1. Chunking
Believe it or not, this is a real linguistic term (also used in computer programming). It refers to reading by grouping portions of text into short, meaningful phrases.
The more words we can group together, the faster we read. This is true in Latin as well as English, but it takes practice.

2. Try “chunking” the following English sentence, then click to see a possible answer.
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who lived in a castle at the top of a very high mountain.

3. Once upon a time
there was
a beautiful princess
who lived
in a castle
at the top of a very high mountain.

4. Try chunking this Latin sentence, then click for an answer:
Pueri et puellae
ab agro
ad templum
ambulant.
Pueri et puellae (2 subjects)
ab agro (prepositional phrase)
ad templum (prepositional phrase)
ambulant (verb)
The boys and girls are walking from the field to the temple.