| Preface | p. ix |
| Guide to Pronunciation | p. xi |
| The Alphabet | p. xvi |
| Greetings and Salutations | p. xvi |
| Elements of a Sentence | |
| Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives | p. 3 |
| The Gender of Nouns and the Definite Article | p. 3 |
| Singular Nouns | p. 3 |
| Plural Nouns | p. 6 |
| The Indefinite Article | p. 7 |
| Singular Indefinite Articles | p. 7 |
| Plural Indefinite Articles | p. 8 |
| Adjectives | p. 9 |
| Singular Form of Adjectives | p. 9 |
| Plural Form of Adjectives | p. 12 |
| Estar, Ser, and Subject Pronouns | p. 14 |
| Subject Pronouns | p. 14 |
| Estar (to be) | p. 15 |
| Ser (to be) | p. 18 |
| Reading Comprehension La casa | p. 25 |
| Hay, Interrogative Words, Days, and Months | p. 27 |
| Hay | p. 27 |
| Interrogative Words | p. 29 |
| Prepositions | p. 31 |
| Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons | p. 32 |
| Reading Comprehension Un pueblo colonial | p. 33 |
| Reading Comprehension El cine | p. 39 |
| Numbers, Dates, and Time | p. 40 |
| Cardinal Numbers | p. 40 |
| Ordinal Numbers | p. 44 |
| The Date | p. 46 |
| Telling Time | p. 47 |
| Reading Comprehension El restaurante | p. 51 |
| Reading Comprehension El oficio de la casa | p. 54 |
| Regular Verbs | p. 56 |
| Uses of the Present Tense | p. 56 |
| -Ar Verbs | p. 57 |
| -Er Verbs | p. 62 |
| -Ir Verbs | p. 64 |
| -Ar and -er Verbs with More than One Meaning | p. 66 |
| Reading Comprehension Una escuela en Mexico | p. 68 |
| Irregular Verbs | p. 70 |
| -Ar Verbs | p. 70 |
| -Er Verbs | p. 72 |
| -Ir Verbs | p. 75 |
| Reading Comprehension El tren | p. 79 |
| Ir and the Future | p. 82 |
| Ir (to go) | p. 82 |
| The Future with the Verb ir | p. 83 |
| Idioms | p. 85 |
| Idioms with the Verb tener | p. 85 |
| Other Idioms | p. 87 |
| Useful Words: que and para | p. 89 |
| The Relative Pronoun que | p. 89 |
| The Conjunction que | p. 89 |
| The Preposition para | p. 90 |
| Key Vocabulary | p. 91 |
| Las partes del cuerpo (Parts of the Body) | p. 91 |
| La familia | p. 92 |
| Time Expressions with hacer | p. 93 |
| Reading Comprehension La cita | p. 99 |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | p. 102 |
| Possessive Adjectives | p. 102 |
| Demonstrative Adjectives | p. 104 |
| Neuter Demonstrative Pronouns | p. 105 |
| Adjectives of Nationality | p. 105 |
| Adjectives That Precede a Noun | p. 108 |
| Comparative Adjectives | p. 113 |
| Superlative Adjectives | p. 114 |
| Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives | p. 114 |
| Comparing Nouns | p. 115 |
| Comparing Verbs | p. 115 |
| Adverbs | p. 117 |
| Adverbs That Do Not Take the Suffix -mente | p. 119 |
| Reading Comprehension La fiesta | p. 123 |
| Negatives and Prepositions | p. 125 |
| Negatives | p. 125 |
| Prepositions | p. 131 |
| Prepositions Followed by Verbs or Nouns | p. 132 |
| Prepositions Followed by Nouns or Pronouns | p. 132 |
| Pronouns That Follow Prepositions | p. 133 |
| The Preposition por | p. 134 |
| Por and para Compared | p. 136 |
| Reading Comprehension El circo | p. 140 |
| Key Vocabulary | p. 141 |
| Nature | p. 141 |
| Weather | p. 142 |
| Reading Comprehension El trabajo | p. 149 |
| Objects, Reflexive Verbs, and the Present Subjunctive | |
| The Indirect Object | p. 153 |
| Gustar and the Indirect Object | p. 153 |
| Me gusta and me gustan | p. 153 |
| Te gusta and te gustan | p. 155 |
| Le gusta and le gustan | p. 156 |
| Nos gusta and nos gustan | p. 157 |
| Les gusta and les gustan | p. 157 |
| Verbs Like gustar | p. 159 |
| The Indirect Object Pronoun | p. 163 |
| Position of the Indirect Object Pronoun | p. 165 |
| Reading Comprehension Ir de compras | p. 174 |
| Reading Comprehension El viaje | p. 175 |
| The Direct Object | p. 177 |
| The Personal a and the Direct Object | p. 177 |
| Transitive Verbs | p. 178 |
| The Direct Object Pronoun | p. 182 |
| Position of the Direct Object Pronoun | p. 183 |
| The Direct Object Pronoun as a Person | p. 184 |
| The Direct Object Pronoun as a Thing | p. 186 |
| Reading Comprehension La bienvenida | p. 191 |
| Reflexive Verbs | p. 193 |
| The Reflexive Pronouns | p. 193 |
| Some Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs | p. 194 |
| Reflexive Verbs Whose English Translations Do Not Necessarily Include Oneself | p. 195 |
| Position of the Reflexive Pronoun | p. 195 |
| Reflexive Verbs with Parts of the Body and Clothing | p. 197 |
| Reflexive Verbs That Express Emotion | p. 197 |
| Reflexive Verbs That Express Movement | p. 198 |
| Reflexive Verbs That Express "To Become" | p. 199 |
| Most Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs | p. 199 |
| Reflexive Verbs with Reciprocal Meanings | p. 202 |
| Se and Impersonal Expressions | p. 203 |
| Reading Comprehension El encuentro | p. 204 |
| The Present Subjunctive | p. 206 |
| Formation of the Present Subjunctive | p. 206 |
| -Ar Verbs | p. 207 |
| -Er and -ir Verbs | p. 208 |
| Irregular Verbs | p. 210 |
| Verbs with Orthographic Changes | p. 210 |
| Uses of the Present Subjunctive | p. 212 |
| After Certain Impersonal Expressions | p. 212 |
| After Certain Verbs | p. 214 |
| After Certain Conjunctions | p. 220 |
| After cuando | p. 221 |
| In Certain Dependent Adjective Clauses | p. 223 |
| After the Expressions por mas que and por mucho que | p. 223 |
| After ojala | p. 223 |
| After acaso, quizas, and tal vez | p. 224 |
| After aunque | p. 224 |
| After Compounds of -quiera | p. 224 |
| After como | p. 224 |
| Reading Comprehension La despedida | p. 231 |
| Preterit Tense, Imperfect Tense, and Double Object Pronouns | |
| The Preterit Tense | p. 235 |
| Formation of the Preterit | p. 235 |
| Regular -ar Verbs | p. 235 |
| Regular -er and -ir Verbs | p. 236 |
| Uses of the Preterit | p. 238 |
| To Express an Action Completed in the Past | p. 238 |
| To Express a Series of Completed Actions in the Past | p. 239 |
| To Express a Condition That Is No Longer in Effect | p. 239 |
| Irregular Verbs | p. 240 |
| -Ir Verbs with Stem Changes in the Third Person | p. 246 |
| Verbs with Orthographic Changes | p. 248 |
| -Ar Verbs | p. 248 |
| -Er and -ir Verbs | p. 251 |
| Verbs with Special Meanings in the Preterit | p. 253 |
| Reading Comprehension En la corte (primera escena) | p. 255 |
| The Imperfect Tense | p. 257 |
| Formation of the Imperfect | p. 257 |
| Regular -ar Verbs | p. 257 |
| Regular -er and -ir Verbs | p. 258 |
| Irregular Verbs | p. 259 |
| Uses of the Imperfect | p. 260 |
| To "Set the Stage" in the Past; to Express a Narration, Situation, or Background | p. 260 |
| To Express Habitual, Customary, or Repeated Actions in the Past | p. 260 |
| To Express Continuous Actions in the Past | p. 261 |
| To Express a Description in the Past | p. 261 |
| To Express Point of Origin in the Past | p. 261 |
| To Express Time in the Past | p. 262 |
| To Express One's Age in the Past | p. 262 |
| Preterit and Imperfect Compared | p. 265 |
| Querer, poder, saber | p. 266 |
| Double Object Pronouns | p. 270 |
| Indirect Object Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun | p. 270 |
| Reflexive Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun | p. 278 |
| Se Plus the Indirect Object Pronoun and Unplanned Occurrences | p. 279 |
| Reading Comprehension El juicio (segunda escena) | p. 282 |
| Answer Key | p. 284 |
| Index | p. 300 |
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