Description: Preface. 1. NOUNS AND ARTICLES. Forms of the Definite Article. Gender of Nouns. Plural of Nouns. Use of the Definite Article. Personal a and Contractions of the Definite Article. Forms of the Indefinite Article. Use of the Indefinite Article. Use of lo as a Definite Article. Diminutive and Augmentative Forms of Nouns. 2. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS. Forms of Descriptive Adjectives. Uses of Descriptive Adjectives. Adjectives of Quantity. Possessive Adjectives. Demonstrative Adjectives. Comparison of Adjectives. Comparison of Equalities. Forms of Adverbs. Use of Adverbs. 3. PRESENT TENSE. Regular Verbs. Stem-Changing Verbs. Orthographic (Spelling) Changes. Irregular Verbs. Reflexive Verbs. Present Progressive Tense. Use of the Infinitive. Affirmative and Negative Syntax. Interrogatives. 4. SER AND ESTAR. Use of ser. Use of estar. Adjectives with ser and estar. ser and estar with Past Participles. estar with Present Participles. 5. THE PRETERITE AND THE IMPERFECT. Preterite of Regular Verbs. Preterite of Irregular Verbs. Use of the Preterite. Forms of the Imperfect Indicative. Use of the Imperfect. Comparison of the Preterite and the Imperfect. Use of ser, estar, and haber in the Preterite and Imperfect. Comparison of the Past Progressive and the Imperfect. 6. FUTURE, CONDITIONAL, AND COMPOUND TENSES. Forms of the Future Tense. Use of the Future Tense. Forms of the Conditional. Use of the Conditional. Forms of the Past Participle. Forms of the Compound Tenses in the Indicative. Use of the Compound Tenses. The Passive Voice. 7. SUJUNCTIVE AND IMPERATIVE. Forms of the Present Subjunctive. Use of the Subjunctive. Forms of the Imperfect Subjunctive. Use of the Imperfect Subjunctive. Use of the Subjunctive with Conjunctions. Forms of the Perfect Subjunctive. Use of the Perfect Subjunctive. Forms of the Imperative. Use of the Imperative. Colloquial Uses of the Subjunctive. 8. PRONOUNS. Subject Pronouns. Prepositional Pronouns. Object Pronouns. Use of Object Pronouns. Position of Object Pronouns. Double Object Pronouns. Reflexive Pronouns. Special Uses of Indirect Object Pronouns. Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns. Relative Pronouns. 9. PREPOSITIONS. por and para. The Preposition a. The Preposition en. The Preposition de. Prepositions of Place. Other Important Prepositions. 10. SPECIAL VERBS AND IDIOMS. gustar and Similar Verbs. Idiomatic Expressions with hacer. Idiomatic Expressions with tener. Idiomatic Expressions with dar, echar, and poner. Other Important Idiomatic Expressions. Cardinal Numbers. Ordinal Numbers. Days, Months, Seasons, and Dates. How to Tell Time. APPENDIX A: Rules of Accentuation. APPENDIX B: How to Use the Dictionary. APPENDIX C: Verb Charts. INDEX.

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