McGraw-Hill Education Intermediate Spanish Grammar

As an intermediate Spanish learner, I've used a lot of workbooks, especially those from McGraw-Hill. The appealing aspects of this book is that each lesson is a 2-page exposition and set of questions/drills on a topic, so you can study in small bites if that suits your schedule. The lessons get into higher-level aspects of grammar that I'd not come across in other textbooks and which would be helpful for obtaining better reading comprehension. This book uses the Vosotros as well as the Tu and Usted verb conjugations, which many textbooks oriented towards North American audiences do not. However, some of the explanations, which are largely in Spanish, weren't as clear as they might be (although the cartoons helped). Also, the text appeared to have some proofreading and typesetting errors - if your Spanish is reasonable, you'll catch them, otherwise you might get confused (it would be nice of the publisher posted a list of corrections). This would be recommended for advanced intermediate learners who want to keep refining their grasp of grammar and prepare for more advanced topics. But for a general introduction to intermediate level Spanish, there are probably more straight-forward approaches, such as some of the McGraw-Hill Practice Makes Perfect series books.

This book tackles a different topic on every two pages. In theory it is good. On the left page, it has a review of the topic ranging from very simple masculine/feminine to higher language forms that are challenging. On the right hand side, there is a page of practice problems. Everything is in Spanish. The reason for the low rating is that the review information is fairly limited, and there is only one page of practice. Also they have crammed the answers into compact paragraphs in the back of the book, that are a pain to check. I am a B1-B2 level learner. This is not my favorite text, though I do find the occasional nugget of information. It is useful and has good information, just not as good for me as the Practice Makes Perfect series. This book might great in a classroom setting.

Bite sized lessons that really help you learn key grammar fast. I'm at a point in my Spanish learning where I'm really trying to improve my grammar. I also have a really busy job and family life, so don't have a ton of time. This textbook makes it easy to learn, with a lesson on one page and exercises on the second page -- and really has helped me learn (sometimes re-learn!) grammar in a really effective way. If you're struggling with grammar, this is a great book. Note that it's all in Spanish, but if you're at an intermediate level, this will be good for you (sometimes I have to look up words in the lessons, but that's a good thing).

Its a good grammar book, but Kindle version is no use. You can't type in the book to do the exercises neither can you print a page to do them on paper. I had to return the Kindle format and buy a paper one.

I think for an intermediate grammar book it was confusing as it had no English at all and the glossary/dictionary at the end was not very comprehensive. Much prefer the Practice Makes Perfect series by Dorothy Richmond. Happily, my instructor agreed and the class has gone back to that.

a good book, but I would like to see more drillsso many tenses, so many to mix up and forget

I am using this book in a class the size of 6. We meet weekly for two hours, using a Spanish/English first reader to balance the generally easy to follow chapters in this book. Doing two lessons in an hour's time is a challenge but just what my intermediate students need.

Font is really small but we make it work.

Helpful book but was disappointed that it wasn't the same edition as my teachers copy although the sample illustrated was the same. Exercises and the answers are therefore different.