"La cuesta de enero" 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
The new year is here and with it annual price hikes. Learn about the uphill struggle known as La cuesta de enero. This reading and listening exercise that can help you practise El Pretérito Perfecto, quantitative adjectives and pronouns, as well as the gender and number of nouns that are not obviously masculine or feminine (because they don’t end in -o or -a). It is suitable for level A2 Spanish students.
Exercise: La cuesta de enero
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.
Text by Silvia Píriz and audio by Inma Sánchez.
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