Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar

Practice Makes Perfect

by Gilda Nissenberg

Now beginners can master Spanish grammar with the proven Practice Makes Perfect method! Combining clear presentation, exercises, and a focus on practical conversational skills has proven a winning formula for the Practice Makes Perfect workbook series. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar builds on the series' success with a similarly interactive approach, embracing all aspects of Spanish grammar that you need to master. This engaging guide offers:

Genres: Spanish Literature, Language, Reference, Nonfiction

356 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2004

Reviews

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was really good in terms of explaining many grammar points and providing examples but the amount of exercises did not even compare to the "Spanish Verb Tenses" of the series. The latter included so many exercises that it was difficult not to cement certain grammar rules into one's head. This book can be said to serve the "polishing of the skills" rather than "practising until you become perfect" purpose.

Moreover, in comparison, I found "Spanish Verb Tenses" more consistent with their answers which made it easier to do the exercises correctly. Here, even though the vocabulary section provides a couple of versions of the same word/expression, when you do the writing task you find only one of the expressions used and therefore you cannot know if there actually was a possibility to use another expression/word which was available in the "useful vocabulary" section and how would that have changed the structure of the sentence.

Finally, I did not understand what was the use of personal questions as exercises if the book is meant for individual learners who have no teacher to confirm whether their answers are grammatically correct or not? These "personal questions" were the most annoying since I saw no point in answering them.

[Russell · Rating 5 out of 5]

My fourth spanish grammar exercise book!

This practice makes perfect series is really great. I'm always working through one between court calls. They are not for beginners though. They assume you already know a lot. Nothing has been as effective for learning spanish as working through grammar books.

[Janis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this workbook to supplement my in-person Conversational Spanish class. It definitely helped me to understand the grammatical rules and the nuances of the language. The exercise questions were varied and reinforced the material, although sometimes the answer key was obviously incorrect.

[Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Plagued with typos, such as stating that 'vendría' means 'I would sell' rather than 'I would come'. Takes an unsystematic approach to vocabulary that doesn't build on itself at all.

The free materials on Studyspanish.com do a better job.

[Sanrizz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very thorough, one of my favorites. It's a book for people who can already speak the language fluently, but still struggle with grammar from time to time. Not recommended for novices.

[Constance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Bookmark that answer page. "Practice makes perfect" challenges readers to practice the Spanish language.

Also, "Complete Spanish Grammer" offers exposure to useful spanish grammer vocabulary words, for example: nouns and past participle.



Guauu. Bookmark esta página respuesta. "La práctica hace perfecto" desafíos a los lectores a practicar el idioma español .

También, "Complete español Grammer ", ofrece la exposición a palabras útiles españoles vocabulario gramática , por ejemplo: los sustantivos y participio pasado. ~ a google translate

[Pacific Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I began by completing every exercise in each chapter, but around half-way through I noticed that this was a very inefficient (and demoralizing) way to retain the grammatical knowledge. I think a new learner would do well to skim through a book like this, without doing the exercises, and then try to notice these used in real life. Read actual outside material in the language like newspapers, and listen to podcasts, etc. You can look up individual grammatical rules further in depth as needed, but most of it will be picked up intuitively.

[Leo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very instructional, well structured and has good workbook material.

[Simon Brass · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the series - my go to resource for language learning.