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Author:   Keith Chambers
Publisher:   John Murray Press
Imprint:   Teach Yourself
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.140kg
ISBN:  

9781444115949

ISBN 10:   1444115944
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

: Meet the author : Only got a minute? : Only got 5 minutes? : Only got 10 minutes? : How to use this book : Looking and sounding right 1: Speling errers - Avoiding mistakes in spelling 2a: It's acute! - Using accents to mark stress 2b: It's acute! - Problems with accents 3: Capital offence - When to use capital letters 4a: Say it after me - Keeping vowels clear and simple 4b: Say it after me - Concentrating on consonants : Getting the structure right : The right word in the right place 5: Now how cow brown - Problems with word order : Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 6a: The cat sat on the mat - When to use the definite article 6b: The cat sat on the mat - Further uses of the definite article 7: What's the form? - Forms of the articles 8: `A' or `an' - Mistakes with the indefinite article 9a: A boy named Sue - Tricky genders 9b: A boy named Sue - More tips on gender 10: Don't agree to disagree! - Agreements 11: Blurred picture - Common mistakes with adjectives 12: A bit of this and that - Problems with demonstratives 13: More or less or just the same - Comparisons 14: It's very hard - muy and mucho 15: Softly softly - Easy does it with adverbs : Conjunctions, questions and negatives 16: Yeah, but... no, but... - Using conjunctions 17: What was that? - Question words 18: How long is a piece of string? - Tricky questions 19: No means no! - Negative expressions : Verbs and verb constructions 20: Hey, you! - Which word for `you'? 21a: Clear and present danger - Pitfalls in present-tense usage 21b: Clear and present danger - Pitfalls in present-tense formation 22: All in the past - Preterite and imperfect 23a: Passive resistance - Replacing the passive with the reflexive 23b: Passive resistance - Replacing the passive with impersonal se 24: Coming and going - Use and misuse of the gerund 25a: I'll tell you what I want - Basic uses of the subjunctive 25b: I'll tell you what I want - Use and misuse of the subjunctive 26a: Gimme, gimme, gimme - Simple commands and requests 26b: Gimme, gimme, gimme - The `true' imperative 27a: All together now - Basic errors in joining verbs 27b: All together now - Joining verbs with de and other prepositions 28: Liking and loving - gustar, encantar, querer 29: When I'm 64 - Looking into the future 30: It all depends - Verbs with differing constructions 31: What if? - Tenses with si 32: I'm not so sure! - Problems with expressions of doubt : Pronouns and possessives 33: Only me! - Subject and prepositional pronouns 34: Indirect or direct? - Object pronouns 35a: You're out of order! - Personal pronouns: which comes first? 35b: You're out of order! - Personal pronouns: before or after the verb? 36: `My' and `mine' - Problems with possessives : Numbers, dates and times 37: Figure it out! - Problems with numbers 38: When was that? - Days, dates and times : Choosing the right words 39a: What will it be? - When to use ser 39b: What will it be? - When to use estar 40: Being and having - Alternatives to ser/estar 41a: Verbal gymnastics - jugar versus tocar 41b: Verbal gymnastics - pensar versus creer 42a: To have and to hold - tener versus haber 42b: To have and to hold - hay, hay que and tener que 43: Leave it out or I'll quit! - Problems with leaving 44: Getting the know-how - saber, conocer and poder 45: Propositions about prepositions - en, a, de 46: What's it all for? - por and para 47: The missing link - Unexpected uses of prepositions 48: Up the ante - Mistakes with `before' and `under' 49: It's behind you! - detras, tras and despues 50: Things aren't always what they seem! - False friends : Glossary of grammatical terms : Index

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Keith Chambers has wide experience teaching Spanish in secondary schools and adult education.

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