El esplendor de las haciendas mexicanas

"El esplendor de las haciendas mexicanas" has been shared to the blog from the Spanish reading exercises 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 practice section.


Spanish online reading and listening practice – level B1

Mexican hacienda

Mexican haciendas show us a time of splendor to which we look with some nostalgia. Luckily, we can still enjoy their beauty in all parts of Mexico.

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise the passive se and El Imperfecto as a descriptive past.

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

Exercise: El esplendor de las haciendas mexicanas

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.

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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.