Listen to the audio and then answer the following question. Feel free to listen to the audio as many times as necessary before answering the question. ¿Conoce Francisco a Gilberto? No, no lo conoce. No, Francisco no sabe quién es Gilberto. Sí, lo conoce.

Me alegro de que el semestre (1) (terminar) en dos semanas. me importa que ustedes (2) (completar) este curso de biología. espero que ustedes (3) (aprender) mucho. ojalá (4) (estar) preparados para el examen final, aunque (although) dudo que (5) (ir) a encontrarlo difícil. me alegro mucho de que (6) (estar) en mi clase y espero que (7) (tener) mucho éxito en el próximo semestre. antes de que nos (8) (despedir), les quiero pedir que (9) (escribir) sus direcciones de correo electrónico en mi cuaderno. les mandaré sus notas finales en un par de días. tan pronto como lo (10) (hacer), pueden irse. ¡buena suerte! ]

Now that you have worked through a lot of material that includes these basic patterns, and you have compared grammatically correct and incorrect sentences, write down what you think is a rule that could explain what makes a sentence grammatically correct or not. for example, you might write something like: "verbs always match nouns in number, and they usually come before the noun." in other words, make your best guess for the grammar rule that makes sense out of the pattern(s) you see in the phrases you have been working with. review if you need to, and you might briefly check your hunches against the sentences you have been working with in this or previous modules. keep in mind that what you're after is your hunch, not a grammar rule from a text book. now check your hunch with the explanation of this principle in the following pattern.

Mary just sent out invitations to her wedding last week the invitations were so heavy that she put more than just one stamp on each envelope she used 255 stamps and mailed out 85 invitations and see you as an equal amount of stamps on each envelope