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 Excellent workbook in Spanish August 5, 2010
Hubert P. Weller (Michigan)
This is one of the best workbooks I've found for work with private students in Spanish.
Very Descriptive and Educational June 14, 2010
Michelle Chatwin (Arizona)
I bought this book because I was having trouble forming sentences. I also bought "Complete Spanish Grammar" and "Spanish Verb Tenses" from the same "Practice Makes Perfect" series. Between these 3 books I have learned so much super valuable information about Spanish that I can't say how pleased I am. I certainly recommend this to anyone learning Spanish.
Information that you won't necessarily find in a textbook! March 13, 2010
Rachel
I had studied Spanish for 8 years in school, and I never bothered much with learning prepositions or pronouns: such little words, what's the point in obsessing over them?
After having left school, I started working for a company with a high number of Spanish speakers. When I would try to converse with my co-workers, I found myself getting tripped up on simple words. I knew what I wanted to say-- I knew the nouns, adjectives, and verbs-- but I just couldn't connect them all together to make a coherent sentence. It was really embarrassing because they are such basic words. Maybe my co-workers could still understand what I was saying, but I just did not feel comfortable with knowing that I was sounding like Tarzan.
This book was exactly what I needed. It hones in on very specific types of pronouns and prepositions-- from the most basic (subject pronouns) to the more advanced (use of cuyo, lo que, RID formula, passive voice, etc.) to the downright tricky for English speakers (para vs por).
After having gone through this book, I was surprised to have learned so much valuable information-- though I was also slightly embarrassed because I realized just how many mistakes I had been making when I conversed with fluent speakers. But I realize that that is part of speaking another language and trying to become bilingual: you have to make mistakes in order to learn. Sometimes the little things really do matter! As the writer explains in the book, unlike with nouns, adjectives, and verbs, there really is no way to get around expressing most pronouns and prepositions. Substitutes just don't work! You have to know them (and how to use them in sentences.)
I would definitely recommend this book for intermediate students, or for more advanced students to use as a review. This book is probably not the best choice for beginners (you would definitely have to use a dictionary for all the exercises), but since the information is so valuable, I would recommend it for future use and reference.
 Helpful practice February 7, 2010
V. Neill
The book is really great for when you need a lot of extra practice and whatnot. Definitely worth it
GREAT BOOK January 8, 2010
KEVIN (ORLANDO)
BUY THIS BOOK ALONG WITH ITS COMPANION ON VERBS AND LEARN ALOT FOR A SMALL PRICE!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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