Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Brushing Up on the Basics 5

Chapter 2: Closing the Gender Gap 19

Chapter 3: It’s Happening in the Present 43

Chapter 4: Spicing Up Your Descriptions with Adjectives, Adverbs, and Prepositions 67

Chapter 5: Making Inquiries 89

Chapter 6: Revealing the Past 103

Chapter 7: Looking to the Future 121

Chapter 8: Identifying Verb Moods 127

Chapter 9: Ten Important Verb Distinctions 151

Appendix: Verb Charts 157

Index 169

About the Author

Gail Stein , MA, was a foreign language instructor for more than 30 years and wrote Intermediate Spanish For Dummies . Cecie Kraynak , MA, is a Spanish teacher and authored Spanish Verbs For Dummies .