Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions, Second Edition [Paperback]

Dorothy Richmond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 17, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0071739173 | ISBN-13: 978-0071739177 | Edition: 2

Learn Spanish through practice, practice, practice!

For a decade, this has been the go-to workbook for study and mastery of the tricky pronouns and prepositions of the Spanish language. Now entirely updated, this engaging workbook features contemporary examples, as well as free online audio recordings of all the answers.

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions provides extensive exercises, giving you all the practice you need for mastery. Author Dorothy Richmond also has a uniquely clear way of explaining to you when and why a particular pronoun or preposition should be used, not just the correct forms. Richmond also combines clarity of content with a touch of humor, a healthy helping of celebrity references, and an awareness that you will be more interested in language learning that they can relate to their own lives and interests.

• New and updated example sentences and translation passages.
• Free companion website that provides audio recordings of all the answers in McGraw-Hill's unique "Study Player" format.
• Clear explanations and highly entertaining.
• More than 100 engaging exercises, enhanced by free-access online audio + text answers that allows you to improve your accent and confidence in speaking.

An enhanced ebook is now available with an audio answer key. Please select Kindle Edition with Audio/Video from the available formats.

Topics include:
Subject Pronouns; Interrogative Pronouns; Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions; Possessive Pronouns; Demonstrative Pronouns; Numbers as Pronouns; Adjective Pronouns; Relative Pronouns; Direct Object Pronouns; Indirect Object Pronouns; Reflexive Object Pronouns; RID: Sentences with Two Object Pronouns; Reciprocal Pronouns; Se and the Passive Voice; Prepositions (and Related Terms)

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dorothy Richmond is an experienced teacher of Spanish and successful author of Spanish language-learning grammars.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (June 17, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071739173
• ISBN-13: 978-0071739177
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.6 x 11.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Education & Reference > Words, Language & Grammar > Grammar

More About the Author

Dorothy Richmond is an experienced teacher of Spanish and the bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses.

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most important books for learning Spanish grammar June 14, 2011

By Natalia Velez

Format:Paperback

Length: 3:04 Mins

I'm Natalia Velez. Your Spanish instructor from eLearnSpanishOnline.

Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions is one of the most popular Spanish books. This book is divided into 3 parts. The first part covers Pronouns. The second part covers Prepositions. And the third part consists of the book's appendixes.

In the Pronoun section of this book the following topics are covered:

Subject Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Prepositional Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Numbers as Pronouns
Adjective Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Direct Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Reflexive Object Pronouns
Double-object pronouns order
Reciprocal Pronouns
The Pronoun se and the passive voice

In the Prepositions section of this book, you will find that the following topics are covered:

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Por and Para
Prepositions and Verbs

This book has lots of translation exercises to make sure that students learn the Spanish grammar topics that are covered in this book. The translation exercises also help the student to learn Spanish vocabulary.

One topic in this book that I am sure many students will find helpful is when to use Qué? vs. Cuál? This is certainly a topic that many of my English speaking students have trouble with when learning Spanish. I cannot count how many times that I have heard English-speaking students mistakenly ask "Qué es tu nombre?" instead of "Cuál es tu nombre?"

I also own a previous version of this book. I like this new version of the book so much more than the previous version.

That's because the new version of this book includes a free online audio answer key where the correct answers are spoken by native Spanish speakers. With the free online audio, this new version of this book allows students to learn Spanish grammar while improving their Spanish pronunciation and listening comprehension.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Spanish grammar book November 17, 2010

By C. Robinson

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This book introduces students to the world of Spanish pronouns and prepositions. Following the book's introduction which provides an overview of how the book should be used, there are two sections which go into great detail about the different types of Spanish pronouns and prepositions. Students will be exposed to 15 different topics on Spanish pronouns and prepositions. Some topics include subject pronouns, interrogative pronouns, prepositional pronouns, direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, double object pronoun constructions (indirect+direct), reflexive pronouns, para and por and verbs and adjectives with characteristic prepositions. Besides the main subjects of Spanish pronouns and prepositions, the book also presents appendices highlighting verb conjugations, answers to the exercises from both the Spanish pronoun and preposition sections and an English-Spanish vocabulary list.

This book is designed for those who have some knowledge of the Spanish language, those who wish to broaden their insight into the workings of Spanish pronouns and prepositions, and those who are simply attempting to brighten their shine in the Spanish grammar arena. Whether you are an advanced learner or beginner, this book is a great tool for sharpening your Spanish language skills. While advanced learners have the edge of skipping through chapters due to their advanced level, it is recommended that beginners not skip any chapters as the book is designed in a sequential manner that builds on grammatical concepts and vocabulary that were discussed in previous chapters.

If you've been searching for a book to assist you with honing your Spanish grammatical skills in the areas of pronouns and prepositions, you've just ended your search.

Some other Amazon products that I recommend for Spanish language learners are listed below:

A resource that highly recommend for adding new words to your Spanish vocabulary is Quick Study-Spanish Vocabulary Flash Cards-1000 cards It is a tremendous bargain for the price since you get 1,000 of these cards.

For learning how to conjugate Spanish verbs, the best product is the Verbarrator Version 1.1 (Windows Version) software. This Verbarrator actually replaces the boring Spanish verb conjugation books and makes learning how to conjugate Spanish verbs one of the most fun parts of learning Spanish. And, of course, the more you use the tool the quicker that you will learn how to conjugate Spanish verbs and reach fluency. It is one of the best investments you can make in your learning-Spanish studies. Another feature that I like about this interactive software is that it really helped improve my pronunciation.

The last product that I recommend for anyone who is really serious about learning Spanish is The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice w/CD-ROM (UItimate Review & Reference Series). This Spanish grammar book covers every aspect of Spanish grammar imaginable. To get the equivalent learning-Spanish value of this one book you would have to buy 3 or 4 books in the Practice Makes Perfect series.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent learning tool July 25, 2010

By L. Kahl

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This book along with the Verb version of this series are excellent learning tool. It's not for complete beginners, more so for those in the intermediate level. It has exercises with answer key in the back of the book. The chapters are broken up in concentrated topics which helps learn each facet of the language thoroughly.