Essential Spanish Grammar

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Essential Spanish Grammar offers a modern, streamlined approach that will enable you to master communicating in Spanish in the shortest possible time and eliminate hit-or-miss memorization. If you're looking to learn Spanish grammar in a hurry, Essential Spanish Grammar is the perfect resource for you. This book is designed for adults with limited learning time and some previous knowledge of Spanish phrases and vocabulary who want to be able to communicate more effectively in everyday Spanish .  Concentrating on the expressions that you would be most likely to use, all rules are illustrated with common phrases, and hints are included throughout the book on how to replace difficult sentence constructions with simpler ones. All the major aspects of Spanish grammar are presented in logical order : vocabulary and vocabulary building; word order; how to turn a positive sentence into a negative one; how to form questions; nouns; pronouns; adjectives; adverbs; how to conjugate verbs in the major tenses; how to use auxiliary verbs; prepositions and infinitives; useful expressions; and vocabulary tips. A glossary is devoted to the definition of all grammatical terms used throughout the book. Essential Spanish Grammar also emphasizes the strong similarities between English and Spanish, with a cognate list of more than 2500 words, and offers probably the easiest way for you to build your vocabulary. This is the only place where this useful teaching device is available.