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Preface | |
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Guide to Pronunciation | |
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The Alphabet | |
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Greetings and Salutations | |
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Elements of a Sentence | |
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Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives | |
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The Gender of Nouns and the Definite Article | |
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Singular Nouns | |
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Plural Nouns | |
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The Indefinite Article | |
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Singular Indefinite Articles | |
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Plural Indefinite Articles | |
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Adjectives | |
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Singular Form of Adjectives | |
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Plural Form of Adjectives | |
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Estar, Ser, and Subject Pronouns | |
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Subject Pronouns | |
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Estar (to be) | |
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Ser (to be) | |
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Reading Comprehension La casa | |
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Hay, Interrogative Words, Days, and Months | |
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Hay | |
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Interrogative Words | |
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Prepositions | |
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Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons | |
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Reading Comprehension Un pueblo colonial | |
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Reading Comprehension El cine | |
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Numbers, Dates, and Time | |
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Cardinal Numbers | |
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Ordinal Numbers | |
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The Date | |
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Telling Time | |
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Reading Comprehension El restaurante | |
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Reading Comprehension El oficio de la casa | |
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Regular Verbs | |
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Uses of the Present Tense | |
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-Ar Verbs | |
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-Er Verbs | |
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-Ir Verbs | |
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-Ar and -er Verbs with More than One Meaning | |
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Reading Comprehension Una escuela en Mexico | |
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Irregular Verbs | |
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-Ar Verbs | |
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-Er Verbs | |
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-Ir Verbs | |
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Reading Comprehension El tren | |
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Ir and the Future | |
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Ir (to go) | |
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The Future with the Verb ir | |
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Idioms | |
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Idioms with the Verb tener | |
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Other Idioms | |
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Useful Words: que and para | |
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The Relative Pronoun que | |
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The Conjunction que | |
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The Preposition para | |
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Key Vocabulary | |
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Las partes del cuerpo (Parts of the Body) | |
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La familia | |
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Time Expressions with hacer | |
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Reading Comprehension La cita | |
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Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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Possessive Adjectives | |
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Demonstrative Adjectives | |
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Neuter Demonstrative Pronouns | |
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Adjectives of Nationality | |
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Adjectives That Precede a Noun | |
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Comparative Adjectives | |
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Superlative Adjectives | |
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Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives | |
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Comparing Nouns | |
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Comparing Verbs | |
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Adverbs | |
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Adverbs That Do Not Take the Suffix -mente | |
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Reading Comprehension La fiesta | |
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Negatives and Prepositions | |
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Negatives | |
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Prepositions | |
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Prepositions Followed by Verbs or Nouns | |
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Prepositions Followed by Nouns or Pronouns | |
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Pronouns That Follow Prepositions | |
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The Preposition por | |
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Por and para Compared | |
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Reading Comprehension El circo | |
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Key Vocabulary | |
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Nature | |
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Weather | |
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Reading Comprehension El trabajo | |
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Objects, Reflexive Verbs, and the Present Subjunctive | |
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The Indirect Object | |
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Gustar and the Indirect Object | |
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Me gusta and me gustan | |
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Te gusta and te gustan | |
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Le gusta and le gustan | |
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Nos gusta and nos gustan | |
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Les gusta and les gustan | |
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Verbs Like gustar | |
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The Indirect Object Pronoun | |
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Position of the Indirect Object Pronoun | |
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Reading Comprehension Ir de compras | |
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Reading Comprehension El viaje | |
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The Direct Object | |
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The Personal a and the Direct Object | |
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Transitive Verbs | |
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The Direct Object Pronoun | |
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Position of the Direct Object Pronoun | |
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The Direct Object Pronoun as a Person | |
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The Direct Object Pronoun as a Thing | |
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Reading Comprehension La bienvenida | |
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Reflexive Verbs | |
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The Reflexive Pronouns | |
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Some Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs | |
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Reflexive Verbs Whose English Translations Do Not Necessarily Include Oneself | |
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Position of the Reflexive Pronoun | |
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Reflexive Verbs with Parts of the Body and Clothing | |
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Reflexive Verbs That Express Emotion | |
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Reflexive Verbs That Express Movement | |
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Reflexive Verbs That Express "To Become" | |
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Most Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs | |
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Reflexive Verbs with Reciprocal Meanings | |
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Se and Impersonal Expressions | |
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Reading Comprehension El encuentro | |
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The Present Subjunctive | |
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Formation of the Present Subjunctive | |
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-Ar Verbs | |
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-Er and -ir Verbs | |
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Irregular Verbs | |
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Verbs with Orthographic Changes | |
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Uses of the Present Subjunctive | |
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After Certain Impersonal Expressions | |
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After Certain Verbs | |
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After Certain Conjunctions | |
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After cuando | |
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In Certain Dependent Adjective Clauses | |
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After the Expressions por mas que and por mucho que | |
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After ojala | |
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After acaso, quizas, and tal vez | |
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After aunque | |
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After Compounds of -quiera | |
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After como | |
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Reading Comprehension La despedida | |
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Preterit Tense, Imperfect Tense, and Double Object Pronouns | |
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The Preterit Tense | |
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Formation of the Preterit | |
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Regular -ar Verbs | |
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Regular -er and -ir Verbs | |
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Uses of the Preterit | |
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To Express an Action Completed in the Past | |
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To Express a Series of Completed Actions in the Past | |
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To Express a Condition That Is No Longer in Effect | |
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Irregular Verbs | |
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-Ir Verbs with Stem Changes in the Third Person | |
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Verbs with Orthographic Changes | |
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-Ar Verbs | |
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-Er and -ir Verbs | |
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Verbs with Special Meanings in the Preterit | |
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Reading Comprehension En la corte (primera escena) | |
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The Imperfect Tense | |
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Formation of the Imperfect | |
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Regular -ar Verbs | |
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Regular -er and -ir Verbs | |
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Irregular Verbs | |
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Uses of the Imperfect | |
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To "Set the Stage" in the Past; to Express a Narration, Situation, or Background | |
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To Express Habitual, Customary, or Repeated Actions in the Past | |
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To Express Continuous Actions in the Past | |
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To Express a Description in the Past | |
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To Express Point of Origin in the Past | |
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To Express Time in the Past | |
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To Express One's Age in the Past | |
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Preterit and Imperfect Compared | |
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Querer, poder, saber | |
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Double Object Pronouns | |
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Indirect Object Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun | |
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Reflexive Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun | |
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Se Plus the Indirect Object Pronoun and Unplanned Occurrences | |
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Reading Comprehension El juicio (segunda escena) | |
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Answer Key | |
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Index | |