Spanish Verb Drills Mega Bundle

Can't find any structure in the book

What disappointed you about Spanish Verb Drills Mega Bundle?

Very little explanation, didn't know what I was meant to be listening too, what tense I was in, the verbs were unclear and very little translations

Has Spanish Verb Drills Mega Bundle put you off other books in this genre?

Yes greatly, chapters are not laid out, this is meant to be a learning book

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Very little explanations

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Dissapointment

Any additional comments?

Very expensive considering you get no additional information, a 3 minute clip at the beginnnig of the book is not enough to showcase the book.

12 of 12 people found this review helpful

As a native Spanish speaker, it was very good.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Sometimes she changes the order of the pronouns before the quizzes.
Another thing is many verbs can have different ways of being translated, like the verb “to leave”, which is translated as “salir” and less commonly known as “partir”, which actually means “to break”. In the audiobook, she translated “partir”, which actually means “to break”, as “to leave”, which is not wrong, but it is incorrect. But of course, everything depends on the context.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Spanish Verb Drills Mega Bundle?

The way she teaches the verbs is great. Moreover, I enjoyed a lot the quizzes, they are very helpful to learn the verbs.

Did Lucia Bodas do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

Yes, she did. She explained it very well, but in some occasions she does not tell the listener when she uses the negative form, which can get sometimes confusing.
Moreover, Lucia Bodas has a slight different pronunciation from normal Spaniards, as she is from South America, where they have another way of pronouncing verbs and words in general, a bit different from native Spanish speakers.

Was Spanish Verb Drills Mega Bundle worth the listening time?

Yes it was, but obviously you cannot learn all the Spanish verbs from this audiobook, as well as the colloquial forms, irregular and reflexive verbs.

Any additional comments?

I have been speaking and learning Spanish since I was three years old, as I am living in Spain, hence, learning the verbs is very easy for me. In my opinion, Spanish verbs are more diverse than the English ones, as there are more verb tenses, irregular verbs, reflexive verbs and more, which can be very tricky. I must say that this audiobook is good, even tough I already knew these verbs, and I would recommend it for anybody who would like to learn some basics of the Spanish verbs.

11 of 11 people found this review helpful

Super Happy!

If you could sum up Spanish Verb Drills Mega Bundle in three words, what would they be?

What impressed me most about this audiobook, was the level of contact you receive with a native speaker, which I found really helpful and a great boost to my confidence. The audiobook is also incredibly thorough, working through several different verb forms and the audio itself is very high quality. Would recommend!

8 of 8 people found this review helpful

Exactly what it says on the tin!

It literally is lists of conjugated verbs (yo/tu/el/ella/nos/nos/vos/vos/ellos/ellas) (excuse missing accents), which you can either repeat or anticipate, or both. If you learn by repetition, this will help.

Starts with AMAR (reg AR verb model) in the present; repeats with slight variations (making it a question, adding 'not', shuffling the order of the pronouns; then moves on the imperfect and does the same drills, then preterite and same drills again... and so on. Each section is a short chapter so is easy to find / skip.

Beautifully pronounced, so it is easy to copy the stresses.

The order is odd: I expected AMAR to be followed with a regular ER verb but got DORMIR, but that's OK. No sentences so it's not for listening/translation skills but if you concentrate (mostly) you will likely start to skip some chapters before long coz you will absolutely know how to conjugate the verbs. Hurrah!

14 of 15 people found this review helpful

Straight to the point with clear pronunciation

Any additional comments?

I feel that the Drill method used works well to establish Spanish Verbs in your memory. This audiobook covers a large amount of basic verbs and helps greatly with your Spanish pronunciation. The book is split into manageable sections and has a fairly simple structure. I found it easy to follow and the audio quality was extremely clear. I would recommend this audio book to anyone with a basic understanding of the language looking to improve their accent and confidence in speaking the language.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

A precise tool designed for a specific purpose.

Very simple; lacking in formal structure but good for learning verb forms. 


It's like an MFL vocab class, looking at conjugations of various verbs for differing pronouns and tenses. 


This will not teach you Spanish but it is very good reference for verb forms, which can be very tricky from the view of a native English speaker, as we don't conjugate in such a concrete fashion. 


They're nice short chapters of about 4 mins each. The narrator slowly took me through each form for each verb, then faster (to match what you'd hear in conversation). You then have a chance to repeat in order and then complete a mix-match so you can test understanding. I found the accent a bit different to other audio materials I've used. The narrator announces that she's using a South American accent so it might be different for those using Castellano. I find hearing the stresses much easier and it's something I could easily return to several times. 


I would recommend this to those who already have some solid Spanish vocabulary, i.e. the root verbs, and need to start learning conjugations. It is a precise tool designed for one specific purpose with a clear native speaker and encouraging interaction.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Simple, yet impressive

Any additional comments?

Spanish verb drills bundle is a great way to learn basics. It focuses on learning by repeating, and how better can you learn how to speak a certain language if not by talking? Simple, yet impressive.

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Very useful!

I really loved this audiobook and the way is structured. For each verb there is a listening part: really clear, at a nice and slow pace at first, then a little faster. My favourite part was the game; you have to match the pronoun with the right conjugation. This little game really made the experience much more enjoyable and fun and it made it easier to remember the verbs. I have studied Spanish for 6 years and I am at a conversational level but verbs were my weakness... well not anymore, thanks to this audiobook now the right verbs come to mind easily and naturally.
I would totally recommend it to anybody interested in Spanish..

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Solid resource for internalising conjugations

Though iTunes doesn't seem able to navigate through the chapters of this audiobook (so I'm not really able to use it effectively in my practice), it seems like a very useful resource. I can access it online instead. The pronunciation is clear and authentic, and the memorization/random order/quiz format is effective.

A huge number of verbs are conjugated in a number of different ways. I appreciate that the best way of internalising conjugations is to work on them in bulk - this audiobook seems to do just that. I'd like it if the audiobook included a short dictionary-type translation for each verb - as a beginner I've enjoyed researching these elsewhere but it'd be fun if one were included in this book, perhaps in Spanish, and English afterwards?

Apart from the problem navigating the chapters (the only way seems to be to use the playhead scrubber in iTunes and guessing the timestamp), I'd really recommend using an audiobook resource just like this one - it's helped me out already!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Learn easily to speak correctly

I find it helpful for good pronunciation and the cadence gets easily into my head. So you can learn to repeat exactly where to put the accent and you learn easily to speak correctly. The difference with the South American's spoken is probably a little bit generalised and basic, because in South America there are so many other differences between their dialects spoken. In addition to the English translation of the infinity form verb I'd try to translate even the words of the tense and I'd try to change the chapter's titles from simple numbering to titles with the content of the chapter. AliceG

3 of 3 people found this review helpful