📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 18 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 4 · La prueba escrita
El modelo de carta
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 18 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
el asunto
the subject line
ehl ah-SOON-toh
la solicitud de reembolso
the request for a refund
lah soh-lee-see-TOOD deh rreh-ehm-BOHL-soh
el esqueleto
the skeleton
ehl ehs-keh-LEH-toh
el cuerpo de la carta
the body of the letter
ehl KWEHR-poh deh lah KAR-tah
el membrete
the letterhead
ehl mehm-BREH-teh
retomar
to repeat (an element)
rreh-toh-MAR
fijo
fixed (m)
FEE-hoh
olvidar un detalle
to forget a detail
ohl-bee-DAR oon deh-TAH-yeh
yo recibo muchas cartas
I receive many letters
yoh rreh-SEE-boh MOO-chahs KAR-tahs
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
The formal letter has five fixed parts and they never move: the address block, the asunto (subject line), the greeting with its colon, the body, the closing formula. Learn the skeleton and you only ever write the body.
Y también · And also
Asunto: solicitud de reembolso. Estimados señores: Me dirijo a ustedes para… The greeting is repeated in spirit inside the closing formula — reciba un cordial saludo answers estimado señor — which is the detail English speakers forget. Yo recibo muchas cartas: recibir, regular in every form.
Ojo · Watch out
el asunto is the subject line and it is a noun phrase, not a sentence: Asunto: solicitud de reembolso. The greeting ends in a colon, and the closing formula answers it.
recibir, presente — the table
yo recibo · tú recibes · él/ella/usted recibe · nosotros recibimos · ustedes reciben · ellos/ellas reciben
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el asunto.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out recibir, 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.