📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 29 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 6 · El puente hacia C1
Leer textos largos
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 29 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 texto largo
the long text
ehl TEHKS-toh LAR-goh
la resistencia
stamina
lah rreh-sees-TEHN-syah
hojear
to skim
oh-heh-AR
el primer párrafo
the opening paragraph
ehl pree-MEHR PAH-rrah-foh
el punto de inflexión
the turning point
ehl POON-toh deh een-flehk-SYOHN
palabra por palabra
word for word
pah-LAH-brah pohr pah-LAH-brah
la articulación
the joint between ideas
lah ar-tee-koo-lah-SYOHN
selectivo
selective (m)
seh-lehk-TEE-boh
yo leía novelas largas
I used to read long novels
yoh leh-EE-ah noh-BEH-lahs LAR-gahs
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
C1 reading is not harder sentences so much as LONGER texts, and the skill is stamina plus selection. Read the first and last paragraph first; they usually carry the argument.
Y también · And also
Then skim for the connectors — sin embargo, en cambio, por lo tanto — because they mark where the argument turns. A page of Spanish read for its joints is worth three read word by word. Yo leía novelas largas — leer in the imperfecto, the habit that builds the stamina.
Ojo · Watch out
Read the first and last paragraphs first, then skim for sin embargo, en cambio, por lo tanto: they mark where the argument turns. Word-for-word reading is the slow way. hojear is to skim; ojear is to glance.
leer, imperfecto — the table
yo leía · tú leías · él/ella/usted leía · nosotros leíamos · ustedes leían · ellos/ellas leían
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el texto largo.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out leer, imperfecto 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.