{"id":5867,"date":"2019-01-03T11:55:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T11:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2019-01-09T13:55:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T13:55:43","slug":"la-cuesta-de-enero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/la-cuesta-de-enero\/","title":{"rendered":"La cuesta de enero"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spanish online reading and listening practice &#8211; level A2<\/h2>\n<p>The new year is here and with it annual price hikes. Learn about the uphill struggle known as <em>La cuesta de enero<\/em>. This reading and listening exercise that can help you practise <a href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/verb-tense-mood\/preterito-perfecto\">El Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto<\/a>, quantitative <a href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/parts-of-speech\/adjetivo\">adjectives<\/a> and <a href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/pronoun-type\">pronouns<\/a>, as well as the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/gender\/genero\">gender<\/a> and number of nouns that are not obviously masculine or feminine (because they don&#8217;t end in <em>-o<\/em> or <em>-a<\/em>). It is suitable for level <strong>A2<\/strong>&nbsp;Spanish students.<\/p>\n<h3>Exercise: La cuesta de enero<\/h3>\n<p>Listen to the audio, then read the transcript. 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Leave a comment below!<\/p>\n<div id=\"kwiz-app\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/api\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Test your Spanish against the CEFR standard\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-url=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/la-cuesta-de-enero\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-title=\"La cuesta de enero\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-questionspercomp=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-token=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-template=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-kwizkey=\"sorter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish online reading and listening practice &#8211; level A2 The new year is here and with it annual price hikes. Learn about the uphill struggle known as La cuesta de enero. 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