Go beyond ¿Cómo se dice? and add thousands of words to your Spanish vocabulary To communicate comfortably in Spanish, you need access to a variety of words that go beyond the basics, as well as a solid foundation in grammar. In Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary you get the tools you need to expand your lexicon and sharpen your speaking and writing skills. And how do you this? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for a burgeoning vocabulary, you will perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence you need to communicate well in Spanish.
This new edition of Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary offers you:
More than 240 exercises Concise grammatical explanations The latest vocabulary in such areas as technology, communications, and the media An answer key to gauge your comprehension WITH HELP FROM THIS BOOK, YOU CAN EASILY SPEAK OR WRITE IN SPANISH ABOUT:
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Spanish Vocabulary (Practice Makes Perfect) (Spanish Edition)

Dorothy Devney Richmond

McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning ; McGraw-Hill [distributor

Irwin Professional Publishing

McGraw-Hill Professional

McGraw Hill LLC

Oracle Press

Practice makes perfect (McGraw-Hill Companies), 2nd ed, Dubuque, Iowa, London, 2012

McGraw Hill LLC Professional Division, [N.p.], 2012

United States, United States of America

2, 2014

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producers:
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Contents 9
Preface 15
Acknowledgments 17
Preliminary matters 19
The Spanish alphabet and its pronunciation 20
Stress and accent marks 21
Plurals 23
Diphthongs 24
Punctuation marks 25
Cognates 26
Basic greetings 30
Highly useful data 31
1 The basics 36
Definite articles 37
Indefinite articles 40
Yo tengo..., yo quiero... 43
Está, the “is” of location 46
The use of hay 48
Vocabulary Building: The diminutive suffixes -ito and -ita 53
Standard orthographic changes 54
Cracking the gender code 55
Vocabulary 38
Family and friends 38
The animal kingdom 40
Around the house 43
Some basic words 44
The numbers 0–10 45
Está 46
Words of location 46
Items in and around the house 49
2 Regular verbs 59
Conjugation of regular -ar verbs 60
Deleting the understood subject pronoun 66
Conjugation of regular -er verbs 68
Qualitative adjectives 74
Conjugation of regular -ir verbs 78
Vocabulary building: The suffix -ería 85
Vocabulary 68
Common -ar verbs 68
Places of employment 64
Musical instruments 66
Common -er verbs 68
Food and drink 69
Colors 75
Common qualitative (descriptive) adjectives 76
Cognate adjectives 77
Common -ir verbs 78
In and around the school 80
Stores 85
3 Asking questions 88
Simple questions 89
Negative responses 92
Complex questions 95
Negative questions 98
Questions of quantity and limitation 100
The contractions al and del 103
Street addresses 105
Vocabulary Building: The suffixes -ero and -era 108
Vocabulary 90
Items of clothing 90
Fabrics and material 92
Clothing: parts and decorations 97
Tourist sites: buildings 99
More tourist sites 102
Cooking phrases that use al 105
Directions on a map 106
4 Irregular verbs 111
Jugar (to play [a game]) 113
Poder (to be able to) and querer (to want) 117
Tener (to have) 121
Possessive adjectives 125
Ir, salir, and venir: three irregular verbs of motion 126
Hacer (to do, make) 128
The five senses: oír (to hear), oler (to smell), probar (to taste), ver (to see), tocar (to touch) 133
Direct object pronouns 134
The personal a 140
Poner (to put, place) 146
Dar (to give) and decir (to say, tell) 149
Indirect object pronouns 149
Vocabulary Building: The suffixes -era and -ero 151
Vocabulary 113
Sports and games 113
Sports matters 116
Means of transportation 127
Idioms with hacer 129
The weather 131
Types of books and things to read 136
Professions 142
Household items/fixtures 146
Verbs of communication and the movement/transfer of objects 150
5 The verbs ser and estar (to be) 157
Conjugation of ser and estar 158
Uses of estar 160
Preposition + infinitive 171
Demonstrative adjectives 172
Uses of ser 176
Possessive pronouns 188
Comparisons with ser and estar 195
Neuter demonstrative pronouns 202
Vocabulary Building: Suffixes that denote origin and/or nationality 204
Vocabulary 161
Emotional states and moods 161
Physical conditions 162
Physical appearance 165
Results of action 169
Adverbs and prepositions of location 175
The clock 180
Time expressions 183
Significant dates of the year 186
Relationships 191
Personality descriptions 194
Advertising 198
Situational descriptions 203
6 Saber and conocer 209
Saber and conocer (to know) 210
Adding object pronouns to the infinitive 230
Pedir and preguntar (to ask) 235
Sacar, tomar, llevar, quitar (to take) 238
Completar, terminar, cumplir, acabar (de) (to complete, finish, or end) 242
Formation of adverbs 246
Vocabulary Building: Compound words 249
Vocabulary 211
In the laboratory 211
Biology 213
Chemistry 215
Physics and mechanics 217
Electricity 219
The arts 222
Art styles and movements 224
Art class 226
Music 229
Theater and movies 232
Television and radio 237
Communications 240
Computers 244
7 Stem-changing verbs 252
Stem-changing verbs 252
Vocabulary building: The suffix -ismo 270
Vocabulary building: The suffix -ista 270
Weights and measures 274
Vocabulary Building: The suffix -ado/-ada 281
Vocabulary 255
Life and death 255
The press 258
Politics and government 262
Politicians 266
International politics 269
Shopping 271
Weight, density, and liquid measures 276
Length and shape 277
Geometric shapes 278
Expressions of quantity 279
Containers 280
8 Reflexive verbs 283
Reflexive verbs 283
Ponerse, hacerse, volverse a, convertirse en, llegar a ser (to become) 292
Gustar 306
Verbs that take an indirect object pronoun 310
Doler 311
Vocabulary Building: The medical suffixes -itis and -osis 323
Vocabulary 285
Common reflexive verbs 285
The human body 287
Addiction and violence 289
Religion 101 293
Religion 102 296
Social issues 300
Cooking 303
The emergency room 312
Personal hygiene 314
In the doctor’s office 316
Medical specialists 319
In the dentist’s office 321
In the optician’s office 322
9 Para and por 325
Para and por 326
Vocabulary Building: The suffix -ario 358
Reciprocal pronouns 364
Vocabulary 327
Travel 327
Road travel 330
Travel by plane 334
Travel by train 336
Travel by boat 338
Streets and roads 341
Vacations and camping 343
At the hotel 345
Language 348
Listening and talking 350
Reading and writing 353
Postsecondary education 356
Geography 359
The environment and the ecosystem 362
War and peace 366
Weapons 369
Military personnel 371
10 The passive voice and negatives 374
The passive voice 374
Negatives 394
Vocabulary 376
Crime 376
Trial and sentencing 380
At work 396
In the office 400
In the factory 402
In the toolshed 404
Business 406
Banking and the economy 408
Social life 413
Answer key 417
Subject and vocabulary index 463
A 463
B 463
C 463
D 463
E 464
F 464
G 464
H 464
I 464
J 464
L 464
M 465
N 465
O 465
P 465
Q 465
R 465
S 465
T 466
V 466
W 466
Y 466

Harness the power of suffixes while adding more than 4,000 words to your Spanish vocabulary!
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Polish your Spanish vocabulary skillsBuilding on the success of her prior book, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, author Dorothy Devney Richmond helps you attain a strong working vocabulary, no matter if you are an absolute beginner or an intermediate student of the language.She combines her proven instruction techniques and clear explanationswith a plethora of engaging exercises, so you aremotivated and hardly notice that you are absorbing so muchSpanish. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary also includes basic grammar and structures of the language to complement your newly acquired words. "Vocabulary Builders" help you add to your Spanish repertoire by using cognates, roots, suffixes, prefixes, and other "word-building" tools.

Helps you to expand your lexicon and sharpen your speaking and writing skills. This title contains each chapter that focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. It offers you: more than 240 exercises; the latest vocabulary in such areas as technology, communications, and the media

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