"El Día de la Independencia de Argentina" 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 C1
Every July 9th, Argentina commemorates its Independence Day, marking the end of Spanish colonial rule and the birth of a sovereign nation.
This reading and listening exercise can help you practise using el imperfecto vs el indefinido, using dicho, dicha, dichos and dichas to say this/these (formal demonstrative adjectives) and using de lo más + adj to emphasise a quality or defect of someone/something (neutral article).
Text by Silvia Píriz and audio by an Argentinian voice professional.
Exercise: El Día de la Independencia de Argentina
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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Silvia is a multilingual educator with expertise in English, French, and Spanish, and a passion for helping students excel in language learning. After gaining extensive international teaching experience in the UK and other countries, Silvia returned to her hometown of Vitoria in 2019. Since then, she has been sharing her knowledge and love for languages with learners of all levels. With over a decade of experience, Silvia’s creative and dynamic teaching methods make language acquisition both fun and accessible.