BASIC SPANISH: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK

UNIT TWELVE gustar The verb gustar is used to translate the English verb ‘to like’ and so is very common in Spanish. The importa ...

Les gusta patinar. They like to skate/they like skating. (To skate is pleasing to them.) If the indirect object is named, it is ...

Me apetece salir esta noche. I feel like going out this evening. (It is appealing to me to go out this evening.) doler (to hurt) ...

Example: Vds. prefieren el coche rojo. (^) Les gusta más el coche rojo. 1 Nosotros preferimos la comida china. 2 Lola prefiere i ...

Cultural brief ¿Qué les gusta y no les gusta a los españoles? A los españoles les gusta el sol y el buen tiempo, y las vacacione ...

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UNIT THIRTEEN Radical changing verbs So far we have seen how verb endings in Spanish change to indicate the subject of the verb, ...

juego juegas juega jugamos jugáis juegan In another group of radical changing verbs a stressed e in the stem changes to ie, for ...

Exercises 1 Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the verb: 1 (ella) _____ (querer) una muñeca nueva. 2 ¿(ellos) _____ ( ...

5 Do you (Ud.) serve dinner at 5.00? 6 He sleeps until midday. 7 They have lunch at school. 8 You (Uds.) don’t understand French ...

Key vocabulary for Unit 13 belleza (f.) beauty bricolage (m.) DIY cordillera (f.) mountain range escritor (m.) writer herencia ( ...

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UNIT FOURTEEN Reflexive verbs Reflexive verbs are nomally used for actions that the subject performs to ‘him/herself’, e.g. ‘I w ...

levantarse to get up acostarse (ue) to go to bed afeitarse to shave peinarse to comb one’s hair vestirse (i) to get dressed pone ...

A singular reflexive construction can also be used to convey the meaning ‘it is + past participle’ for example: Se dice que... I ...

5 Do we take off our shoes? 6 He doesn’t wake up till 9.00. 7 What time do you wake up, sir? 8 The children are putting on their ...

8 Sacar la mezcla del aceite y escurrir. 9 Calentar un poco de aceite en una sartén. 10 Batir dos huevos, salar y añadir la pata ...

destruir to destroy escurrir to drain freir to fry fuente (f.) source habitante (m.) inhabitant huevo (m.) egg lavar to wash lon ...

UNIT FIFTEEN Present continuous tense The present tense in Spanish can be used for the simple present tense ‘does’ or the contin ...

Estoy esperando. I am waiting. Estamos comiendo. We are eating. ¿Qué estás haciendo? What are you doing? Notice that the form of ...