Spanish Grammar Drills » (Bilingual)

Rogelio Alonso Vallecillos teaches Spanish at his own language academy and is the author of Essential Spanish Verb Skills.

Sharpen your Spanish grammar with skill-building exercises

If you want to be proficient in Spanish, you eventually have to clear the bothersome hurdle of grammar. The best way to conquer this obstacle is through hands-on experience. Covering all facets of Spanish grammar—from prepositions and pronouns to verbal forms and tenses—Spanish Grammar Drills helps you learn often-perplexing topics with fun and engaging exercises.

This comprehensive book features:

• 200 drills that demonstrate how the Spanish grammar system works, including review exercises to reinforce your learning
• An answer key to give you immediate clarification on any concept
• Quick reviews bring you up to speed on grammar

Topics include:

Reflexive verbs
• Infinitives and gerunds
• Possessive pronouns
• Adverbs of frequency
• Imperfecto versus indefinido
• Comparatives and superlatives
• and more

Rogelio Alonso Vallecillos teaches Spanish at his own language academy and is the author of Essential Spanish Verb Skills.

Preface     ix
Ser Versus Estar     1
Present Simple Versus Present Continuous     7
Articles     15
Object Pronouns     25
Reflexive Verbs     33
Review 1     41
Imperfecto Versus Indefinido     49
Possessives     57
Preterito Perfecto     65
"Wh-" Questions     73
Use of How     81
Review 2     87
Pluscuamperfecto     97
Adverbs of Frequency and Already, Still, Also, Too, and Yet     107
The Future     115
Infinitives and Gerunds     123
The Conditional     131
Review 3     139
The Preposition A     147
The Subjunctive     153
The Imperative     161
Conditional Sentences     167
Relative Pronouns     177
Review 4     185
There + To Be = Haber     193
Possibility: May, Might, and Could     199
Expressing Movement     207
The Impersonal     215
The Passive     223
Review 5     231
Obligation: Deber and Tener que     239
Other Uses of Deber and Tener que     245
Quantity     251
Some-, Any-, No-, and Every-     261
Review 6     267
Comparatives and Superlatives     273
Either, Neither, So, and Such     279
Reason, Result, and Purpose     285
Time     291
Contrast     297
Review 7     303
Answer Key     307