Key learning points

1. If the stress is on the penultimate syllable and the word ends in a vowel, -n, or -s, an accent is not needed.
2. To say the date in Spanish, we use cardinal numbers such as 'uno', 'dos', 'tres'. 'First' is an exception.
3. To mean 'she, he, it' when using the preterite for past events, use '-ó' for -ar verbs, and '-ió' for -er/-ir verbs.
4. The verbs 'ir' and 'hacer' are irregular. Their 3rd person singular preterite forms are 'fue' and 'hizo'.

Keywords

• Penultimate (syllable) stress - pronouncing the second-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word

• Cardinal numbers - numbers that indicate quantity, e.g. 'one', 'two', 'three'

• Ordinal numbers - numbers that indicate position or order, e.g. 'first', 'second', 'third'

• Preterite - tense used for events completed in the past

Common misconception