11 exercisesA1 free · A2–C2 members
Spanish reading exercises
Emails, menus, chats, ads, articles and stories. Tap any highlighted word for its meaning, then answer and find things in the text.
ListeningOne-minute conversations and stories from real situations, with questions, a word list and the transcript.
20 exercises
ReadingEmails, menus, chats, ads, articles and stories. Tap any highlighted word for its meaning, then answer and find things in the text.
11 exercises
WritingType your answers and get them checked, spot and fix mistakes, build sentences and write short texts with a live checklist.
11 exercises
A1 Beginner
A1
🎧 Listening
Nos conocemos: a language exchange
Sofía and Daniel meet for the first time at a language exchange in Madrid.
Conversations · ≈ 8 min
A1
🎧 Listening
Breakfast at the café
Elena orders breakfast, sits on the terrace and pays the bill.
Food & restaurants · ≈ 8 min
A1
🎧 Listening
At the market: fruit and vegetables
Javier buys tomatoes, onions, strawberries and bananas at a market stall.
Shopping · ≈ 8 min
A1
🎧 Listening
How much is it? Prices and change
Ana buys postcards, stamps and a magnet, and pays the exact amount with coins.
Money & prices · ≈ 9 min
A1
📖 Reading
An email from Valencia
Marta writes to Emma, the exchange student who is coming to stay with her family.
Emails & messages · ≈ 8 min
A1
📖 Reading
Reading a restaurant menu
A real-looking menu with starters, mains, desserts and the menu of the day. Choose, add up and order.
Food & restaurants · ≈ 8 min
A1
✍️ Writing
Ser or estar? Write it right
Spot the wrong verb, write the right form and build sentences with ser and estar.
Grammar in use · ≈ 10 min
A1
✍️ Writing
Introduce yourself in writing
Translate the key sentences, build them from word tiles and then write your own introduction with a live checklist.
Introductions · ≈ 12 min
A2 Elementary
A2
🎧 Listening
Members
Buying cinema tickets
Pablo buys two tickets for a late showing: session, seats, student discount and payment.
Tickets & transport · ≈ 9 min
A2
🎧 Listening
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Train tickets to Seville
Laura buys a return ticket on the high-speed train, chooses her seat and asks about the platform.
Tickets & transport · ≈ 9 min
A2
🎧 Listening
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At the airport: check-in
Marco checks in for a flight to Lima, but his suitcase is too heavy.
Airport · ≈ 9 min
A2
🎧 Listening
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Checking in at the hotel
Isabel arrives at her hotel by the sea and asks about breakfast, wifi, check-out and parking.
Hotels · ≈ 9 min
A2
🎧 Listening
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A weekend in Granada
Clara tells us about her trip to Granada: the Alhambra, free tapas and a rainy Sunday.
Travel & experiences · ≈ 9 min
A2
🎧 Listening
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Asking for directions
A tourist asks a local the way to the Fine Arts Museum, and gets a surprise at the end.
Directions · ≈ 8 min
A2
🎧 Listening
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Booking a table by phone
Nuria phones a restaurant to book a table for her father’s birthday.
Phone calls · ≈ 9 min
A2
🎧 Listening
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The weekend weather forecast
A radio forecast for Spain: rain in the north, snow in the mountains and sun in the south.
Weather · ≈ 8 min
A2
📖 Reading
Members
Making plans in a group chat
Irene, Hugo and Bea try to agree on a plan for Saturday. It isn’t easy.
Emails & messages · ≈ 8 min
A2
📖 Reading
Members
Flats to rent: reading the ads
Three short ads for flats and rooms. Decide which one suits each person.
Housing · ≈ 9 min
A2
📖 Reading
Members
Seville in 48 hours
A travel article with a two-day plan for Seville: monuments, tapas, flamenco and practical tips.
Travel & experiences · ≈ 10 min
A2
✍️ Writing
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A postcard from the beach
Practise the preterite, fix the classic mistakes, then write a holiday postcard with a live checklist.
Travel & experiences · ≈ 14 min
A2
✍️ Writing
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Writing a booking email
Learn the polite formulas, build them from tiles and write a full email to book a hotel room.
Hotels · ≈ 14 min
A2
✍️ Writing
Members
Proofread the email
Tom wrote an email to his Spanish host family. Find his mistakes, fix more sentences and translate the tricky bits.
Emails & messages · ≈ 12 min
B1 Intermediate
B1
🎧 Listening
Members
A life: Frida Kahlo
A short radio biography of the Mexican painter: illness, an accident, her self-portraits and Diego Rivera.
Biographies · ≈ 10 min
B1
🎧 Listening
Members
At the doctor’s
Andrés has a sore throat and a fever. The doctor examines him and explains his treatment.
Health · ≈ 10 min
B1
🎧 Listening
Members
Viewing a flat to rent
Paula visits a flat with an estate agent: the rooms, the rent, the deposit, pets and the paperwork.
Housing · ≈ 10 min
B1
📖 Reading
Members
The siesta: myth and reality
Do Spaniards really sleep after lunch? A short article about the siesta, Spanish timetables and the science of naps.
Culture · ≈ 11 min
B1
📖 Reading
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A short story: the 8:15 train
Every morning, an old man on Julia’s train reads the same page of the same book. One day she asks him why.
Stories · ≈ 12 min
B1
✍️ Writing
Members
Por or para? Write it right
Choose and write por or para, fix the classic mistakes and translate sentences where English uses “for”.
Grammar in use · ≈ 12 min
B1
✍️ Writing
Members
Writing a formal complaint
Turn informal sentences into formal ones, learn the complaint formulas and write a complaint about a faulty order.
Shopping · ≈ 15 min
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2
🎧 Listening
Members
A job interview
Sergio is interviewed for an events coordinator job: experience, a difficult situation, his weak point and travel.
Work · ≈ 11 min
B2
🎧 Listening
Members
A wrong bill: calling customer service
Irene calls her electricity company because her bill is three times higher than usual.
Money & prices · ≈ 11 min
B2
📖 Reading
Members
Opinion: working from home forever?
An opinion column weighs up remote work: freedom and time on one side, loneliness and blurred limits on the other.
Work · ≈ 12 min
B2
📖 Reading
Members
Interview: a chef against food waste
A magazine interview with a chef who builds her menu around leftovers, peel and “ugly” vegetables.
Food & restaurants · ≈ 11 min
B2
✍️ Writing
Members
Subjunctive: wishes, advice and doubts
Write the subjunctive forms, fix sentences where the indicative sneaks in, and write advice to a friend who is moving to Spain.
Grammar in use · ≈ 16 min
C1 Advanced
C1
🎧 Listening
Members
Radio debate: should tourism be limited?
A moderator, a residents’ association spokesperson and a hotel-industry representative debate tourism in cities.
Society · ≈ 13 min
C1
🎧 Listening
Members
A lecture: where Spanish comes from
An extract from a university lecture on the history of Spanish, from spoken Latin to Nebrija’s grammar.
Culture · ≈ 13 min
C1
📖 Reading
Members
Analysis: “emptied Spain”
A newspaper analysis of rural depopulation in Spain: its causes, its consequences and the debate about solutions.
Society · ≈ 13 min
C1
✍️ Writing
Members
An argumentative essay
Raise the register of informal sentences, put an essay’s connectors in place and write a structured opinion essay.
Society · ≈ 18 min
C2 Mastery
C2
🎧 Listening
Members
Fast colloquial Spanish: two friends catch up
Two friends talk over each other about a disastrous week. Full of idioms, fillers and slang.
Conversations · ≈ 13 min
C2
📖 Reading
Members
Literature: the opening of Don Quixote
The famous first lines of Cervantes’s novel (1605), with glosses for the old words and a modern version alongside.
Literature · ≈ 15 min
C2
✍️ Writing
Members
Precision: the mistakes even natives make
Dequeísmo, queísmo, “hubieron”, “detrás mío”, sino / si no, porque / por qué… Write Spanish that a strict editor would sign off.
Grammar in use · ≈ 15 min
C2
✍️ Writing
Members
Rewriting with style
Choose the most elegant version, build sentences with cuyo and concessive structures, then rewrite a flat paragraph into polished prose.
Style · ≈ 18 min
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