Spanish Super Review

By The Editors of REA

Get all you need to know with Super Reviews! Each Super Review is packed with in-depth, student-friendly topic reviews that fully explain everything about the subject. The Spanish Super Review includes comprehensive reviews of basic pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, conjugation of regular and irregular verbs, pronouns, time, weather, and numbers. Take the Super Review quizzes to see how much you've learned - and where you need more study. Makes an excellent study aid and textbook companion. Great for self-study! DETAILS - From cover to cover, each in-depth topic review is easy-to-follow and easy-to-grasp - Perfect when preparing for homework, quizzes, and exams! - Review questions after each topic that highlight and reinforce key areas and concepts - Student-friendly language for easy reading and comprehension - Includes quizzes that test your understanding of the subject

• Language: English
• Publisher: Research & Education Association
• Release date: Jan 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780738665092

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Spanish Super Review

The Editors of REA

Research & Education Association

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SUPER REVIEW®

OF SPANISH

Published 2011

Copyright © 2000 by Research & Education Association, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Control Number 00-130292

9780738665092

SUPER REVIEW® and REA® are registered trademarks of Research & Education Association, Inc.

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Table of Contents

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Title Page

Copyright Page

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CHAPTER 1 - Alphabet and Sounds

CHAPTER 2 - Articles

CHAPTER 3 - Nouns

CHAPTER 4 - Adjectives

CHAPTER 5 - Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

CHAPTER 6 - Verbs

CHAPTER 7 - Irregular Verbs

CHAPTER 8 - Imperfect vs. Preterite

CHAPTER 9 - The Subjunctive

CHAPTER 10 - Past and Present Participles

CHAPTER 11 - Verbs: Compound Tenses

CHAPTER 12 - The Verb To Be Ser or Estar?

CHAPTER 13 - Classes of Verbs

CHAPTER 14 - The Passive Voice

CHAPTER 15 - Time and Weather Expressions

CHAPTER 16 - Personal Pronouns

CHAPTER 17 - Other Pronouns

CHAPTER18 - Prepositions and Conjunctions

CHAPTER 19 - Affirmatives and Negatives

CHAPTER 20 - Numerals

CHAPTER 21 - Basic Vocabulary

CHAPTER 22 - Glossary

CHAPTER 1

Alphabet and Sounds

1.1 The Alphabet

Spanish uses the same Latin alphabet as English except for the addition of four letters:

ch pronounced like ch in chief

II pronounced like the y in beyond

ñ pronounced like ni in opinion

rr pronounced as a trilled or rolling sound (no English equivalent)

1.2 Consonants

c sounds like s before e and i, and like k in all other cases.

g sounds like the h in humid before e and i, and like the g in go or get in front of a, o, and u. In order to obtain the hard sound before e and i, Spanish interpolates the vowel u: guerra, guión. In these cases the u is silent; a dieresis indicates that it must be pronounced: vergüenza, guero.

h is always silent: ahora, húmedo, horrible.

v is pronounced like b in all cases.

y sounds like 11 at the beginning of a word or syllable. When it stands alone or comes at the end of a word, it is equivalent to the vowel i.

z is pronounced like s.

(This pronunciation guide follows Latin American usage. In Castilian Spanish the soft c and the z are pronounced like th in thin.)

1.3 Vowels

The sounds of the Spanish vowels are invariable.

a sounds approximately like a in ah.

e sounds approximately like e in men.

i sounds approximately like ee in eel.

o sounds approximately like o in or.

u sounds approximately like oo in moon.

1.3.1 Diphthongs

A combination of one strong (a, e, o) and one weak vowel (i, u) or of two weak ones is a diphthong and counts as one syllable:

1.4 Stress and Accent Marks

There are two basic rules that indicate stress in Spanish. If either of these two rules is broken, a written accent mark will appear over the word.

If a word ends in a vowel, -n, or -s, the normal stress is on the penultimate (next to last) syllable.

esposa (over the -o)

clase (over the -a)

crimen (over the -i)

If a word ends in any other letter (than those mentioned above), the normal stress will fall on the last syllable.

hablar (over the -a)

papel (over the -e)

nivel (over the -e)

Some one-syllable words will be accented according to their grammatical function.

mi (possessive adjective) vs. mí (prepositional pronoun)

mas (but—conjunction) vs. más (more—adverb)

si (if) vs. sí (yes)

se (reflexive pronoun) vs. sé (I know—verb)

tu (possessive adjective) vs. tú (subject pronoun)

el (article) vs. él (subject pronoun)

One-syllable words may or may not have a written accent depending on their grammatical function: sí (affirmative pronoun, yes)/si (conjunction, if); de (verb)/de (preposition); él (pronoun)/el (article); tú (pronoun, you)/tu (possessive adjective, your).

1.5 Syllabic Division

A consonant between two vowels joins the second vowel to form a syllable: li-te-ra-tu-ra, e-ne-mi-go, a-ho-ra;

two consonants together must be separated: cuer-no, pac-to;

"ch," "ll," and "rr" are considered one letter and are not separated;

"l" or "r" preceded by "b," "c," "d," "f," "g," "p" and "t" are not separated: ha-blar, a-brupt-to, te-cla, pul-cri-tud, me-lo-dra-ma, in-flu-yo, a-gra-de-cer;

"ns" and "bs" are not separated in groups of three or four consonants: ins-cri-bir, obs-ta-cu-lo;

in words formed with prefixes, the prefix stands alone as one syllable: sub-ra-yar; in-ú-til, des-a-gra-clar.

Problem Solving Examples:

Select the correct word form:

A (mi/mí) me gusta (mas/más) (mi/mí) idea que la suya.

(Si/Sí) quiere ir con ellos, es mejor que les diga que (si/sí).

Yo no (se/sé) lo que (tu/tú) quieres hacer con (tu/tú) vida.

Ella no esperaba que (el/él) le regalase (el/él) reloj a ella.

mí, más, mi; Si, sí; sé, tú, tu; él, el.

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Reviews for Spanish Super Review

[ParasParekh · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

bueno para conociendo Las reglas.