Martes y Trece - supersticiones

"Martes y Trece - supersticiones" 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/B1

This reading and listening exercise is about superstitions in Spain. It is suitable for level A2 Spanish students, though it contains some B1 grammar points.

Like most countries, Spain has its fair share of superstitions. One of the most unusual of these is the belief that Tuesday the 13th is unlucky, whereas most countries designate Friday the 13th as being ill-fated. Listen to the audio below to find out more about this and other superstitions in Spain.

Exercise: Martes y Trece

The bilingual reader article below was written and recorded by Kwiziq’s Spanish expert, the stellar Inma Sánchez.

Click play to listen to the audio. You can read the transcript at the same time or after.

Click any phrase for the translation and links to related grammar lessons which you can add to your Kwiziq notebook to practise later.

Vocabulary

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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.

Comments: 4

Para mi, este articulo es ideal. El numero de palabras desconocidas es justo correcto, así que da un buen nivel de reto. Gracias.

¡De nada Paul! Me alegro de que hayas disfrutado de este ejercicio. ¡Hasta pronto! Shui

straightforward

Hola Richard - glad to hear you had no difficulty with this A2 exercise! We've published a fair number of B1 exercises recently so it's good to have something for lower levels. All best, Shui