Spanish online reading and listening practice - level B2
La Llorona is a legendary ghost from Mexican folklore, often depicted as a weeping woman who roams near bodies of water. According to the legend, she drowned her children in a moment of grief or madness and now endlessly searches for them in the afterlife, crying out in sorrow.
This reading and listening exercise can help you practise relative clauses and the passive voice.
Text by Inma Sánchez and audio by a professional voice actor.
Exercise: La leyenda de La Llorona
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