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"¡A comer!" 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.
Spanish online reading and listening practice – level A2/B1
This reading and listening exercise is about how to make a Spanish potato omelette: una tortilla de patata. This is suitable for level A2 Spanish students but it contains some B1 elements.
A tortilla de patata is a simple dish and emblematic of Spanish cuisine, but do you know how to make one? Watch this video to find out, but be warned this is just one way! It may be a dish involving few ingredients but every family has their own way of doing it which for them is the “right way”!
Grammar
This video is for A2 students but there is particular emphasis on the Pasiva Refleja, which we cover in the B1 lesson: Forming passive sentences with se. You will see that because of this in the translation we have used the passive throughout, even though in a recipe we might more naturally use the impersonal “you” form.
Vocabulary
The Spanish word for “frying pan” is sartén – you may have noticed that unusually I have not included the article to indicate if it is masculine or feminine. Here’s the reason: in most of Spain and many Spanish American countries people say la sartén, but in some parts of Spain and some Spanish American countries it is more common to hear el sartén. Note that according the Real Academia Española sartén is feminine.
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Exercise: ¡A comer!
Watch the video, 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.
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Shui is Kwiziq's Content and Language Manager and Head of Spanish. She is an experienced technical writer, translator and project manager. Shui grew up bilingual English-Spanish in the UK, completing her studies in London, Madrid and Paris where she now lives. She speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian. Her love of languages and technical knowledge make her a perfect fit for Kwiziq.
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¡Hola Adrienne! Thanks for your feedback, great to hear that you found it helpful and on the nose for A2! Shui
[…] to eat and drink, mostly people drink fino or manzanilla wines and eat all kinds of tapas, like tortilla de patata, fried fish and cured ham. Of course everything ends with a bang, there are fireworks at midnight […]