Key learning points

1. When the SSC sounds [a], [e] and [o] appear together, they are pronounced separately.
2. The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in -é and 2nd person singular preterite in -aste.
3. The 2nd person singular present of -ar verbs ends in -as.
4. Question words are used to ask for specific information, e.g. '¿dónde?, '¿cómo?'.

Keywords

• Strong vowels - the letters [a], [e] and [o]

• Question words - words used to ask for specific information in a question, e.g. 'what', 'where', 'when'

• Present - a verb tense to describe routine events in the present, e.g. 'I do'

• Preterite - a verb tense to describe completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'

Common misconception