How to compete to be a firefighter

"Cómo opositar para ser bombero"
Spanish B1 writing exercise

You must pass a competitive exam to become a firefighter in Spain.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "requirement", "legal age", "criminal record" and "autonomous community".

Written by qualified Spanish expert Silvia Piriz BA
Last updated: 2023-06-20

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into Spanish

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  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
  • Change my choices if you want
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How the test works
You’ll practise: Adjetivo, Pronombre numeral, Género

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To compete to be a firefighter in Spain, you must meet the following requirements: first, be of legal age and have the nationality of any EU member state. Second, be in possession of a high school diploma or equivalent; third, have a driving license; fourth, have no criminal record and fifth, be in good physical and mental condition. Once you fulfil all this, you will have to sit the firefighter public service exams in your autonomous community. These consist of several phases: theoretical exams, physical tests, medical tests and personal interviews. We need to prepare very well for them.

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