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At the hairdresser's

"En la peluquería"
Spanish B2 writing exercise

Clara goes to the hairdresser to change her look.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "conditioner", "fine hair", "to look ahead" and "layers".

Written by qualified Spanish expert Silvia Piriz BA
Last updated: 2023-04-05

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into Spanish

  • I’ll show you where you make mistakes
  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
  • Change my choices if you want
Start the exercise
How the test works
You’ll practise: El Presente de Subjuntivo, Expressing desire (querer, gustar), Pronombre de complemento indirecto

Here's a preview of the text for the writing challenge, when you're ready click the start button above:

-Good afternoon. I would like to have my hair done. -Sure. What do you wish to get done today? -I would like [my hair] washed, cut, and styled please. -Certainly. Let's move over to the sinks. Do you have any preference for the shampoo and conditioner? -Yes, I would like some kind of product for fine hair, please. -Very good, now you are ready for your cut. I need you to look forwards. Where do you usually part your hair? -On the right side. -How much do you want me to cut? And would you like me to layer it too? -Maybe a little bit at the ends and some layers sound good. -Of course. Do you want me to blow-dry your hair? -Could you blow-dry it and also style it a bit? -All done. What do you think? -I love it. It looks great. Thank you very much.

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