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This third edition of PRACTISING SPANISH GRAMMAR offers you a wide variety of exercises that put Spanish grammar into practice so you can understand better how the language is used today.

Thoroughly updated, PRACTISING SPANISH GRAMMAR THIRD EDITION includes:

a glossary that explains grammatical terms clearly, providing you with a useful reference guide to the tools of the language

level indicators with all exercises to help you progress at your own pace

translations for key words within the exercises so you can work without having to stop and refer to a dictionary

answers to all the exercises so you can use this book in class or at home

a range of exercise types that cater for different learning strategies to help build your confidence in Spanish.

With its broad variety of brand-new and revised exercises designed to stimulate and engage even the most grammar-shy students, this third edition can be used independently or as the ideal companion to the new fifth edition of the widely acclaimed A NEW REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPANISH FIFTH EDITION by John Butt and Carmen Benjamin.
Preface to the First Edition xiii
Preface to the Third Edition xv
Acknowledgements xvi
1 Nouns
Gender
1.1 General exercise (1)
1(1)
1.2 General exercise (2)
1(1)
1.3 Masculine and feminine pairs
1(11)
1.4 Words with two genders (1)
2(1)
1.5 Words with two genders (2)
2(1)
1.6 Nouns ending in-ma
3(1)
1.7 Nouns ending in -is
3(1)
1.8 Words ending in -e
4(1)
1.9 Gender of compound nouns
4(1)
Number
1.10 Plural formation
4(1)
1.11 Agreement of the verb
4(1)
1.12 Spanish plural for English singular, and vice versa
5(1)
2 Articles
The form of the article
2.1 El or la, un or una?
6(1)
Uses of the article
2.2 The article with names of languages
6(1)
2.3 The article with names of countries and towns
6(1)
2.4 The article with days of the week
7(1)
2.5 General exercise
7(1)
2.6 The indefinite article after a verb
7(1)
2.7 Unos
8(1)
Use and omission of the articles
2.8 Use and omission of the definite article
8(1)
2.9 Use and omission of the indefinite article
9(1)
2.10 Use and omission of the definite and indefinite article (1)
9(1)
2.11 Use and omission of the definite and indefinite article (2)
9(2)
3 Adjectives
Agreement
3.1 Basic agreement
11(1)
3.2 More complex agreements
11(1)
3.3 Colour adjectives
11(1)
Formation of adjectives
3.4 Formation of the feminine
12(1)
3.5 -isimo forms
12(1)
3.6 Adjectives pertaining to places
12(1)
3.7 Adjectives formed from nouns (relational adjectives)
13(1)
3.8 Translating `un-'
13(1)
Adjective position
3.9 Adjective position (1)
14(1)
3.10 Adjective position (2)
14(1)
3.11 Position of adjective with compound nouns
14(1)
3.12 Adjective position: bueno, malo, grande, pequeno
15(1)
3.13 Adjectives whose meaning varies according to position
15(1)
4 Comparatives
Regular and irregular comparative forms
4.1 Comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs
16(1)
4.2 Mas grande/mayor, mas pequefio/menor
16(1)
Comparisons of inequality
4.3 Mas/menos que or mas/menos de?
17(1)
Comparisons of quantity with clauses
4.4 Distinguishing where there is comparison with a clause
17(1)
4.5 Constructing comparisons of quantity with a clause
18(1)
Superlative of adjectives and adverbs
4.6 Superlative of adjectives
19(1)
4.7 Equivalence with English `most' and `-est'
19(1)
Other comparative constructions
4.8 `The more...the more.../the less...the less...'
20(1)
4.9 `More and more..., less and less...'
20(1)
Comparison of equality
4.10 Tan and tanto
20(1)
Miscellaneous
4.11 General exercise (1)
21(1)
4.12 General exercise (2)
21(1)
5 Demonstratives
Agreement
5.1 Agreement
22(1)
Usage
5.2 Equivalence with English
22(1)
5.3 Demonstrative or article?
22(1)
5.4 Project
23(1)
6 The neuter
6.1 Lo with adjectives or with adverbs
24(1)
6.2 Translation of `how' by lo
24(1)
6.3 Translating lo + adjective/adverb
25(1)
6.4 Lo as a neuter pronoun
25(1)
6.5 Lo, lo que, lo de
26(1)
6.6 Neuter demonstrative pronouns (esfo, eso, aquello)
26(1)
6.7 General exercise (1)
26(1)
6.8 General exercise (2)
27(1)
7 Possessives
7.1 Basic agreements
28(1)
7.2 Use of the definite article in place of a possessive
28(1)
7.3 Expression of the idea of possession
29(1)
7.4 The definite article with the long possessive form
29(2)
7.5 El de, etc.
30(1)
8 Numbers
8.1 Numbers in full written (or spoken) form
31(1)
8.2 Cardinal, ordinal and collective numbers
31(1)
8.3 Translating ordinal numbers
32(1)
8.4 Cien or cientol
32(1)
8.5 Fractions
32(1)
8.6 Advanced number expressions
33(1)
9 Pronouns
Subject pronouns
9.1 Subject pronouns for emphasis and contrast
34(1)
Second person forms
9.2 The voseo
34(1)
9.3 Degrees of familiarity: tu and usted
35(1)
Pronouns after prepositions
9.4 Pronouns after prepositions (1)
36(1)
9.5 Pronouns after prepositions (2)
37(1)
9.6 Pronouns after con
37(1)
9.7 Reflexive pronouns with prepositions
38(1)
Object pronouns
9.8 General exercise
38(1)
9.9 Order of object pronouns
38(1)
9.10 Position with the imperative
39(1)
9.11 Position with the gerund and past participles
39(1)
9.12 Position of the pronoun in double verb constructions
40(1)
9.13 Object pronouns used to denote personal involvement and possession
40(1)
9.14 `Redundant' or reduplicative object pronouns (1)
41(1)
9.15 `Redundant' or reduplicative object pronouns (2)
41(1)
9.16 General exercise (1)
41(1)
9.17 Le/les and se for le/les when followed by lo/la/los/las
42(1)
9.18 The leAo controversy
43(1)
9.19 General exercise (2)
43(1)
9.20 Use with certain verbs
43(2)
10 Forms of verbs
10.1 Regular verbs
45(1)
10.2 Spelling changes in verbs
45(1)
10.3 Radical-changing verbs
45(2)
10.4 Verb-forms crossword (general exercise)
47(1)
10.5 Irregular Verbs: preterites
48(1)
10.6 Irregular verbs: futures and conditionals
48(1)
10.7 Irregular verbs: positive imperatives
49(1)
10.8 The present subjunctive
49(1)
10.9 The imperfect subjunctive
50(1)
10.10 Voseo forms
50(1)
10.11 Project (general)
50(2)
11 Indicative usage
11.1 The present tense
52(1)
11.2 Continuous and simple tenses (1)
52(1)
11.3 Continuous and simple tenses (2)
53(1)
11.4 The preterite and the imperfect (1)
53(1)
11.5 The preterite and the imperfect (2)
53(1)
11.6 The preterite and the imperfect (3)
54(1)
11.7 Future tense
54(1)
11.8 Suppositional future
55(1)
11.9 The conditional: use of the conditional for future in the past
56(1)
11.10 The conditional: use of the conditional in conditional contexts (1)
56(1)
11.11 The conditional: use of the conditional in conditional contexts (2)
56(1)
11.12 Conditional for supposition about the past
57(1)
11.13 Compound tenses (1)
57(1)
11.14 Compound tenses (2)
58(1)
11.15 The past tenses (1)
58(1)
11.16 The past tenses (2)
59(1)
11.17 The past tenses (3)
59(1)
11.18 The perfect tense in Latin America
60(1)
11.19 The -ra verb form
61(2)
12 The imperative
The second person imperatives
12.1 The tu and vosotros imperatives (1)
63(1)
12.2 The tu and vosotros imperatives (2)
63(1)
12.3 Imperatives with object pronouns
64(1)
12.4 Negative imperatives with object pronouns
64(1)
12.5 The vos imperative
65(1)
12.6 Latin American and Peninsular usage
65(1)
Imperatives in other persons
12.7 First person imperatives
66(1)
12.8 Third person imperatives
66(1)
12.9 The infinitive used as an imperative
67(1)
13 The subjunctive
Possibility and probability
13.1 Expressions of possibility and probability
68(1)
Influence
13.2 Verbs of influence
68(1)
13.3 Noun + de que
69(1)
13.4 Verbs with a double meaning
69(1)
Emotional reactions and value judgements
13.5 Expressions indicating emotional reaction and value judgement
70(1)
13.6 Seria ...que...
70(1)
13.7 Subjunctive and infinitive
71(1)
Verbs of denying and negated verbs of stating, declaring, knowing, thinking and understanding
13.8 General exercise
72(1)
13.9 Indirect negative questions and negated imperatives
72(1)
Doubt, fear and hope
13.10 General exercise
73(1)
13.11 General exercises on statements, assumptions and value judgements
73(2)
13.12 `The fact that...'
75(1)
13.13 Verbs with a double meaning
75(1)
Subjunctive after subordinators
13.14 Purpose, cause, manner and result
75(1)
13.15 Subjunctive and indicative with como
76(1)
13.16 Como si
76(1)
13.17 Time
77(1)
13.18 Concession
77(1)
Condition and exception
13.19 Subordinators other than si
78(1)
13.20 Si clauses (1)
78(1)
13.21 Si clauses (2)
78(1)
13.22 Si clauses (3)
79(1)
13.23 Si clauses (4)
79(1)
Relative clauses
13.24 The subjunctive in relative clauses (1)
80(1)
13.25 The subjunctive in relative clauses (2)
80(1)
13.26 Translating `however', `whatever', `whoever', `whichever', etc.
80(1)
13.27 The subjunctive to express wishes
81(1)
13.28 General exercise on the subjunctive (1)
81(1)
13.29 General exercise on the subjunctive (2)
82(1)
14 Reported speech
14.1 Sequence of tenses
83(1)
14.2 Indirect questions
83(1)
14.3 Indirect commands
83(2)
15 The syntax of verbal constructions
General
15.1 Infinitive constructions with verbs
85(1)
15.2 Infinitive and full clause
85(1)
Particular constructions
15.3 Verbs of perrmtting and forbidding
86(1)
15.4 Verbs of perception
86(1)
15.5 Verbs with the gerund
87(1)
15.6 Pronoun shifting
87(2)
16 Non-finite forms of the verb
Infinitive
16.1 Infinitive governed by a verb
89(1)
16.2 Infinitive after prepositions
89(1)
16.3 Choice between infinitive and que + finite verb
90(1)
16.4 Infinitive as a noun
90(1)
16.5 Adjective + de + infinitive
90(1)
Past participles
16.6 Forms (1)
91(1)
16.7 Forms (2)
91(1)
16.8 Verbal and adjectival past participles
92(1)
16.9 Participle clauses
92(1)
Forms in -nte
16.10 Forms
92(1)
16.11 Use
93(1)
16.12 Spanish -nte forms as the equivalent of English `-ing' forms
93(1)
The gerund
16.13 Forms
94(1)
16.14 Adverbial use of the gerund
94(1)
16.15 The gerund as a substitute for a relative clause verb
94(1)
16.16 The gerund after a finite verb
95(1)
Translating English `-ing'
16.17 Translating English `-ing' (1)
95(1)
16.18 Translating English `-ing' (2)
96(1)
17 Modal auxiliaries
Poder and saber
17.1 Expression of ability
97(1)
17.2 Pudo, no pudo/podia, no podia?
97(1)
17.3 The imperfect of poder used for reproaching
98(1)
17.4 Poder used in speculations and suggestions
98(1)
Deber, deber de and tener que
17.5 Expression of obligation
99(1)
Haber que
17.6 Haber que and tener que
99(1)
Querer
17.7 `To want to'
100(1)
Soler
17.8 `Usually'
100(1)
18 Negative constructions
General
18.1 The syntax of negative sentences
101(1)
18.2 General exercise
101(1)
18.3 Translating English `no'
102(1)
Individual negative elements
18.4 Ninguno, nada and nadde
102(1)
18.5 `Redundant' no
102(1)
18.6 Nomas
103(1)
19 Interrogation and exclamations
19.1 General exercise
104(1)
19.2 Que and que
104(1)
19.3 Cual and qui
105(1)
19.4 iQui -- mas/tan -- !
105(1)
19.5 Translating `how'
105(2)
20 Pronominal verbs
The literal reflexive
20.1 Making reciprocal meaning clear
107(1)
20.2 Translation of `-self'
108(1)
20.3 Errors in the use of the reflexive
108(1)
Spanish pronominal verb corresponding to an English intransitive verb
20.4 Pronominal and non-pronominal forms of the same verb
108(2)
Nuances of pronominal verbs
20.5 Optional and obligatory reflexive pronouns
110(1)
20.6 Rendering pronominal nuances in English
110(1)
20.7 Quedar and quedarse
111(1)
`Passive' and `impersonal' uses of the third person reflexive
20.8 Expression of an indefinite subject
111(1)
20.9 Definite or mdefinite subject?
112(1)
Miscellaneous
20.10 Useofse
112(2)
21 The expression of `becoming'
21.1 Verbs expressing the notion of `becoming'
114(1)
21.2 Special verbs meaning `becoming'
114(1)
21.3 Translation of English `become'
114(2)
22 Passive
General
22.1 Passive with ser
116(1)
22.2 Translation of the passive and impersonal se
116(1)
22.3 Translation of the English passive
116(1)
22.4 The passive in formal registers
117(1)
Choice of auxiliary
22.5 Ser/estar + past participle
117(1)
Constructions with se
22.6 Project
118(1)
22.7 Other impersonal constructions
118(1)
22.8 The `passive' meaning of the infinitive
118(2)
23 Ser, estar and haber
Basic uses
23.1 Ser and estar: general exercise
120(1)
23.2 Haber and estar in contrast
120(1)
23.3 Direct object pronouns with haber, ser and estar
121(1)
23.4 Sentences involving both ser and estar
121(1)
More advanced uses of ser and estar
23.5 General exercise (1)
122(1)
23.6 General exercise (2)
122(1)
23.7 General exercise (3)
123(1)
Ser and estar in specific contexts
23.8 Ser de and estar de
124(1)
23.9 Ser and estar with adverbs like bien, mejor, mal
124(1)
23.10 Ser and estar with expressions of location
124(1)
23.11 Ser and estar with adjectives (1)
125(1)
23.12 Ser and estar with adjectives (2): change of condition
125(1)
24 Adverbs
General
24.1 Formation of adverbs in -mente from adjectives
126(1)
24.2 Combining adverbs in -mente
126(1)
24.3 Avoiding adverbs in -mente
126(1)
Discrimination of adverbs
24.4 Aqui, ahi, alli, aca, alla
127(1)
24.5 Aun and aun
127(1)
24.6 Bajo, abajo and debajo de
127(1)
24.7 Luego and entonces
128(1)
24.8 Tras, detras, detras de, atras
128(1)
Ya
24.9 Ya
128(1)
Adverbial phrases
24.10 Adverbial phrases of manner
129(1)
25 Expressions of time
25.1 Time phrases expressing duration (1)
130(1)
25.2 Time phrases expressing duration (2)
130(1)
25.3 `Since' expressions
130(1)
25.4 Desde, desde que and desde hace
131(1)
25.5 General exercise (1)
131(1)
25.6 General exercise (2)
132(1)
25.7 En or dentro de?
132(1)
25.8 Verbal constructions expressing notions of time
132(1)
26 Conjunctions
Pero, sino, si no
26.1 General
133(1)
26.2 Sino and sino que
133(1)
Y (e), o (u), ni
26.3 General
134(1)
Que
26.4 Que, que or de que?
134(1)
26.5 Dequeismo
135(1)
Conjunctions of cause and consequence
26.6 For que, porque or porque?
135(1)
26.7 Como, porque, asi que
135(1)
26.8 Conjunctions of consequence and result
135(1)
Concession
26.9 Aunque, a pesar de que, por...que
136(1)
Condition and exception
26.10 Substitutes for si
136(1)
Purpose and aim
26.11 Para que
137(1)
Conjunctions of time
26.12 General
137(2)
27 Prepositions
Personal a
27.1 Before nouns denoting human beings or animals
139(1)
27.2 General: basic usage
139(1)
27.3 Personal a before pronouns
140(1)
27.4 Before relative pronouns
140(1)
A and en
27.5 Miscellaneous uses
140(1)
27.6 Idiomatic expressions with a and en
141(1)
De and desde
27.7 Discriminating de and desde
141(1)
Por and para
27.8 Discrimination of por and para: general
141(1)
27.9 Place and time
142(1)
27.10 Idiomatic expressions with por and para
143(1)
27.11 Verbs followed by por or para
143(1)
27.12 General
144(1)
Other prepositions
27.13 Ante and delante de
144(1)
27.14 Bajo and debajo de
145(1)
27.15 Tras
145(1)
28 Relative pronouns
28.1 Relative pronouns in Spanish and English
146(1)
28.2 Relative pronouns
146(1)
28.3 Relative clauses
146(1)
28.4 Use after a preposition
147(1)
28.5 Discrimination of lo que/cual, el que/cual, etc.
147(1)
28.6 Cuyo
147(1)
28.7 Donde, adonde, como and cuando as relatives
148(1)
29 Nominalizers and cleft sentences
Nominalizers
29.1 Use of el de, el que, etc.
149(1)
29.2 Use of lo de, etc.
149(1)
Cleft sentences
29.3 The cleft sentence construction
150(1)
29.4 Lo que or el que, etc.
150(1)
29.5 `That's why'
150(1)
29.6 Verb form agreement
151(1)
30 Word order
30.1 Word order in sentences containing relative clauses
152(1)
30.2 Word order in questions
152(1)
30.3 Word order in exclamations
153(1)
30.4 Word order with adverbs (1)
153(1)
30.5 Word order with adverbs (2)
153(1)
Miscellaneous
30.6 Word order in relative clauses
154(1)
30.7 Set phrases
154(1)
31 Affective suffixes
Diminutive suffixes
31.1 Forms
155(1)
31.2 Real and apparent diminutives
155(1)
Augmentative suffixes
31.3 Forms
155(1)
31.4 -azo
156(1)
31.5 Some recent augmentative forms
156(1)
31.6 Real and apparent augmentatives
156(1)
31.7 -azo and -udo
157(1)
31.8 General exercise
157(1)
32 Spelling and punctuation
32.1 Accents
158(1)
32.2 Differences between words based on the written accent
158(1)
32.3 Use of upper and lower case letters
159(1)
32.4 Punctuation of direct speech
159(1)
32.5 Question and exclamation marks
160(1)
33 General exercises
33.1 Cloze test (1)
161(1)
33.2 Cloze test (2)
161(1)
33.3 Spot the mistakes
162(1)
Glossary of Grammatical Terms 163(8)
Key to the Exercises 171
ANGELA HOWKINS is a former Lecturer in Spanish at Dundee College, Scotland.

CHRISTOPHER POUNTAIN is Professor of Spanish Linguistics at Queen Mary's College, University of London.

TERESA DE CARLOS is a native speaker of Spanish and a former Senior Language Teaching Officer at the University of Cambridge.