La Asunción en Guatemala

"La Asunción en Guatemala" 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

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August 15 sees the celebration of the Assumption of Mary in many Hispanic countries. Guatemala is no exception and the official Spanish name for its capital, Guatemala City, is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción. Needless to say this is even more of a reason for the city to celebrate!

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise the preterite and indefinite adjectives.

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

Exercise: La Asunción en Guatemala

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.

Author info

Shui Ng González

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.