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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 | |