Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar [Paperback]

Gilda Nissenberg (Author), Gilda Nissenberg (Author)

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Now beginners can master Spanish grammar with the proven Practice Makes Perfect method!

Combining clear presentation, exercises, and a focus on practical conversational skills has proven a winning formula for the Practice Makes Perfect workbook series. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar builds on the series' success with a similarly interactive approach, embracing all aspects of Spanish grammar that you need to master. This engaging guide offers:

• An extensive grammar review, highlighted by illustrative examples
• Dozens of exercises, including fill-ins, translations, and creative writing
• Time saving thematic vocabulary panels to cut down on dictionary drudgery
• Boxed summaries of key grammar points for focused learning
• Detailed answer keys for progress checks

From the Back Cover

The effective way to master Spanish grammar

The only way to build your confidence in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. Featuring the proven Practice Makes Perfect approach, this workbook is an indispensable tool to practice and perfect all aspects of Spanish grammar.

From present tense regular verbs to double object pronouns, this comprehensive guide and workbook covers all aspects of Spanish grammar that learners need to master. Focusing on the practical aspects of Spanish as it's really spoken, each unit of Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar features crystal-clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and dozens of engaging exercises. Wherever appropriate, explanations include comparisons with English grammatical conventions, making it easier for learners to understand the basic logic behind the rules and to remember correct usage. And the exercises come in a variety of formats--including multiple choice, fill-in sentences and passages, sentence rewrites, and creative writing--designed for every learning style.

Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar makes mastering Spanish grammar easy with:

• Clear, down-to-earth, easy-to-follow explanations that make even the most complex principles easy to understand
• Dozens of exercises in formats suited to every learning style
• Time-saving thematic vocabulary panels that cut down on dictionary drudgery
• "Running commentary" answers that help you avoid common mistakes
• A detailed answer key for quick, easy progress checks

Offering a winning formula for getting a handle on Spanish grammar right away, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to learn to speak Spanish the way the natives do.

Also in the Practice Makes Perfect series:

Spanish Verb Tenses

Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions

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Product Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071422706
• ISBN-13: 978-0071422703
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #5,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

  #12 in	Books > Nonfiction > Foreign Language Nonfiction > Spanish
  #19 in	Books > Reference > Words & Language > Grammar
  #17 in	Books > Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Spanish

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75 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Thorough but full of mistakes, January 17, 2007

By	A. Duncan "Starlitt022" (Western PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar (Paperback)

I have been studying Spanish for 7+ years and used this book as a text book in a college course that focused on the verb conjugations and tenses. We did about 90% of the exercises in the book. It's very thorough with the material that it covers, but the answers in the back are full of so many mistakes that the book almost isn't worth it. It was frustrating for us students to use the book and check our answers only to find mistakes. Eventually our professor stopped using the book.

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, March 5, 2005

By	J. S. Orchard - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar (Paperback)

This book is amazing. It really does contain ALL aspects of spanish grammar. There are clear grammar explanations, plenty of practice excercises and good vocabulary/idiom lists. Seriously, buy this book.
BTW: don't listen to the above reviewer. My copy is not missing a single page.

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome and Cheap, December 3, 2005

By	M. Ng (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar (Paperback)

This book deserves a 5-star rating because it is very comprehensive and it is very cheap. I love the exercieses because not only can you practice the grammar but also learn more new vocabularies.

However, this book is NOT for beginners. The author states in the preface that this book is for advanced beginners or above. You should have at least very basic knowledge of the lauguage. I started learning Spanish by listening to the Michel Thomas CD's (the complete 8-CD set). I really learned a lot, but the Michel Thomas course does not cover every thing. If you really want to be fluent or to be able to read Spanish, you should study more on your own. This book is a great follow-up.

My copy of this book does not miss anything. Don't listen to the other reviewer.