Las Posadas de México

"Las Posadas de México" has been shared to the blog from the Spanish reading practice section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your Spanish listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the Spanish listening exercises section.


Spanish online reading and listening practice – level A1

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“Las Posadas” are a lovely tradition in Mexico and other Latin American countries where people remember Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. Find our exercise below to learn a bit more about this tradition.

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise regular and stem-changing verbs in El Presente, regular present participle/gerund forms, and irregular present participle/gerund forms.

Text by Inma Sánchez and audio by a Latin American voice professional.

Exercise: Las Posadas de México

Listen to the audio, then read the transcript. Click any phrase for the translation and links to related grammar lessons which you can add to your Kwiziq notebook to practise later.

Click any word in the text to see its translation and related grammar lessons.

Author info

Inma Sánchez

After working in the travel industry for ten years in Seville, Inma moved to the UK to give a little twist to her life. Since then she's been teaching Spanish as a foreign language to adults for over 15 years in different settings, private lessons, secondary schools and online. Inma is a coffee lover and also loves exploring new places with her family in beautiful Warwickshire, where she lives.