Key learning points

1. Reading and writing known and unknown words improves pronunciation and knowledge of sound-spelling correspondences.
2. To mean 'we' with an -ar verb, remove -ar ending and add -amos. To mean 'they', remove -ar ending and add -an.
3. To mean 'we' with an -er verb, remove -er ending and add -emos. To mean 'they', remove -er ending and add -en.
4. To say we 'love, hate to do' something, use the 'we' form of 'amar' and 'odiar' followed by the infinitive.
5. In English, phrases like 'we love' and 'we hate' can be followed by the infinitive (to + verb) or the gerund (-ing).

Keywords

• -ar verb - a verb whose infiinitive ends in -ar

• -er verb - a verb whose infinitive ends in -er

• Infinitive - form of the verb found in a dictionary giving the general meaning of the verb

• Gerund - the -ing form of the verb that functions as a noun in a sentence

Common misconception