| About the Authors | p. ix |
| Note to the Student and to the Teacher | p. x |
| A Word About Oral Proficiency | p. x |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| How to Use This Book | p. xii |
| A Basic Pronunciation Guide | p. xiii |
| Conversacion Preliminar | p. xv |
| Lecciones Preparatorias | p. 1 |
| La casa The House (Home) | p. 2 |
| Una escuela A School | p. 4 |
| La ciudad The City | p. 6 |
| Los alimentos Foods | p. 8 |
| Acciones Actions | p. 10 |
| Acciones Actions | p. 10 |
| Descripciones Descriptions | p. 11 |
| El cuerpo humano The Human Body | p. 13 |
| Structures and Verbs | p. 15 |
| iLa television es muy importante! The Noun and the Definite Article (Singular) Uses and Omissions | p. 17 |
| Todo es rapido en la ciudad: The Noun and the Definite Article (Plural) Uses and Omissions | p. 27 |
| El cumpleanos de Joselito: The Present Indicative Tense: Regular AR Conjugation | p. 37 |
| La carta misteriosa: The Present Indicative Tense: Regular ER and IR Conjugations | p. 47 |
| Conoce usted historia? Simple Negative; Interrogative Words | p. 59 |
| El trabajo de la mujer es facil: The Indefinite Articles: Un, Una, Unos, Unas, Alguno, Ninguno | p. 67 |
| Vamos a un pais tropical: Cardinal Numbers 1-31; Time: Days, Months; Seasons | p. 75 |
| Asi es la vida: Irregular Verbs of the Present Indicative Tense | p. 89 |
| Una excursion por la ciudad: Uses of the Preposition a | p. 99 |
| De quien es este hueso? Uses of the Preposition de | p. 107 |
| Quien soy yo? Ser (to be) | p. 119 |
| Una enfermedad imaginaria: Estar (to be); Contrasting Uses of Estar and Ser; The Present Progressive Tense | p. 129 |
| El consultorio sentimental: Descriptive Adjectives and Limiting Adjectives; use of tan ... como, mas, menos | p. 139 |
| El hombre mas viejo del mundo: Cardinal Numbers: 31 to 3 billion | p. 149 |
| Queridos mama y papa: Ordinal Numbers, Shortening of Adjectives bueno and malo, primero and tercero. More comparisons | p. 159 |
| Si esta perdido, llame a un policia!: Formation and Use of the Direct Commands for "You" singular (Usted), "You" plural (Ustedes), and "Ourselves" (Nosotros) | p. 167 |
| Su hija es una alumna excelente: Possessive Adjectives | p. 177 |
| Casa a la venta: Demonstrative Adjectives | p. 185 |
| Que dientes tan grandes tienes!: Common Adverbs; Exclamatory Que...! | p. 195 |
| Que dice el horoscopo? Stem-Changing Verbs of ar and er Infinitives (Class I) | p. 203 |
| Quiero ser rico: The Complementary Infinitive: After Prepositions | p. 215 |
| Que vida tan cruel! Prepositional Pronouns | p. 223 |
| Vamos a construir una casa! Direct Object Pronouns | p. 231 |
| Un hombre moral: Indirect Object Pronouns | p. 241 |
| No me gustan las hamburguesas: Gustar (to be pleasing, to like) | p. 251 |
| Una noticia confusa: The Preterite Indicative: Regular Verbs | p. 261 |
| Los muchachos de hoy son horribles! The Preterite Indicative: Irregular Verbs | p. 269 |
| La Justicia siempre triunfa: Nunca, nada, nadie in Emphatic and Unemphatic Negation | p. 279 |
| Loco o cuerdo? The Imperfect Tense | p. 291 |
| Luna de miel: The Future Tense and the Conditional Tense | p. 299 |
| Numero equivocado! Reflexive Verbs | p. 305 |
| Mi nieto, el medico: Stem-Changing Verbs of IR Infinitives (Class II and Class III) | p. 311 |
| Festival en la calle Ocho! The Present Perfect Tense | p. 323 |
| Puesto vacante: The Familiar Commands for Tu | p. 329 |
| Idioms and Dialogues | p. 335 |
| Formulas de cortesia | p. 336 |
| Expressions of Courtesy | |
| Greetings | |
| Welcomes | |
| Introductions | |
| General Inquiries | |
| Taking Leave | |
| El tiempo, la edad, las sensaciones | p. 345 |
| The Weather | |
| Age | |
| Sensations | |
| La hora, la fecha | p. 353 |
| Telling Time | |
| the Date | |
| En la clase | p. 361 |
| In the Classroom | |
| Un sabado en el parque | p. 369 |
| A Saturday in the Park | |
| La cita | p. 377 |
| The Appointment | |
| Expressions of Time | |
| Spanish-English Vocabulary | p. 384 |
| English-Spanish Vocabulary | p. 398 |
| Verb Reference Chart | p. 406 |
| Answer Key | p. 409 |
| Index | p. 431 |
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