📖LearnModule 14 · Lesson 29 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, continuedUnit 6 · Escribir largo
Revisar un texto largo
Module 14 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2, continued), lesson 29 of 30: A long text needs three separate passes. 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
la pasada
the pass (a round of revision)
lah pah-SAH-dah
merecer su lugar
to earn its place
meh-reh-SEHR soo loo-GAR
la longitud de las frases
sentence length
lah lohn-hee-TOOD deh lahs FRAH-sehs
suprimir un párrafo
to cut a paragraph
soo-pree-MEER oon PAH-rrah-foh
en ese orden
in that order
ehn EH-seh OHR-dehn
la pérdida de tiempo
the waste of time
lah PEHR-dee-dah deh TYEHM-poh
por separado
separately
pohr seh-pah-RAH-doh
la revisión
the revision
lah rreh-bee-SYOHN
tú mereces un descanso
you deserve a rest
too meh-REH-sehs oon dehs-KAHN-soh
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
A long text needs three separate passes, and doing them at once is why revision usually fails. Pass one: structure — does each paragraph earn its place? Pass two: sentences — length, repetition, connectors. Pass three: agreement and accents.
Y también · And also
Do them in that order. Correcting an accent in a paragraph you are about to delete is the commonest waste of time in any language.
Ojo · Watch out
Three passes in ORDER: structure, then sentences, then agreement and accents. Correcting an accent in a paragraph you are about to delete is the commonest waste of time. merecer takes zc: merezco.
merecer, presente — the table
yo merezco · tú mereces · él/ella/usted merece · nosotros merecemos · ustedes merecen · ellos/ellas merecen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with la pasada.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out merecer, 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.