Preliminary Contents Leccioacute;n preliminar | |
Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations) Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Greetings and farewells | |
The alphabet | |
Gender and number | |
The definite and indefinite articles | |
The present indicative of ser | |
Cardinal numbers 0–39 Communication: Greetings, farewells, and introductions in personal and telephone interaction with other people Leccioacute;n | |
En una estacioacute;n de policiacute;a Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Subject pronouns | |
The present indicative of regular -ar verbs | |
Interrogative and negative sentences | |
Possession with de | |
Cardinal numbers 40–299 and 300–1,000 | |
Forms and position of adjectives | |
Telling time Communication: On the phone: giving and receiving simple information, reporting an accident or a robbery Leccioacute;n | |
Con un agente hispano, en una calle de la ciudad Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: | |
The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs | |
Possession with de | |
Possessive adjectives Communication: Police work in the streets: asking for and giving directions, enforcing the use of a helmet, dealing with a girl walking alone in the streets Leccioacute;n | |
Con el agente Smith Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar | |
Uses of the verbs ser and estar | |
Ir a + infinitive | |
Contractions Communication: Police work in the streets: dealing with gang members, arresting a thief Leccioacute;n | |
Llamadas telefoacute;nicas Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The irregular verbs tener and venir | |
Expressions with tener | |
Comparative forms | |
Irregular comparative forms Communication: 911 calls: receiving emergency calls, describing people Leccioacute;n | |
Buenos vecinos Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: | |
Stem-changing verbs (e:ie) | |
The present progressive | |
Some uses of the definite article Communication: Neighborhood policing: helping to implement a neighborhood watch program Lectura | |
Denunciando actividades sospechosas Repaso (Lecciones 1–5) Leccioacute;n | |
El agente Chaacute;vez lee la advertencia Miranda Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Stem-changing verbs (o:ue) | |
Affirmative and negative expressions | |
Direct object pronouns Communication: Detaining suspects: reading the Miranda Warning, dealing with traffic violations and DUI Leccioacute;n | |
Problemas de la ciudad Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: | |
Stem-changing verbs (e:i) | |
Irregular first-person forms | |
Indirect object pronouns Communication: Investigating a crime: talking to victims, suspects, and witnesses, dealing with the victim of a health condition Leccioacute;n | |
Casos de maltrato de miembros de la familia Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns | |
Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta | |
Direct and indirect object pronouns used together Communication: Investigating domestic abuse: dealing with the victim and the abuser Leccioacute;n | |
La prueba de alcohol Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: | |
Possessive pronouns | |
Command forms: Ud. and Uds | |
Reflexive constructions | |
Uses of object pronouns with command forms Communication: Traffic police: stopping and interviewing drivers, administering a sobriety test, giving detailed directions Leccioacute;n | |
La policiacute;a investiga un robo Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The preterit of regular verbs | |
The preterit of ser, ir, and dar | |
Uses of por and para Communication: Investigating a burglary: Interviewing victims and witnesses on location Lectura | |
Recomendaciones para prevenir el robo en las tiendas Repaso (Lecciones 6–10) Leccioacute;n | |
¡Maacute;s robos! Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: | |
Time expressions with hacer | |
Irregular preterits | |
The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u) | |
Command forms: tuacute; Communication: Investigating a burglary: Reporting a robbery, Interviewing victims at the police station Leccioacute;n | |
Con un agente de la seccioacute;n de transito Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The imperfect tense | |
The past progressive | |
The preterit contrasted with the imperfect | |
En and a as equivalents of at Communication: Traffic police: giving a ticket, issuing a warning, talking to a woman who left her baby in a locked car Leccioacute;n | |
Un accidente Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Hace meaning ago | |
Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preterit of conocer, saber, and querer Communication: Witnessing an accident: interviewing witnesses, talking to accident victims Leccioacute;n | |
Interrogatorios Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The past participle | |
The present perfect tense | |
The past perfect (pluperfect) tense Communication: Interrogating a suspect Leccioacute;n | |
Con la policiacute;a secreta Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The future tense | |
The conditional tense Communication: Working undercover: infiltrating a gang, arresting solicitors of prostitution Lectura | |
Seguridad domeacute;stica: Robos Evite el robo de su automoacute;vil Repaso (Lecciones 11–15) Leccioacute;n | |
En una celda de detencioacute;n preventiva Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: | |
The present subjunctive | |
The subjunctive with verbs of volition Communication: Arresting and booking suspects: following established procedure before placing an arrested person in a detention cell Leccioacute;n\ | |
Una muchacha se escapa de su casa Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The subjunctive to express emotion | |
The subjunctive with some impersonal expressions Communication: Investigating runaways: talking to runaways and parents Leccioacute;n | |
Una violacioacute;n Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and denial | |
The subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence Communication: Investigating rape: talking to rape victims on the phone and in person Leccioacute;n | |
Una tarde cualquiera Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The subjunctive after certain conjunctions | |
The present perfect subjunctive | |
Uses of the present perfect subjunctive Communication: Dealing with the parents of minors, talking with people who tried to commit suicide, more on traffic violations Leccioacute;n | |
Otro diacute;a, por la mantilde;ana Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The imperfect subjunctive | |
Uses of the imperfect subjunctive | |
If clauses Communication: More on investigating robberies: trying to get permission to search a car, arresting a pickpocket, dealing with an illegal gathering Lectura | |
En casos de asaltos sexuales Repaso (Lecciones 16–20) | |
Appendixes | |
Introduction to Spanish Sounds and the Alphabet | |
Verbs | |
Useful Classroom Expressions | |
Weights and Measures | |
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