Book Description
BarronÂ's is today and always has been the Number-One reference source for verb usage in virtually every major language. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, the all-time best selling 501 Spanish Verbs beats all less well-established rivals with its brand-new 6th edition. ItÂ's printed in two colors, it features tinted page edges for ease of reference, and it comes with extra help for Spanish language students in the form of a CD-ROM. The book presents the most important and most commonly used Spanish verbs arranged alphabetically with English translations in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. The accompanying CD-ROM gives students practice exercises in verb conjugation plus a concise grammar review. This combined book and software package is a comprehensive guide to Spanish verb usage with a wealth of reference material and language tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional Spanish verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and short tests with all questions answered and explained.
Customer Reviews:
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I love this book!!! it has all the conjugated forms of the most used verbs. plus in the back of the book, it contains the meanings of hundreds of other verbs! this book really helps with your spanish and i recommend it to anyone learning the language!
501 Spanish Verbs.......2007-10-02
This was a great help for my wife's study and her advancement in class.
Thanks so mauch again.
From the SayHola dot com School.......2007-09-23
We have a school called SayHola dot com and we bought this book for our students because of the CD included but there are so many errors on the CD that we can not use it.
Spanish.......2007-09-07
This book came in handy while my daughter was having to write papers in spanish or translate from english to spanish or vice versa
A must-have.......2007-09-03
This book is a necessity for anyone learning Spanish. Conjugating verbs is one of the hardest things to learn. This book is very useful. It has translations and conjugations of verbs listed in alphabetical order. The beginning of the book has information and practice activities to help with verb conjugations. It also comes with a cd rom that has a couple activities to help you learn. They are not bad activities, but they are also not the best learning tool I have ever used. The book is well worth it though.
Book Description
The philosophy of this best-selling introductory text is to emphasize communicative proficiency. Based on the Natural Approach, the text stresses the use of activities in a natural and spontaneous classroom atmosphere. In this comprehension-based approach, the development of receptive skills —listening and reading— precedes and forms the basis for the development of the productive skills —speaking and writing.
Dos mundos is designed so that class time can be devoted to exposing students to Spanish through the abundant activities and readings in the text, allowing the grammar explanations and exercises to be studied outside of class.
Customer Reviews:
Terrible for Beginners (No me gusta).......2006-09-11
If you have a choice, do not buy this book. If you must buy it for your class, seriously consider taking a different Spanish class that doesn't use this book.
This book is full of errors - typos, missing text and using words that haven't been taught yet. It goes on and on. This may be understandable for a 1st edition, but I'm referring to the 5th edition!
They also use a hard-to-read font (small and artsy-fartsy) on their illustrations. So when you see foreign words you can't tell if the word is Lan or Ian. That may seem picky, but when you're paying $200 for the book and workbooks, I expect better.
They also have CD's (they don't include videos for some reason), but it is painfully obvious that the CD's were produced for the ease of manufacturing, not teaching. If you plan on using these CD's while going through a chapter, you will find yourself constantly changing between 3 different CD's - because they don't layout the CD's according to the chapter. One part will be for cultural parts of the chapter, another for the vocabulary and another for the workbook exercises.
It did awake me to the different between Textbooks and what I'll call Free Market books. Textbooks, at least this one, doesn't have a reference section - putting all the numbers together, colors, etc.
Just look at the editorial description (above). It really says it all..."Dos mundos is designed so that class time can be devoted to exposing students to Spanish through the abundant activities and readings in the text, allowing the grammar explanations and exercises to be studied outside of class."
In other words, if you want to learn grammar and have it explained, don't use this book. Study it "outside of class." Why am I taking this class?
A LONG WAIT FOR PRODUCT.......2005-09-04
I ordered this product on the 3rd of August via expedited (2 day)shipping and it did not get here until the 13th of August!! Class started here on the 15th. The product itself was as it stated, so I can not complain about that. I would not use this shipper unless you have plenty of time to wait.
Unhappy.......2004-09-08
I was looking for a student workbook for practice in spanish. I ordered this book because it was listed as "like new",it took me almost three weeks to get it and when I did I found the worksheets for the first five chapters were cut out. I am now approaching my first term exam for those same chapters and have no book to review.
The Best Spanish Resource I've ever Come Across.......2003-10-27
I think that "Dos Mundos" is an excellent resource for both teachers AND students. I disagree that study of the book needs to be accompanied by teacher instruction and supervision. The beauty of the text, in my opinion, is that it makes self-teaching very easy. The grammar section at the back of each chapter is clearly explained in English, and there is a complete vocabulary list at the end of each chapter.
The other beauty of the book is that it creates the closest thing to language immerson that you can get out of a book. There are many articles from Spanish-speakers, written in very natural Spanish.
As for the person upset about the Mexican Spanish, I can't say that I agree with you. I was pleasantly surprised because the book actually has samplings of the language from all over the Spanish world. But in order to avoid confusion (which would make sense), they stuck to one main form of Spanish - Spain Spanish.
I recommend this book for ANYONE - teacher and students (from beginner level write up to the advanced learner)
World Language.......2003-03-30
to the reviewer who says that every Spanish textbook should emphasize Mexican Spanish, there are many other countries other than Mexico that speak Spanish. It is pure linguistic chauvinism to state that vosotros shouldn't be taught. I also think 'vos' as used in Central American and the River Plate region should also be introduced in beginning Spanish classes. Limiting the accents that are offered and by refining the text as though Mexico were the only country potential Spanish speaker will visit is short-sighted and small-minded at best. The text is not meant to be used on an autodidactic basis.
Book Description
This convenient worktext gives students a unique approach to learning, remembering, and reviewing how to use Spanish verbs correctly. The book provides a systematic presentation and review of Spanish verb forms and explains when and why a certain verb tense should be used. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses includes an impressive number of exercises and open-ended questions, numerous conjugation charts, a list of verbs and their prepositions, and Spanish-English and English-Spanish vocabulary lists.
Customer Reviews:
Spanish Verb Tenses workbook is great!.......2007-10-12
This workbook is the best spanish aid that I've used. A person just can't communicate with just nouns and adjectives. They need a good working knowledge of verbs. This book takes you through the tenses, and spends 79 pages on just the present tense, working through all the irregulars, stem-changing verbs, etc. There are a total of 226 pages of workbook-type work, then some appendices, spanish-english glossary, and the answer key. The last page is 305. About every 6-7 pages is a paragraph to translate into spanish. It makes a person think. One thing about this book is that even though there is a small english-spanish dictionary in the back, you'll need another bigger dictionary, since many words are not in their dictionary. This is a great investment. I would buy it again, knowing what I know now.
Excellent book.......2007-08-11
This is an excellent book. Lots of great information, written in an easy to understand format.I just finished a class on spanish, and only after reading this book, and doing the excercises am I starting to really understand.
Spanish Verb Tenses.......2007-08-02
This is so good, the teacher thought I had someone of Spanish desent help me write my papers!! So I actually had to dumd down, a little, WOW!!!
Better When Used with Behind the Wheel Spanish 8 CDs.......2007-07-01
As Spanish verb resources go, Practice Makes Perfect is almost as good as
Christopher Kendris's 501 Spanish Verbs.
When you have to go to Mexico on business, with no knowledge of Spanish at all, and with just two weeks to learn to speak the language, you do whatever you can to learn.
I bought and tried everything, including this book. It is good and I learned a lot from it.
My best results in verbs and expecially in learning to speak and understand the language came from Behind the Wheel Spanish by Language Dynamics. Great course.Behind the Wheel Spanish/Complete Illustrated Text/Answer Keys/8 One Hour
How I am successfully using this book to become more conversational in Spanish? .......2007-06-25
This book is fantastic for teaching Spanish grammar for verb tenses. It goes great with a Spanish verb conjugation book such as 501 Spanish verbs. One of the most interesting things about this book is the vocabulary that you will learn. I was only expecting to learn how to conjugate verbs with this book. But I learned Spanish verb conjugation and so many new vocabulary words that I was able to put to use almost immediately with Spanish speakers. The exercises were also fun to do, and I never felt bored when studying with this book.
Many people say that you should first learn how to speak the language and reach an intermediate conversational level before attempting to study the grammar from a book. I disagree. I have used this book with my favorite Spanish course, Learning Spanish Like Crazy, and I am very happy with the progress that I have made. And I feel that this book has helped me to develop a better understanding of "why" sentences are said the way that they are in Spanish. Learning Spanish Like Crazy is probably the best self-study course for learning authentic Spanish from this side of the Atlantic, but it left me with certain questions about using Spanish verbs. But I have been able to use this book to successfully fill in those gaps and become more conversational. If you are truly serious about speaking fluent Spanish, then you'll want to order this book.
Book Description
The new "bible" of Spanish verbs makes learning faster and easier!
When we set out to build a bigger, better Spanish-verb "bible," we made certain it would be a quantum leap over Barron's 501 Spanish Verbs and every other source available today. The result is hands-down the most comprehensive, clearest, and easiest-to-use source for those of you who are beginning and intermediate learners of Spanish. It exceeds all previous standards of coverage and presentation and is in a class of its own when it comes to enhancing textbook and classroom learning. Smooth sailing through the turbulent seas of foreign grammar with:
- 555 fully conjugated verbs, listed alphabetically
- Current idioms and expressions for each verb
- Full facing page of usage examples for the top 50 verbs
- One-stop, at-a-glance verb-tense profiles
- More than 2,200 verbs cross-referenced to models
- A handy guide to deciphering irregular verb forms
- Exercises to test mastery
Customer Reviews:
Big Red Book is Big Help.......2007-07-09
I love this book, over 500 verbs fully conjugated. The help in my learning Spanish has been invaluable.
It's the best I've seen - here's another reason why.......2006-04-16
in addition to the advantages that others have pointed out, such as the examples provided, there is another plus which I don't think anyone else has mentioned. The book gives examples not only of the verb in use, but also of nouns and vocab that are related to the verb in question. So for example, for the word 'Anadir' (which means 'to add'), the book gives sample sentences containing the phrase 'por anadidura' (in addition:') and the noun 'anadido' (addition). These supporting phrases and vocab are every bit as important as learning to conjugate the root verb itself, and I have yet to find a verb book that does this in its sample sentences.
Great book, very helpful!.......2006-03-01
This book was recommended to me by my Spanish Teacher and it is a really good resource to use while learning Spanish or just to use for reference. I recommend the 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs to all interested in Spanish.
Side-By-Side Comparison of 501 Spanish Verbs vs. The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs (555) .......2006-02-22
As the editor of the Learning Spanish Products Reviews (LearningSpanishProductsReviews) site, one of my responsibilities is to review learning Spanish courses, books, and software that are listed on Amazon. I am also a native Spanish speaker and a professional private Spanish instructor.
At first glance, it seems that Big Red 555 has 54 more fully conjugated verbs than 501. But Big Red 555 actually has about 2,300 more verbs than 501. That's because Big Red 555 has a Spanish Verb Index with more than 2,300 verbs that are cross-referenced to the page number to another verb in Big Red 555 that follows the same conjugation pattern. If we judged the books solely on the number of the verbs that each book contains, Big Red 555 would clearly be the winner.
Another section that I liked about Big Red 555 is that it contains a section with the Top 50 Verbs. These Top 50 Verbs which were selected on frequency of use are also cross-referenced to the page number in Big Red 555 where you will find the same verb fully conjugated. This section can be very helpful because it is unlikely that a reader will study the entire 500 plus verbs of either book. But a reader may study and practice the Top 50 most commonly used verbs and learn how to conjugate them.
Perhaps the feature that makes Big Red 555 standout from 501 is that in the "555 Fully Conjugated Verbs" section, the former tends to give more examples of uses and expressions of the verbs than you would find in the latter.
But in order to learn proper verb conjugation it takes lots of study and practice. 501 provides the reader with close to 50 pages of "Verb Drills and Test With Answers." On the other hand, Big Red 555 only had 5 pages of exercises.
Both books contain easy-to-view summary sections of verb formation and uses of each verb tenses, including many examples. However, Big Red 555 only covers verb conjugation in the "summary" section while 501 covers not only verb conjugation in the "summary" section but also direct and indirect pronouns and other aspects of Spanish grammar.
One feature that I like about both books is that they both contain an English-Spanish Verb Index that allows the reader to look up the 555 or 501 words by their English meaning.
501 does have several more additional or supplemental sections than Big Red 555. To name a few, 501 has a section on idiomatic expressions. 501 also has two "tourist attraction" sections in the back pages. One section consists of more than thirty practical situations you may find yourself in while visiting Latin America or Spain. The other section gives the reader many popular phrases, words, expressions, abbreviations, signs, and notices in Spanish and English in one alphabetical listing. This provides the reader with the ability to look in one section as opposed to two when looking for a particular word. For the sake of convenience, cognates and near-cognates are also reduced to one entry in this section.
Considering that the books are relatively inexpensive ($10 or $11), you may want to invest in both the Champion and the Challenger and then decide which one you find most helpful. You will find both books on my book shelf. I have used either or both as a reference source when preparing lessons for my private
students.
Excellent reference book for verbs!.......2005-10-28
Mastering verb conjugations is essential to learning Spanish. Anytime that I need to find a verb form, I generally will find it in the Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs. The layout and format are so easy to follow. The Big Red Book even has separate conjugation tables for the reflexive verbs, with and without the reflexive pronouns. Plus there is a cross reference list for other verbs with the same conjugated forms as one of the 555 Verbs. I happen to own The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs, 501 Spanish Verbs, and 2000 Spanish Verbs. Each text has its strengths, and the price for each is a bargain. You won't go wrong in even buying all three of them. But if I could only choose one book of Spanish verbs to have, the Big Red Book would be the one.
Book Description
For All Students This compact volume offers an integrated guide to both Spanish verbs and the basics of grammar. All of the major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language are presented in 33 units, each devoted to a particular concept. It is an indispensable guide to anyone who needs a comprehensive yet accessible reference to Spanish verbs and grammar.
Customer Reviews:
Spanish Book Review.......2007-04-09
Buy this book. This book provides a comprehensive guide to verb use and grammar. Other topics include idioms, pronunciation, practical rules, time, suffixes, numerals, letters and extensive vocabulary. The book is easy to read and examples are abundant. The topics are easy to find because the book is brief and well organized.
Small and Compact but Extremely Thorough .......2006-04-04
As the editor of the Learning Spanish Products Reviews (LearningSpanishProductsReviews) site, one of my responsibilities is to review learning Spanish book that are listed on Amazon. I am also a native Spanish speaker from Argentina and a professional private Spanish instructor.
This a rather compact book that covers both Spanish Verbs and the fundamentals to Spanish grammar. In 33 short units, the author Ina W. Ramboz covers the major verbal and grammatical concepts of Spanish. The books is arranged so that each unit is dedicated to covering one particular concept. This enables the user to quickly and easily find specific information.
In addition to providing explanations to help the student understand the key concepts of Spanish verbs and grammar, the author also gives the student numerous examples to guarantee that the student grasps a full understanding of the material and is well on her way to mastery of Spanish verbs and grammar. Unlike some books that use impractical situations and uncommon vocabulary to demonstrate usage, this book uses contemporary vocabulary that reflects real-life situations that one is likely to come across while living in or traveling to Latin America.
Unlike many of the books on the market that cover both Spanish verbs and grammar, this book is small enough to be conveniently carried with you almost anywhere, but also thorough enough to be considered a true guide to mastering Spanish verbs and grammar. If you need to quickly develop a thorough understanding of Spanish verbs and grammar, but you lack the time or patience to read books such as Spanish Verbs and Tenses, the Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice, etc., then this may be the book for you.
The handiest little grammar.......2006-03-08
This is just the handiest Spanish grammar to have at hand. I'm using the Teach Yourself... series of books (I have the Latin American Spanish, Spanish Verbs, Spanish Vocabulary, and Spanish Grammar) and the Oxford Take Off in Latin American Spanish, along with the Pimsleur Audio-only CDs.
Whenever I have a question about a grammatical item, this is the book in which I can find the clearest and most concise explanation. For instance...it takes ages for them to talk about the imperative in the Teach Yourself series. In this grammar, I just had to look in the imperative section, and it quickly summarized how to make all of the forms of the imperative and what other verb forms each one is related to. That's all I really needed, a quick look-up, not a long winded explanation which tries too hard to be "non-technical." Granted, this grammar does assume that you know grammatical terminology--if you do, you'll probably be quite pleased with the speed with which you can find answers to your questions with this book.
I remember enjoying the French edition in this series when I was in high school years ago...and I'm sure I'll continue to enjoy this Spanish version as I continue my self-study.
Great Learning!.......2004-09-09
This is another book that was recommended to me by Patrick Jackson at www.learningspanishlikecrazy.com When this book first arrived in the mail my first impression was how could such a thin book with only a little more that 100 pages be of much help. I was so wrong. This book is a very comprehensive grammar book. The author does an excellent job explaining the differences between "para and por" and "pero and sino." The wrong use of these words can completely change the meaning of a sentence.
There is simply no better book! Regardless of Price........2002-02-21
I just couldnt pass up the opportunity to review this book. It is probably one of the cheapest books of it's kind and yet it is the best of it's kind. I am not kidding when I say that with this book and a good dictionary and phrase or text book you could become fluent in spanish. It covers Verbs so simply and efficiently that you learn the most important conjugations for each type of verb all at once in just a few pages. (Which means you are not trapped in the present tense because your class or text hasnt yet discussed preterite or imperfect or future).I must also add that it has an excellent review of idioms in the back and the best coverage of Articels el, lo, la that I have ever seen, and I have many books on spanish. Now before I go you must trust me when I say that I am being completely objective and that I am well acquanted with language study and learning (Japanese, Chinese, French, Korean) because this is the best book available on the subject, and spending more money will not get you anything superior to the coverage in this book. If you are thinking about buying it DO IT! You wont regret it (Oh by the way I am the only child in a spanish speaking family who didnt learn spanish growing up but I now speak it more than well enough to get by, in large part because of this little yellow book!)
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Book Description
Approximately 300 most frequently used Spanish verbs are presented, one verb per page, arranged alphabetically, fully conjugated, and identified by the English infinitive form. Books in this series are smaller and shorter versions of Barron's 501 Verbs series. They make handy quick-reference sources for language students, teachers, and translators.
Customer Reviews:
Verb Books Are Very Useful.......2007-07-29
I bought my verb book seven years ago and still use it.
Brandon Simpson, Author of Learning Foreign Languages: Everything You Need To Know and If You Ain't Got No Grammer...
Portable and easy to use.......2007-07-26
I found this little guide to be more useful overall than the full size edition. It has less words, but I like the concise introduction better and it's smaller so I can keep it with me as I travel during the day.
Spanish Verbs (Barron's Verbs Series) by Christopher Kendris, Ph.D. .......2007-05-12
I bought this for my fiance, who is taking Spanish lessons to make her more fluent on our church trips to Nicaragua. I had used other verb conjugation reference books before and this compact book seemed to have all of the same benefits, but in a smaller size.
My fiance loves it, because it will fit in her purse, it helps her with all verb tense and it lists verbs not in the book and matches them with similar verbs with similar conjugations. I have use it and we both find it an excellent resource.
We are very pleased with this purchase.
Spanish Verbs.......2007-03-15
Order arrived fast, in perfect, new condition. Type size smaller than expected, making it a bit difficult for older eyes. Content, however, is exactly what I wanted.
Great small book.......2007-01-06
I am ordering this book because I saw someone using it on the subway yesterday! She was kind enough to let me look at it, and it was just what I needed--a compact reference to many verbs. This is going to be very helpful to me.
Book Description
Sail through the turbulent seas of Spanish verbs with this unbeatable reference plus interactive practice combo!
The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs with CD-ROM is the most comprehensive resource available for learning and mastering Spanish verbs. Designed for beginning through advanced learners, this indispensable guide will help you conjugate verbs with ease, enabling you to communicate in Spanish confidently.
Inside you will find:
- 555 fully conjugated verbs, listed alphabetically
- Current idioms and expressions for each verb
- The Top 50 verbs, with many examples of their usage in context
- More than 2,300 verbs cross-referenced to conjugation models
- A handy guide to deciphering irregular verb forms
The CD-ROM is a fun way to help you:
- Sharpen your skills with more than 200 interactive exercises, from multiple choice to fill-in-the-blank
- Form verbs and choose the right tenses
- Master common idioms and everyday expressions
- Track and evaluate your progress with a pretest and a comprehensive review test
System requirements: PC only: Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Customer Reviews:
Best Spanish vocabulary book I've ever purchased!.......2007-06-23
The Big Red book of Spanish is broken down into very comprehensible categories which make it easy to absorb the vocabulary and retain the words in your memory. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone. A real bargain considering the amount of material covered and the price!!!A real gem of spanish books. I anticipate being more fluent after reviewing all the words in the book!
Verb Book review.......2007-04-18
This is a must when you want to learn to put the proper tenses to the verb. It is very easy to read. I use the CD periodically to test how much I've retained. Taking the reviews on the CD is a very good gauge of your progress.
Great help for homework!!.......2007-03-18
My Spanish teacher gives us verbs and 3 tenses that she wants them congugated in. All I do is look the word up and copy it down. This way, I know I have the right answers to study from. There are just so many rules to remember, this book is a great thing to have around. I haven't checked out what was on the CD yet, but I recommend this book if you plan on getting anywhere with the Spanish language.
Big Rf Spanish Verbs with CD-ROM.......2007-01-06
It is a good book for learning basic Spanish. The book has many useful example sentences, which are very useful. It is bulky so I use only when I can't find words in more compact book such as "Everything Spanish Verb Book" by Lawless. I feel the CD-ROM came with the book is not so useful for a person who try to concentrate on verb conjugation. It is almost a lecture book all by itself. They should have considered a lecture format which is more covenient and simple in storing in iPod or like. Wish it was a simple CD without fanfares, not CD-ROM. Again the book, however, is very useful.
The Book Gets 5 Stars, the Sofware only 3 Stars .......2006-09-05
As the editor of the Learning Spanish Products Reviews (LearningSpanishProductsReviews) site, one of my responsibilities is to review learning-Spanish resources. I am also a native Spanish speaker from Argentina, and a professional private Spanish instructor.
I have highly recommended the book, The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs (555 Fully Conjugated Verbs). I have given it much praise, a 5 star Amazon review, and recommended it to many of my readers as one of the most important books for learning Spanish. I have also used it over and over again as a reference source when preparing lessons for my private students. However, I was somewhat disappointed with this new software that accompanies the book. It was far from what I expected.
There is plenty of audio in this CD Rom. Just one problem. All of the audio features a native English speaker speaking English. Yes, English only. You will not hear any Spanish on this CD-Rom. There is an English-speaking virtual narrator that appears on the interface of the software that guides you through out the exercises.
Although the exercises are pretty good, they would have been much better if they also included the Spanish audio. In fact, if this was only a book, I would have given it 5 stars, the same rating that I gave a previous edition of the book without the software. One good thing that I can say about the software is that it has a very helpful assessment test that helps the student evaluate her level of Spanish or, more accurately, her ability to conjugate Spanish verbs. One bad thing that I can say about the book is that I found at least one error in one of the exercises.
However, this is not merely a book. It is also a piece of software. Unlike software products, books do not have sound capabilities and therefore cannot teach learners spoken Spanish. But to have a a learning-Spanish software product that does not teach learners how to recognize spoken Spanish when it is heard is doing a disservice to learners of Spanish.
This software may still be very useful to a high school or college student that has no desire to actually speak the language but simply wants to get a good grade from her teacher or professor. For that purpose, I strongly recommend this software. But someone who really wants to learn how to speak Spanish may be a little disappointed with this software. On the other hand, since the software also comes with one of the most important books for learning Spanish (The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs - 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs), I am compelled to recommend the product. But don't expect much from the software.
Book Description
Learn verb skills and communicate confidently in a new language
Building on the authors’ bestselling The Ultimate Review and Practice series, this book is your best bet to mastering the often tricky verb forms and key sentence structures of the Spanish language. The Ultimate Spanish Verb Review and Practice offers a step-by-step program for experienced beginners through advanced learners to understand how different verb forms work and use that knowledge to build increasingly sophisticated sentences in Spanish. No other book on the market combines guidance and practice in verb formation and usage with tips on the 18 most commonly used sentence models.
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Great review book. .......2007-06-14
This book is better than most at explaining the complex rules of Spanish, but also some of the interesting background behind the rules. Not for beginners, but definitely a great book for year 2 Spanish learners.
The Ultimate brand is the gold standard of language teaching books!.......2006-03-21
I have been using The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice: Mastering Spanish Grammar for Confident Communication as a review and reference book. It has seen me through Spanish language exams, travel to Spanish-speaking countries, business meetings where I had to speak Spanish, and even social situations. I read Spanish language newspapers and magazines and even some history and literature and watch Mexican telenovelas with a high level of comprehension.
I've been seeking a good follow-up review text and at last I found it: The Ultimate SPANISH VERB Review and Practice: Mastering Verbs and Sentence Building for Confident Communication. This amazing book is taking me through verb forms in all the tenses. The explanations are crystal clear and there are loads of exercises for practice. I love the Building Sentences section in each chapter because from the simple conjugated verb I learn how to build sentences by adding the verb + infinitive construction, or create sentences with double object pronouns; I learn how to express probability, how to focus on a certain element in the sentence, etc. I can say all the things I've wanted to say about "if something happens" or "if something were to happen" or "if something had happened" (possible conditions or contrary-to-fact conditions).
I like the presentation of Spanish grammar contrasted with English grammar. I'm a native English speaker but never really thought about English grammar until I used The Ultimate books. I find this very helpful, and I'm learning a lot about English, too!
Spanish has a lot of tenses and a lot of irregular verbs. The Ultimate SPANISH VERB Review and Practice is helping me to learn and practice them in context. I really like that the book allows me to go out of order which means if I need more practice on the present subjunctive (which I do!), I can jump right to Chapter 11. This book makes learning Spanish so logical and even enjoyable.
I think the Language Boxes are great because I'm learning interesting facts about Spanish. I didn't know that about 4,000 Spanish words, such as ojalá, el café, el alcohol, and hasta, were borrowed from Arabic. I am also learning many words that Spanish borrows from English to describe computer terms, such as crashear, linkear, and cliquear.
The Ultimate SPANISH VERB Review and Practice is the gold standard of language teaching books.
Another great Gordon-Stillman Spanish language learning tool.......2006-01-20
I want to be the first to review this extraordinary book as I am already a happy (and frequent) user of The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice: Mastering Spanish Grammar for Confident Communication, a book by the same authors Gordon and Stillman that made it possible for me to learn Spanish to speak, read and write for business. I reviewed that book 12-26-99, "Spanish Learning Made Easy". I am now using The Ultimate Spanish Verb Review and Practice: Mastering Verbs and Sentence Building for Confident Communication to further my study of Spanish. I find the book particularly helpful for many reasons. First, the comprehensive number of verbs and the organization of verb lists in structural and semantic groupings provides an easy way to expand my vocabulary and a good reference tool. Second, the grammar explanations of verbs and tenses are extremely clear. Third, each of the 15 chapters presents one or more tenses or type of verb, followed by a section called Building Sentences in which the verbs and tenses studied are expanded into meaningful sentences. Fourth, the book has loads of exercises of all types, and much useful current vocabulary, such as computer and technology verbs. Fifth, I like the language boxes that give interesting information about the Spanish language. Sixth, because the chapters can be used in any order, I can personalize my Spanish language education and focus on key areas for me in a quick and efficient manner. Seventh, the book is so well-organized and user-friendly that I can work through a tense or irregular verb on a short flight. This smart and unique book was written for advanced beginning through advanced learners of Spanish, and I have already recommended it to friends and business associates who are at different levels. The authors' method really works for me as I am confidently and successfully using Spanish in my professional and personal lives.
Book Description
At last! A book to help you, the beginning/struggling Spanish student, learn verbs quicker, remember them longer, and have instant access to their conjugations in the present and past tenses.
* Through the use of mnemonic phrases and comic visuals, you'll spend less time studying verbs and have more success recalling them.
* With the conjugations of the present and past tense of each verb presented on the same page, you'll locate the form you need when you need it.
Plus,
* A full grammar review of the present and past tense given at the end. You'll use this book for more than memorizing verbs.
* Practice exercises (answers provided) that put your knowledge of conjugations to the test.
* Three easy ways to review verbs when you need to.
For teachers, our web site will show you how others have successfully used Comic Mnemonics in the classroom.
Customer Reviews:
Cute book, good for beginner students.......2007-08-13
I purchased this book to help me teach verbs to a Spanish I class. So far, they do recall many of the mnemonic phrases especially the rhyming ones (e.g. Boone leaves the saloon), although the book does not contain as many verbs as I would like, and does nothing to help remember stem-changing verbs (besides listing the conjugations below the cartoon).
Even so, it's a good study aid and we have been using it whenever new verbs come up that are included in this book.
Comic Mnemonics for Spanish Verbs.......2007-07-12
This book is a must for anyone learning Spanish who has problems remembering verbs tense.
Great way to remember the verbs........2007-07-08
I just started to learn Spanish and I had never taken any languages in school. It helped me a lot. The pictures and "mnemonics" are great.
The most helpful book I've found yet to help me remember Spanish verb meanings and conjugations........2007-04-03
Great book for anyone having trouble remembering Spanish verbs and their forms. Along with the pictures and key words to help you remember, there are exercises with each word to test yourself. Plus, at the end of the book there are numerous explanations about conjugating the Spanish verbs.
SO HELPFUL.......2005-10-21
I only had a small knowlage of Spanish but with this book, i leaned sooooooo much! I recommend it to anyone who wants to begin Spanish. You can;t expect to be fluint after reading this book but it is still a great help.
Book Description
This brand-new workbook makes a fine supplementary classroom text for high school and college-level courses in Spanish. Filled with exercises designed to improve students' fluency in speaking, understanding, and writing Spanish, this book's focus is on verbs and correct verb usage, with separate chapters for each tense—present, "gustar"-type verbs and present progressive, imperfect and imperfect progressive, present perfect indicative, pluperfect indicative, future, future perfect, conditional, conditional perfect, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive, present perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive, commands, passive voice, and non-finite verb forms. Verbs are presented with fundamental conjugation information and illustrative dialogues. The exemplary verb forms are shown in contrasting typeface to help readers understand the verb formation process. Additional learning features include crossword puzzles, notes on verb usage, and the use of object pronouns with verbs. The book's type is set in two colors.
Customer Reviews:
Spanish Verb Workbook.......2007-04-17
This book is extremely helpful for students learning Spanish because they are not just learning the verbs by memorizing them, they are doing exercises and it gives them the ending formula.
Helpful for review or self-teaching........2006-11-10
This book offers short lessons on each of the verb tenses in Spanish. After each lesson there is a worksheet where the student can practice that skill. The best part is that the answers are given at the back of the book so that the student can instantly assess whether that skill has been mastered.
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