📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 16 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 4 · La prueba escrita
Leer las instrucciones
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 16 of 30: . On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
redactar
to write up
rreh-dahk-TAR
justificar
to give reasons for
hoos-tee-fee-KAR
aproximadamente
approximately
ah-prohk-see-mah-dah-MEHN-teh
el alcalde
the mayor
ehl ahl-KAHL-deh
subrayar las instrucciones
to underline the instructions
soo-brah-YAR lahs eens-trook-SYOH-nehs
el destinatario
the recipient
ehl dehs-tee-nah-TAH-ryoh
la extensión
the length
lah ehks-tehn-SYOHN
perder puntos
to lose marks
pehr-DEHR POON-tohs
yo escribo con claridad
I write clearly
yoh ehs-KREE-boh kohn klah-ree-DAHD
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
More marks are lost to misread instructions than to bad Spanish. The three verbs that matter: redacte (write a full text), justifique (give reasons), and unas 250 palabras (and they do count).
Y también · And also
Underline the task word, the audience and the length before you write anything. Escriba una carta al alcalde de su ciudad tells you the register as clearly as any grammar rule. Yo escribo con claridad — clearly, which is what every instruction is really asking for.
Ojo · Watch out
redacte means write a full text, justifique means give reasons, aproximadamente sets the length. Underline the task word, the audience and the length before you write. The instructions use the usted command form.
escribir, presente — the table
yo escribo · tú escribes · él/ella/usted escribe · nosotros escribimos · ustedes escriben · ellos/ellas escriben
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with redactar.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out escribir, presente in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.