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English grammar for students of Spanish : the study guide for those learning Spanish
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From the Publisher: English Grammar For Students Of Spanish explains the grammatical terms that are in Spanish textbooks and shows students how they relate to English grammar. Once students have un...
From the Publisher: English Grammar For Students Of Spanish explains the grammatical terms that are in Spanish textbooks and shows students how they relate to English grammar. Once students have understood the terms and concepts in their own language, it is easier for them to understand their textbook. With simple explanations and numerous examples, this brief handbook compares English and Spanish grammar and points out the similarities and differences.
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- Creator
- Emily Spinelli
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- Languages
- Spanish, English
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- Sixth edition
- Ann Arbor, MI : Olivia and Hill Press, [2007]
- ©2007
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- v,192 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780934034364, 0934034362
- OCLC
- ocn173503318
- Includes index.
- Study tips -- Study guide -- Tips for learning vocabulary -- Tips for learning word forms -- 1: What's in a word? -- 2: What is a noun? -- 3: What is meant by gender? -- Endings indicating gender -- 4: What is meant by number? -- 5: What are articles? -- Definite articles -- Indefinite articles -- Study tips-nouns and their gender -- 6: What is the possessive? -- 7: What is a verb? -- 8: What is the infinitive? -- Consulting the dictionary -- Study tips-verbs -- 9: What is a subject? -- 10: What is a pronoun? -- 11: What is a subject pronoun? -- Choosing the proper form of "you" -- Study tips-subject pronouns -- 12: What is a verb conjugation? -- Choosing the proper "person" -- How to conjugate a verb -- Study tips-verb conjugations -- 13: What are sentences, phrases and clauses? -- Sentences -- Phrases -- Clauses -- Types of sentences -- 14: What are affirmative and negative sentences? -- Negative words -- Negative answers -- 15: What are declarative and interrogative sentences? -- Tag questions -- 16: What are some equivalents of "to be"? -- 17: What is meant by tense? -- Study tips-tenses -- 18: What is the present tense? -- 19: What is the past tense? -- Preterite -- Imperfect -- Selection of the preterite or the imperfect -- Study tips-preterite -- 20: What are auxiliary verbs? -- 21: What is a participle? -- Present participle? -- Past participle -- 22: What are the progressive tenses? -- Use of the progressive tenses? -- 23: What is the future tense? -- Substitute for the future tense -- Future of probability -- Study tips-future tense -- 24: What are the perfect tenses? -- Spanish perfect tenses in the indicative mood -- Spanish perfect tenses in the subjunctive mood -- Study tips-perfect tenses -- 25: What is meant by mood? -- 26: What is the subjunctive? -- Study tips-the subjunctive -- 27: What is the imperative? -- You command in Spanish -- We command in Spanish -- Study tips-the imperative --
- 28: What is the conditional? -- Conditional -- Conditional perfect -- If-clauses -- On-going conditions -- Contrary-to-fact statements -- 29: What is meant by active and passive voice? -- Making an active sentence passive -- Avoiding the passive voice in Spanish -- 30: What is an adjective? -- 31: What is a descriptive adjective? -- Nouns used as adjectives -- Study tips-descriptive adjectives -- 32: What is meant by comparison of adjectives? -- Comparative -- Superlative -- 33: What is a possessive adjective? -- Spanish unstressed possessive adjectives -- Spanish stressed possessive adjectives -- Study tips-possessive adjectives -- 34: What is an interrogative adjective? -- 35: What is a demonstrative adjective? -- 36: What is an adverb? -- Study tips-adverbs -- 37: What is a conjunction? -- Study tips-conjunctions and the subjunctive -- 38: What is a preposition? -- Study tips-prepositions -- 39: What are objects? -- Direct object -- Indirect object -- Sentences with a direct and an indirect object -- Object of a preposition -- Relationship of a verb to its object -- 40: What are direct and indirect object pronouns? -- Spanish direct object pronouns -- Spanish indirect object pronouns -- Study tips-Direct/indirect object pronouns -- 41: What are object of preposition pronouns? -- Study tips-Object of preposition pronouns -- 42: What are reflexive pronouns and verbs? -- Reciprocal action -- 43: What is a possessive pronoun? -- Study tips-Possessive pronouns -- 44: What is an interrogative pronoun? -- Who, whom, whose -- Dangling prepositions -- What -- Which one, which ones -- How much, how many -- Study tips-Interrogative pronouns -- 45: What is a demonstrative pronoun? -- This one, that one, and these, those -- Spanish neuter demonstrative pronouns -- 46: What is relative pronoun? -- Subject in a relative clause -- Direct object in a relative clause -- Indirect object and object of a preposition in a relative clause -- Relative pronouns without antecedents -- 47: What are indefinites and negatives? -- Study tips-Indefinites and negative -- Index