Newsletter: ¡Cuenta Conmigo!

¡Cuenta Conmigo!

This week, let’s focus on mastering numbers in Spanish with a variety of fun and practical exercises. Start with our bilingual text about a legendary Spanish architect – pay close attention to the dates sprinkled throughout. Then, find our fill-in-the-gap activity on electric buses in Latin America to keep sharpening your number skills in context.

Let’s master numbers this week! 🧮

Spanish Vocab Boost

Numbers, numbers, numbers

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Numbers are one of those things we think we’ve nailed, until someone asks, “Wait, how do you say 500 in Spanish?” No worries! We’ve got you covered with three handy lists to help you review or learn Spanish numbers:

A1 Numbers 1 to 50

A1 Numbers by tens (10-100)

A2 Numbers 100 to 5000

Don’t forget to scroll to the end of the list to play the word game to make the most of it!

Read along with us

 Bilingual text with audio

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In this bilingual text and audio activity, you’ll learn how to talk about dates in Spanish while reading about the famous architect Santiago Calatrava. Listen and read along to build both your vocab and listening skills at the same time:

A2 Santiago Calatrava

 

Mind the Gap “___”

Fill-in-the-gap exercise: big quantities!

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Do you want to flex your number skills with something more real-world than a list? Try this fill-in-the-gaps exercise based on electric buses in Latin America. It’s packed with big numbers:

A2 Autobuses eléctricos en Latinoamérica

Take me to your leader

August Leaderboard Top 3

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A big round of applause for Johnny M,  Leah X and Deangelo V for claiming the top spots on the August Spanish Leaderboard!

¡Enhorabuena a los campeones! 🎉 

Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!

Special treat for Premium subscribers

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Friday is Weekend Workout day – a special treat just for our Premium subscribers , with fresh dictations and writing challenges to boost your listening and writing skills.

This week’s theme is Numbers.

Here’s a dictation for our free users: Inma and her family (level A1)

Not Premium yet? Now’s a great time to upgrade! You’ll get these Weekend Workouts every week, plus unlimited kwizzes and multiple notebooks to help you stay organised and make progress faster.

Note: We send dictations and writing challenges by email, which you can opt into or out of. To check your email preferences, please click on communication preferences and make sure there’s a check next to System Communications in order to receive exercises every week.

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¡Un abrazo y hasta pronto!  👋

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.