Book excerpt: Improve your skills with the bestselling workbook on Spanish verbs—now updated and enhanced with new audio exercises Verbs are the cornerstone of active language proficiency, so making sure you get a firm grasp on their forms and use is vitally important. In Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fifth Edition, you'll find all the instruction and practice you need to achieve written mastery and feel more confident conversing in Spanish. Written with extensive expertise and relatable humor by the veteran teacher and bestselling author Dorothy Richmond, this premium edition provides more than just the rules: You'll find clear explanations on when and why particular verb tenses should be used, so you'll gain a deeper understanding and find them easier to remember. You'll also find powerful learning tools in addition to the vigorous workbook exercises, including audio exercises, unique to the app, that test recognition of verb forms, extensive recordings (including 110 conjugations), and the ability to record yourself (and replay) so that you can compare your pronunciation against native speakers. You'll also find: • Streaming audio recordings of the answers to 106 exercises in the book, via digital support through iOS, Android, and the web • Sets of flashcards for all the verb and vocabulary lists, now with Text-to-Speech for pronunciation guidelines • Convenient digital auto-fill glossary makes look up quick and easy • NEW: Audio exercises to test recognition of verb forms