Note: The complete Contents are only presented for the Lección preliminar and Lección 1, as representative of other chapters. For Lecciones 2-15, only the grammatical structures are presented here.

Lección preliminar

Nombres y personas
Tú and usted
Motivo cultural: Spanish Names
Memopráctica: General Principles for Studying Spanish
The Spanish Vowels
The Spanish Alphabet
Cognados
Asking and Answering Questions
Saludos y conversaciones
Me gusta(n) / te gusta(n) / le gusta(n)
El calendario

Los días de la semana y los números 1-31

Estaciones y meses

Lección 1: Mis compañeros de clase

Gráficos
La sala de clase
Memopráctica: Using Gráficos to Learn Vocabulary
La clase de español
En la biblioteca
Situaciones: Preguntas comunes
Estudio de palabras: Suffixes
Motivo cultural: La UNAM

Gramática esencial
Singular Articles
Gender of Nouns
Plurals of Articles and Nouns
Agreement and Position of Adjectives
Subject Pronouns
Present Tense of –ar verbs

Comunicación
De la vida real
Videotemas
Motivo cultural: Education in the Hispanic World
Vocabulario activo
Viaje por el mundo hispánico: México

Lección 2: Mi ciudad

2.1 More on the Definite Article
2.2 Possessive Adjectives
2.3 Present Tense of -er and -ir Verbs
2.4 Irregular Present Tense Verbs: hacer, decir, tener, venir
2.5 Numbers: 20-1.000.000

Lección 3: La ropa que llevo

3.1 More Irregular Present Tense Verbs: estar, ser, dar, ir
3.2 Ser Used to Express Identification, Origin, Material, and Possession
3.3 Estar Used to Express Location
3.4 Ser a nd estar with Adjectives
3.5 Present Participles and Progressive Forms

Lección 4: Mi familia

4.1 Irregular Present Tense of conocer, saber, oír, poner, salir, traer, ver
4.2 Uses of the Preposition a
4.3 Idioms with hacer and tener
4.4 Affirmative Familiar Commands

Lección 5: La comida que me gusta

5.1 The Preterite
5.2 Irregular Preterites: hacer, venir, dar, ir, ser
5.3 Shortened Adjectives
5.4 Por and para Contrasted

Lección 6: Mi casa

6.1 Irregular Preterites: decir, traer, poner, saber, estar, tener
6.2 Polite Commands: Negative Familiar Commands
6.3 Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

Lección 7: Las Américas: pasado y futuro

7.1 Basic Meanings of the Imperfect Tense
7.2 Regular Forms of the Imperfect Tense
7.3 Irregular Imperfects: ir, ser, ver
7.4 Preterite and Imperfect Tenses Contrasted

Lección 8: Mis diversiones

8.1 Stem-Changing Verbs
8.2 Polite Command Forms of Stem-Changing Verbs
8.3 Polite Participle of Stem-Changing Verbs
8.4 Stem Changes in the Preterite
8.5 Direct Object Pronouns
8.6 Position of Direct Object Pronouns

Lección 9: La persona

9.1 Reflexive Constructions
9.2 The Perfect Tenses
9.3 Indirect Object Pronouns

Lección 10: La presencia hispánica en los Estados Unidos

10.1 Subjunctive Mood: General Statement
10.2 Forms of the Present Subjunctive
10.3 Stem and Spelling Changes in the Present Subjunctive
10.4 Subjunctive with Verbs of Volition (Will)
10.5 Subjunctive with Verbs of Emotion
10.6 Gustar and Verbs Like gustar

Lección 11: ¿Cómo te sientes?

11.1 Irregular Present Subjunctives: dar, estar, ir, saber, ser
11.2 Forms of the Present Perfect Subjunctive
11.3 Subjunctive with Verbs of Disbelief, Doubt, and Denial
11.4 Subjunctive with Impersonal Expressions
11.5 Comparatives and Superlatives

Lección 12: De viaje por España

12.1 Future and Conditional Tenses of Regular Verbs
12.2 Future and Conditional Tenses of Irregular Verbs
12.3 Affirmatives and Negatives
12.4 Uses of pero, sino, and sino que

Lección 13: De viaje por Hispanoamérica

13.1 Regular Endings of the Imperfect Subjunctive
13.2 Imperfect Subjunctive of Irregular and Stem-Changing Verbs
13.3 Sequence of Tenses with the Subjunctive
13.4 The construction Hace… que…

Lección 14: Las relaciones humanas

14.1 Passive Constructions
14.2 Passive Constructions
14.3 Impersonal se
14.4 Subjunctive in Adjective Clauses

Lección 15: El mundo del trabajo

15.1 Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses
15.2 Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses of Purpose and Proviso
15.3 Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses of Time
15.4 If-Clauses