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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Nouns | |
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| Gender | |
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| Number | |
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| Articles | |
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| The Form of the Article | |
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| Particular Uses of the Article | |
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| Uses and Omissions of the Articles | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Agreement | |
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| Formation of Adjectives | |
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| Adjective Position | |
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| Comparative | |
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| Regular and Irregular Comparative Forms | |
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| Comparisons of Inequality | |
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| Comparisons of Quantity with Clauses | |
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| Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Other Comparative Constructions | |
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| Comparison of Equality | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Demonstratives | |
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| Agreement | |
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| Usage | |
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| The Neuter | |
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| Possessives | |
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| Numbers | |
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| Pronouns | |
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| Subject Pronouns | |
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| Second Person Forms | |
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| Pronouns After Prepositions | |
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| Object Pronouns | |
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| Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns | |
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| Forms of Verbs | |
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| Indicative Usage | |
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| The Imperative | |
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| The Second Person Imperatives | |
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| Imperatives in Other Persons | |
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| The Subjunctive | |
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| Possibility and Probability | |
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| Influence | |
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| Emotional Reactions and Value Judgements | |
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| Verbs of Denying and Negated Verbs of Stating, Declaring, Knowing, Thinking and Understanding | |
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| Doubt, Fear and Hope | |
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| Subjunctive After Subordinators | |
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| Condition and Exception | |
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| Relative Clauses | |
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| Reported Speech | |
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| The Syntax of Verbal Constructions | |
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| General | |
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| Particular Constructions | |
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| Non-Finite forms of the Verb | |
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| Infinitive | |
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| Past Participles | |
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| Forms in '-nte' | |
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| The Gerund | |
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| Translating English '-ing' | |
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| Modal Auxiliaries | |
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| 'Poder' and 'saber' | |
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| 'Deber', deber de' and 'tener que' | |
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| 'Haber que' | |
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| 'Querer' | |
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| 'Soler' | |
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| Negative Constructions | |
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| General | |
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| Individual Negative Elements | |
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| Interrogation and Exclamations | |
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| Pronominal Verbs | |
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| The Literal ReflexiveReciprocal Use of the Reflexive | |
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| Problems for English Speakers | |
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| Spanish Pronominal Verb Corresponding to an English Intransitive Verb | |
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| Nuances of Pronominal Verbs | |
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| 'Passive' and 'Impersonal' Use of the Third Person Reflexive | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| The Expression of 'Becoming' | |
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| Passive | |
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| General | |
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| Choice of Auxiliary | |
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| Constructions with 'Se' | |
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| 'Ser', Estar' and 'Haber' | |
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| Basic Uses | |
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| More Advanced Uses of 'Ser' and 'Estar' | |
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| 'Ser' and 'Estar' in Specific Contexts | |
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| Adverbs | |
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| General | |
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| Discrimination of Adverbs | |
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| 'Ya' | |
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| Adverbial Phrases | |
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| Expressions of Time | |
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| Conjunctions | |
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| 'Pero', 'Sino', 'Si No'Y(e), o (u), ni'Que' | |
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| Conjunctions of Cause and Consequence | |
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| Concession | |
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| Condition and Exception | |
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| Purpose and Aim | |
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| Conjunctions of Time | |
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| Prepositions | |
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| Personal 'a' | |
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| 'A' and 'En' | |
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| 'De' and 'Desde' | |
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| 'Por' and 'Para' | |
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| Other Prepositions | |
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| Relative Pronouns | |
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| Nominalizers and Cleft Sentences | |
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| Nominalizers | |
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| Cleft Sentences | |
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| Word Order | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Affective Suffixes | |
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| Diminutive Suffixes | |
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| Augmentative Suffixes | |
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| Spelling and Punctuation | |
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| General Exercises | |
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| Key to Exercises | |
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| Cross-Reference to Butt and Benjamin | |