¿Calor o frío?

"¿Calor o frío?" 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 A2

parallel images of the sun and the cold

People perceive heat and cold in very different ways, and this perception is deeply influenced by their experiences and surroundings. This dialogue between Cristina and Susana illustrates how our climate preferences reflect our daily lives and how we adapt to the environment in which we live.

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise how to say weather expressions using hace/hizo and quantitative adverbs.

Text by Inma Sánchez and audio by Inma Sánchez and Silvia Píriz

Exercise: ¿Calor o frío?

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.

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Part 2:

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.