| Introduction | p. xiii |
| 24:00 Focusing on Pronunciation | p. 1 |
| Master These Skills | p. 1 |
| Perfecting Your Pronunciation | p. 2 |
| Stress | p. 2 |
| Accents | p. 2 |
| Vowels | p. 3 |
| Diphthongs | p. 4 |
| Consonants | p. 5 |
| Having the Right Tools | p. 9 |
| A Final Suggestion | p. 9 |
| Time's Up! | p. 10 |
| 23:00 Recognizing and Using Nouns | p. 11 |
| Master These Skills | p. 11 |
| Gender | p. 12 |
| Noun Markers | p. 12 |
| Nouns | p. 17 |
| Cognates | p. 22 |
| Time's Up! | p. 26 |
| 22:00 Working with Present-Tense Verbs | p. 27 |
| Master These Skills | p. 27 |
| Subject Nouns and Pronouns | p. 28 |
| Regular Verbs | p. 29 |
| Shoe Verbs | p. 35 |
| Irregular Verbs | p. 39 |
| Uses of the Present Tense | p. 43 |
| The Present Progressive | p. 44 |
| Time's Up! | p. 45 |
| 21:00 The Past Tense (The Preterit) | p. 47 |
| Master These Skills | p. 47 |
| Forming the Preterit | p. 48 |
| The Present Perfect Tense | p. 51 |
| The Preterit Perfect | p. 53 |
| The Imperfect | p. 53 |
| The Pluperfect | p. 54 |
| The Preterit Versus the Imperfect | p. 54 |
| Time's Up! | p. 57 |
| 20:00 Back to the Future: Speaking Conditionally | p. 59 |
| Master These Skills | p. 59 |
| The Future | p. 60 |
| The Future Tense of Regular Verbs | p. 60 |
| The Future Tense of Irregular Verbs | p. 61 |
| The Future Perfect | p. 62 |
| The Conditional | p. 63 |
| The Perfect Conditional | p. 64 |
| Time's Up! | p. 65 |
| 19:00 Adding Adjectives and Adverbs | p. 67 |
| Master These Skills | p. 67 |
| Making Adjectives Feminine | p. 68 |
| Making Adjectives Plural | p. 70 |
| Position of Adjectives | p. 71 |
| Using Ser and Estar with Adjectives | p. 74 |
| Adverbs | p. 77 |
| Adjectives Versus Adverbs | p. 77 |
| Position of Adverbs | p. 80 |
| Time's Up! | p. 80 |
| 18:00 Making Acquaintances | p. 81 |
| Master These Skills | p. 81 |
| Greetings and Good-Byes | p. 82 |
| Reflexive Verbs | p. 83 |
| Origins | p. 87 |
| Nationalities | p. 89 |
| The Family | p. 90 |
| Showing Possession | p. 91 |
| Time's Up! | p. 94 |
| 17:00 Fielding Invitations and Other Questions | p. 95 |
| Master These Skills | p. 95 |
| Verbs for Invitations | p. 96 |
| Prepositions | p. 97 |
| Places | p. 100 |
| Prepositional Pronouns | p. 101 |
| Extending an Invitation | p. 102 |
| Accepting an Invitation | p. 103 |
| Refusing an Invitation | p. 103 |
| Expressing Indecision and Indifference | p. 104 |
| No | p. 104 |
| Time's Up! | p. 106 |
| 16:00 Making Plans | p. 107 |
| Master These Skills | p. 107 |
| Cardinal Numbers | p. 108 |
| Ordinal Numbers | p. 110 |
| Days, Months, and Seasons | p. 111 |
| Dates | p. 112 |
| Telling Time | p. 114 |
| Time's Up! | p. 118 |
| 15:00 Using Spanish Around the Home | p. 119 |
| Master These Skills | p. 119 |
| House and Home | p. 120 |
| Chores | p. 121 |
| Stores | p. 121 |
| Deber (to Have to) | p. 122 |
| Tener Que | p. 123 |
| Hay Que + Infinitive | p. 124 |
| Understanding and Forming the Present Subjunctive | p. 124 |
| The Imperfect Subjunctive | p. 129 |
| The Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive | p. 130 |
| Offering Encouragement | p. 131 |
| Time's Up! | p. 132 |
| 14:00 Offering Ideas and Issuing Commands | p. 133 |
| Master These Skills | p. 133 |
| Making Proposals | p. 134 |
| Commands | p. 134 |
| Getting There | p. 139 |
| Using Idioms | p. 140 |
| Positive Reinforcement | p. 141 |
| Complaints | p. 142 |
| Time's Up! | p. 142 |
| 13:00 Asking Questions | p. 143 |
| Master These Skills | p. 143 |
| Asking Yes/No Questions | p. 144 |
| Information Questions | p. 145 |
| Hay | p. 149 |
| Asking for Directions | p. 149 |
| Asking for a Price | p. 150 |
| Questioning New Acquaintances | p. 150 |
| Lack of Communication | p. 151 |
| Time's Up! | p. 152 |
| 12:00 Answering Questions | p. 153 |
| Master These Skills | p. 153 |
| Answering Yes | p. 154 |
| Answering No | p. 154 |
| Negative Expressions | p. 157 |
| Pero Versus Sino | p. 158 |
| Answering Information Questions | p. 158 |
| On the Phone | p. 162 |
| Time's Up! | p. 164 |
| 11:00 Seeking Help | p. 165 |
| Master These Skills | p. 165 |
| Getting Help Anywhere | p. 166 |
| At the Post Office | p. 166 |
| At the Hair Salon | p. 167 |
| At the Dry Cleaner's | p. 168 |
| Repairs and More Repairs | p. 168 |
| At the Optician's | p. 169 |
| At the Camera Shop | p. 169 |
| At the Jeweler's | p. 170 |
| Special Services and Needs | p. 171 |
| Time's Up! | p. 172 |
| 10:00 Expressing Positive Opinions | p. 173 |
| Master These Skills | p. 173 |
| Making Suggestions | p. 174 |
| Leisure Activities | p. 174 |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | p. 176 |
| Object Pronouns | p. 178 |
| Using Accents | p. 183 |
| Positive Feelings | p. 183 |
| Using the Subjunctive to Express Emotions and Feelings | p. 184 |
| Time's Up! | p. 185 |
| 09:00 Planning Outdoor Activities | p. 187 |
| Master These Skills | p. 187 |
| Sports | p. 188 |
| The Weather | p. 190 |
| Expressing Negative Opinions | p. 191 |
| Expressing Indifference | p. 191 |
| Using the Subjunctive with Expressions of Doubt | p. 192 |
| Using the Subjunctive After Impersonal Expressions | p. 192 |
| Contrary-to-Fact Conditions | p. 194 |
| Sequence of Tenses of the Subjunctive | p. 194 |
| Time's Up! | p. 195 |
| 08:00 Making Comparisons | p. 197 |
| Master These Skills | p. 197 |
| Animals | p. 198 |
| In the Classroom | p. 198 |
| Comparisons of Inequality | p. 199 |
| Comparisons of Equality | p. 206 |
| The Absolute Superlative | p. 207 |
| Comparative and Superlative Expressions | p. 208 |
| The Subjunctive After Superlative Expressions | p. 208 |
| Time's Up! | p. 209 |
| 07:00 Meeting Your Needs on the Road and Elsewhere | p. 211 |
| Master These Skills | p. 211 |
| Hotel Accommodations and Amenities | p. 212 |
| Exclamations | p. 213 |
| The Subjunctive in Third Person Commands | p. 214 |
| The Subjunctive After Conjunctions | p. 214 |
| The Subjunctive in Relative Clauses | p. 217 |
| Relative Pronouns | p. 217 |
| Time's Up! | p. 220 |
| 06:00 Speaking of Food | p. 221 |
| Master These Skills | p. 221 |
| Quantities | p. 222 |
| Nouns of Quantity | p. 223 |
| Eating Establishments | p. 224 |
| Foods | p. 224 |
| Table Settings | p. 230 |
| Restaurant Etiquette | p. 231 |
| Dietary Restrictions | p. 231 |
| Problems | p. 232 |
| Time's Up! | p. 233 |
| 05:00 Medical Needs | p. 235 |
| Master These Skills | p. 235 |
| At the Pharmacy | p. 236 |
| Prepositional Modifiers | p. 237 |
| Parts of the Body | p. 238 |
| Medical Problems | p. 239 |
| At the Doctor's | p. 240 |
| Time's Up! | p. 242 |
| 04:00 Clothing Needs | p. 243 |
| Master These Skills | p. 243 |
| Clothing | p. 244 |
| Sizes | p. 245 |
| Alterations | p. 246 |
| Problems | p. 247 |
| Colors | p. 248 |
| Fabrics | p. 250 |
| The Neuter Lo | p. 250 |
| Patterns | p. 250 |
| Sales | p. 251 |
| Making a Purchase | p. 251 |
| Getting Measured | p. 251 |
| Time's Up! | p. 252 |
| 03:00 Taking Care of Travel Needs | p. 253 |
| Master These Skills | p. 253 |
| At the Airport | p. 254 |
| At the Train Station | p. 256 |
| Travel by Car | p. 256 |
| The Passive Voice | p. 260 |
| Time's Up! | p. 260 |
| 02:00 Managing Your Money | p. 261 |
| Master These Skills | p. 261 |
| At the Bank | p. 262 |
| The Stock Market | p. 264 |
| Present Participles | p. 265 |
| Perfect Participles | p. 266 |
| Time's Up! | p. 267 |
| 01:00 The Language of Business | p. 269 |
| Master These Skills | p. 269 |
| Stationery Needs | p. 270 |
| Photocopies | p. 270 |
| Faxes | p. 271 |
| Computers | p. 271 |
| Conducting Business | p. 273 |
| Prepositions Before Infinitives | p. 274 |
| Time's Up! | p. 276 |
| 00:00 The Final Countdown | p. 277 |
| Answer Key | p. 283 |
| 24 Important Words and Phrases | p. 295 |
| Verb Glossary | p. 299 |
| Index | p. 307 |
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