This book is so great!, October 19, 2000

This book and the other Practice-Makes-Perfect workbook by Dorothy Richmond ("Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions") are the best Spanish books I've ever used. I just got back from 2 years in the Peace Corps in Honduras and I studied these books every day. They REALLY helped me learn more Spanish! In addition to the concise, easy-to-understand instruction sections, there's tons of exercises to do (with the correct answers in the back of the book) and as I did the exercises, I picked up all kinds of things that I'd been wondering how to say. I also liked the verb workbook a lot because it went way beyond the present tense, all the way to the subjunctive uses of "haber" and other more advanced things I really wanted to know. (This book is especially great if you already know some Spanish because you need some vocabulary to do the exercises, unless you don't mind looking up lots of words in the dictionary.) I highly recommend this book!

A course in itself on Spanish verbs- a great resource!, April 24, 2002

This is the only textbook/workbook available on the market so far that is thorough in its objective which is to study, analyze and understand Spanish verb tenses and moods. I deem this workbook as a course in itself on Spanish verbs and the various rules and usage due to the completeness and extensive coverage provided in every chapter. The book provides a summary of the topic to be covered, examples of the verb concept in a phrase, practice exercises and amazingly enough a practice translation which encompass all the verb concepts taught in the chapter and concepts taught progressively throughout the book. The practice exercises allows for immediate application of the concept being reviewed and the answer key at the back allows you correct your exercises and realize your strengths and weaknesses during the learning process.I recommend this book to intermediate and advance level Spanish students as well as native speakers who wish to clarify and perfectionize specific verb concepts that prove to be difficult in Spanish. I have used this book with my students and also for personal clarification of doubts from time to time. This book will definitely prove to be beneficial and can be studied as a course in Spanish verbs. If you follow the lessons chapter by chapter you will realize the correlation from one chapter to the another and therefore progress in your understanding of the concepts being reviewed. You can't go wrong with this purchase as it is educational, economical and an eternal verb resource material. High recommendation given.

Indispensable, January 7, 2005

As others have said, this book simply must be part of your library if you're serious about learning Spanish. The price is incredible, the excercises are invaluable (and amusing-- no small issue when you're working hard!), and the explanations are lucid and thorough.

If I had to quibble, I'd point out that the book has a slight Latin American leaning (though I'm writing this from Spain and would still recommend it), and its exercises aren't quite cumulative enough for my taste: they tend to focus on the matter at hand, rather than review everything learned up till that point. But no matter-- you really can't go wrong with this.

I love this book!, October 18, 2004

Even though this book is a little outdated, I just recently bought it and can't put it down. I took spanish in High School but since i started college I forgot a lot and havn't continued with it. So i decided i needed to get back into it and continue learning it. This book is great. It gives you quick reviews of the lesson and then gives you a lot of exercises such as fill ins (where you get to translate sentences from english to spanish.) The best part though is that you can check your answers - which are all at the end of the book. Also it has a little glossery in the back. Very helpful!!

Great book for mastering Spanish verb conjugation , September 7, 2004

If you want to learn Spanish verbs tenses and how to really conjugate them, there isn't a better book that I could recommend to you. You will still need a good learning Spanish plan or audio course to go with the book in order to improve your listening and speaking Spanish skills. For that I recommend either the Learning Spanish Like Crazy ( http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=217396 ) CD course or the Digital downloadable one at www.learningspanishlikecrazy.com Once you have mastered the green Book (Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses), you can then move on to Dorothy Richmond's red book (Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions).

Practice Makes Perfect, September 3, 2004

So far, so good. Maybe because the book focuses on that one topic and nothing else. What I
like most about this book is that it is full of exercises. Nearly every page on the book has a written exercise. The answers can be found at the end of the book. The only thing I didn't like about it
is that it also teaches the vosotros form of you.