Spanish Verb Tenses 2Nd Ed

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Spanish Verb Tenses
SECOND EDITION
Dorothy Richmond

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Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi

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1

THE PRESENT TENSE
The basics of verbs 3 Conjugating verbs 4 Regular -ar verbs 5 Negativesentences 7 Regular -er verbs 9 Regular -ir verbs 11 Asking questions 14

1 3

Conjugation of regular verbs

2

Ser and estar
Using ser 20 Using estar 25

19

3 4

Hay

31 35

Tener

Possession 35 Age 37 Idiomatic expressions with tener 37 Obligation 39

5 6

The personal a

43 47

Common irregular verbs

Phrases with two verbs—querer, poder, deber 49 Describing the...