Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Irregular Verbs Up Close

By Eric Vogt

Book Overview

Solve the mysteries of Spanish irregular verbs

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Irregular Verbs Up Close puts the spotlight on this tricky grammar trouble spot. It boasts plenty of opportunities for practicing your language skills, as well as extensive examples based on a conversational style that will keep you engaged. The book also features a unique answer key that gives you more than just a listing of correct answers; it clues you in on the "why" behind them.

This book includes:

Hundreds of exercises for practice, practice, practiceA helpful answer key that provides detailed explanatory material for all answersIncludes a special TurboVerb (TM) chart, developed by the author, that sorts out your difficulties with irregular verbs--tense by tense

Topics include: Overview of the Spanish Verb System, The Four Microsystems of the Spanish Verb System, Present System I: Present Indicative, Present System II: Present Subjunctive, Present System III: Imperatives, Infinitive System I: Imperfect Indicative, Infinitive System II: Future, Infinitive System III: Conditional, Preterite System I: Preterite Indicative, Preterite System II: Imperfect Subjunctive, Participial System I: Gerund for Progressives, Participial System II: Past Participle for All Seven Perfect Tenses, Participial System III: Past Participle for the Passive Voice and as Adjective

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071718087
• ISBN13: 9780071718080
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Spanish Irregular Verbs Up Close is Confusing Me More Than Ever

The author goes into so much technical detail about the usage of the irregular verb system, that I find myself confused and half asleep before I even get to the exercises! The author-created TurboVerb system is even more confusing. I read and reread the chapter on how to use TurboVerb and I feel like I've walked into a maze I can't get out of. This was definitely not written for the average second-year Spanish student. I would not recommend this book to anyone wanting to polish their irregular Spanish verb skills.