If you have some knowledge of Spanish and need a refresher or want a quick reference for grammar and verb conjugation, Spanish Essentials For Dummies contains what you need to communicate effectively. With its focus on everything from constructing sentences to conjugating verbs, this easy-to-follow guide will help you ace writing assignments and tests, and master conversations.---get the lowdown on the basics, from expressing the date and time to counting to one million---learn how to communicate in the present tense with verbs and subject pronouns, and how to form the present progressive---get guidance on working with the past tense, including hints about when to use the preterit and when to use the imperfect---discover the different ways to express the future, whether you need to form the future tense of a regular verb or just want to predict what may happen