to the Rules.
Position of Adverbs.
Chapter 11:Comparisons.
Comparisons of Inequality.
Comparisons of Equality.
The Absolute Superlative.
Chapter 12: Prepositions.
Prepositional Distinctions.
Prepositions before Infinitives.
Prepositional Modifiers.
Prepositional Pronouns.
Chapter 13: The Preterit.
The Preterit Tense of Regular Verbs.
The Preterit Tense of Spelling-Change Verbs.
The Preterit of Irregular Verbs.
Using the Preterit.
Chapter 14: The Imperfect.
The Imperfect of Regular Verbs.
The Imperfect of Irregular Verbs.
Using the Imperfect.
Chapter 15: The Present Perfect.
Formation of the Present Perfect.
Past Participles of Regular Verbs.
Past Participles of Irregular Verbs.
Using the Present Perfect.
Chapter 16: The Future and the Conditional.
The Future.
The Conditional.
Chapter 17: The Subjunctive.
Forming the Subjunctive.
Irregular in the Present Tense Yo Form Verbs.
Using the Subjunctive.
Chapter 18: The Imperative.
Formal Commands.
Informal Commands.
Object Pronouns with Commands.
Customized Full-Length Exam.
Verb Charts.
Regular Verbs.
Stem-Change Verbs.
Spelling-Change Verbs.
Irregular Verbs.
Index.
About the Author :
Gail Stein, M.A., is a recently retired foreign language instructor who has taught in New York City public junior and senior high schools for more than 30 years. She has authored several language textbooks, including the Spanish Practice and Testing series. She is a multiple-time honoree in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers.
