La cuesta de enero

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

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