{"id":6386,"date":"2019-03-26T11:55:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2019-03-27T16:10:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T16:10:28","slug":"aguas-de-marzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/aguas-de-marzo\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguas de marzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spanish online reading and listening practice &#8211; level A2<\/h2>\n<p>Soledad Gim\u00e9nez, also known as Sole Gim\u00e9nez, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. She is now a solo artist but became famous in Spain with the group <em>Presuntos Implicados<\/em> who formed in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Soledad released the song <em>Aguas de marzo<\/em> in 2009. It is the Spanish-language version of a song originally written by the Brazilian Tom Jobim. The lyrics present a series of images of what is the end of the summer in the southern hemisphere and a rainy month in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>This reading and listening exercise can help you practise the verb <em>ser<\/em>, the <a href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/pronoun-type\/pronombre-relativo\">diminutive suffix -ito<\/a> and <a href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/verbal\/gerundio\">gerunds<\/a>. It is suitable for level <strong>A2<\/strong>&nbsp;Spanish students.<\/p>\n<h3>Exercise: Aguas de marzo<\/h3>\n<p>Watch the video, then read the transcript. 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