More than likely you know a bunch of Spanish words right from the start. Or at the very least you could guess at their meaning just by looking at them This is because of Cognates. Cognates are when two words look and mean the same in two different languages. These can be really helpful because they're basically free vocabulary you don't have to learn. Check out the information below for a more detailed explanation.

Once you start learning words, like the cognates listed up above, you'll want to know how to say them. Here is some information on the rules for pronouncing things in Spanish. For a really detailed explanation you can click here.

Using numbers in Spanish can be really easy. Here's some information on how they work.

Here's some links to the vocabulary we'll be using for this chapter.

SER is a super, extra, definitely important verb that is used all the time in Spanish. it means "To be" so here's an introduction into its different forms.

When describing different people it is often times useful to simply address them as you, or we, and when talking about other people it is often shorter to simply say he, or she, or they. These are all subject pronouns. Below is an explanation of how they work and what they are in Spanish.

Ok, now that you have all the information here's some activities you can practice on to develop all these new skills. When going through these make sure you create your own copy, or you won't be able to do anything on them.