Disfraz de Calavera Mexicana para Halloween

Spanish online reading and listening practice - level B2

It's Halloween and also time to celebrate the Day of the Dead! This reading and listening exercise shows you how to recreate the make-up for the Mexican Día de Muertos skull, also known as Catrina. It can help you practise relative clauses with the Indicative and the Subjunctive.

Exercise: Disfraz de Calavera Mexicana para Halloween

Watch the video, 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.

The woman in this video speaks pretty quickly in the introduction! If you would like to slow down her speech, click the cog symbol below the video, then choose speed > 0.75. Note that after the 1min26 mark she stops speaking so fast, but keep it slowed to 0.75 if it makes it more comfortable for you.

How this exercise works

  1. Choose your setup
    Use the tick box above the text to turn translations and grammar tips on or off. When they're on, click on any phrase to see them.
  2. Read the text
    Work through the Interactive Reader at your own pace
  3. Answer the questions
    When you're ready, start the comprehension exercise

Answer in English: we're testing your understanding of the text, not your grammar or expression, so nothing you write here will be marked for accuracy. To get feedback on how you write, try one of our writing exercises.

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