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Spanish Verb Drills

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A quite useful book,with a lot of mistakes. Below are 57 errors that appear in the Second Edition of Spanish Verb Drills (V. Bey, Passport Books, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, 1991).

Errata, by page number

18, add `meter put in` to vocabulary. It is used in exercises.

36, line 3. `Past,' not `Present' Participle (in italics).

36, line 7. `participle', not `participles.'

31, line 14, present progressive: you are speaking, not were speaking

50, Aplicación, #5 should be `comprendamos'.

56, directions for Aplicación B should read: `corresponding perfect' not `corresponding compound' tense. Otherwise, directions are confusing, too many possible answers.

63, line 18, above Para Practicar entry: `* These verbs are used only in the third-person singular', not `plural.'

81, present indicative `envía' should be in italics.

85, line beginning `Note one verb..' belongs with `Jugar' below it.

86, `Reír' in bold should have accent mark.

85, `Colgar', present subjunctive, indent 2nd line to avoid confusion.

93, directions for Repaso general 2 should say to use the `to have' helping verb, eliminating confusion

88, line 12, `conseguir' spelled with a `g' not `q'

101, Decir, conditional is wrong. It should be `diría, etc.'

104, Haber preterit should all be in italics; hubiste should not be in italics

108, Oír needs accent mark

88, line 22, `conseguir' spelled with a `g' not `q'

109, line 2, present subj. of Poder should be `pueda' not `puede

86, line 27, `conseguir' spelled with a `g' not `q'

109, line 19, `disponer' should be in italics.

129, 2nd. Column. Add `B.' heading

140, Aplicación A8, both should be in singular, `caminara,' `caminase'.

140, Aplicación B7, both should be in plural, `aprendieran,' `aprendiesen. Given answer is also misspelled.

143, Aplicación B - all can be present progressive which is better correspondence to simple tenses (see entry for page 56)

135, Aplicación B, #2, 4, 5 should be past, not present, progressive

143, line 6, #(2), should be habré with accent.

147, first line under Para practicular: remove s from `compites, sirves, mides'

141, Mastery test, #8, `trabajases' should be `trabajase'.

152, Repasto general 1, #A7, `estaban' not `estabn'

152, Repasto general 1, #A22, should be `reímos'

152, Repasto general 1, #B11, add `no' for negation

152, Repasto general 1. There are other possible correct answers for B18, B8, B22 and B28.

141, Aplicación, #13 should be `hubierais/hubieseis estudiado'

131, Mastery Test, #25, `vivisteis' not `vivíais'

142, Repaso, #15, no not `ho.'

151, Aplicación #7, should be `juegan

158, Aplicación A2 should be: `supieras' not `supeiras'.

158, Aplicación C14 should be: `you would know.'

152, Repasto general 2, B #5 can also be `entienden'.

153 Aplicación #8 should be `fitted,' not `fit.'

155, Mastery Test, #7, should be imperfect subj.: `bendijera/bendijese'

157, Mastery Test, #7 has another choice: podía.

153 Aplicación #15, should be `we declined', preterit, not imperfect.

142, Repaso, #27, no accent mark

149, Mastery test, # 20 `relincas' should be `delincas'

163, A #11 should be `he would hear' not `he would smell'

153 Aplicación #25, `loosen', not `seize.'

156, Mastery Test, #22 has another possible answer: `fueses'

124, B. #6, #21 should specify which you: #6 pl. for; #21, sing. fam.

166, Add under letter `p': Put in meter, 18.

154, Mastery Test, #32, `os' not needed.

160, Mastery Test, #30 has another answer: `tuvieseis'

166, `poseer, possess 80' is omitted

If you are a person in need of more practice with Spanish verb conjugating, "Spanish Verb Drills" by Vivienne Bey is a great reference book to have around. Providing many exercises such as verb drills and fill-in-the-blanks, this book will assist students and anyone else trying to brush up on their conjugating skills real fast and easier.

The book provides an inexpensive method to improve your verb conjugating skills. Besides this book, I also recommend "501 Spanish Verbs" as another book one should own if they want to master Spanish verb conjugations. Both books should make you a pro within a short period of time.

In my Spanish language studies I had tried out dozens of books, cards and tapes. Even though I had read through the verb conjugations in books several times it still seemed as though I was making terribly slow progress. This book definitely helped me to reach a new plateau. There simply is nothing that will help you to memorize the conjugations better than writing them out. This book is arranged so that once you have a verb form under your belt, you then learn a new one and keep reviewing the ones that you have already done. In this way, when you have finished even half of the book you are already quite confident in your knowledge of the conjugations. By writing out the verb forms for even a portion of the book you will have the skills necessary to produce your own conversation and gain fluency, which is your main goal at this point. If you are trying to re-learn Spanish after a long break in studying, this book will be of immense value. Put this seemingly simple book at the top of your list for Spanish educational materials.

this book, part of a series for several languages, is probably my least favorite: the verb index at the back is in english, so there is no way to quickly look up verbs in spanish. one has to know the english translation, and then what's the point? the exercises are thorough, but someone desparately needs to add spanish to the english verb index (the index works this way: to make... hacer; however, there is no entry for hacer, so if you want to look up hacer you can't -- you have to know it means to make).

As a beginning Spanish student, I started learning vocaulary and grammer rules, but did not seem to progress much in understanding the language. Once I started learning these verb forms, I greatly accelorated my understanding of written and spoken Spanish. I recommend the book highly.

I knew it had some mistakes, but I didn't realize how many until I saw that other review, so I knocked my review down a star. I used exercises from the book to test my 2nd year Spanish students. I don't recommend it for trying to learn Spanish. It is far too decontextualized. I realize the title is, Spanish Verb "Drills" but I need more context in order for the verb tenses to make sense.

Received very quickly. I haven't had a chance to use the book yet, but it looks quite promising!! :0)

This workbook gives you all the practice you'll need conjugating verbs in Spanish. It really forces you to think! Very helpful

in perfect condition, prompt delivery also. I just love Amazon! Great for my books CDs and DVDs.

This book is great! It has 18 sections covering all the tenses, including stem-changing verbs, orthographic changes, and irregular verbs. Each section has an easy-to-understand explanation of how the tense is used and how they are formed, a few pages of practice exercises, and a mastery test at the end. There is an answer key and an index of the infinitives in the back of the book. I highly recommend it for anyone who has trouble remember verb endings, which is probably everyone. :) Perfect practice makes perfect!