📖LearnModule 5 · Lesson 21 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridgeUnit 5 · Exam training
Reading the signs — notices
Module 5 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 21 of 30: The A2 reading exam opens with real-world scraps: signs, notices, labels. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
abierto
open
ah-BYEHR-toh
cerrado
closed
seh-RRAH-doh
la entrada
the entrance
lah ehn-TRAH-dah
la salida
the exit (also the departure)
lah sah-LEE-dah
empuje
push (on a door)
ehm-POO-heh
jale
pull (on a door)
HAH-leh
prohibido
forbidden
proh-ee-BEE-doh
gratis
free (no cost)
GRAH-tees
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 A2 reading exam opens with real-world scraps: signs, notices, labels. Abierto, cerrado, entrada, salida, empuje, jale, prohibido, gratis.
Y también · And also
Piscina cerrada los lunes. Entrada gratis para niños. Prohibido correr. Read each and answer: what can you do, what can you not? Jale is the Latin American pull; Spain writes tire.
Ojo · Watch out
gratis means free of charge; libre means free as in available. Entrada gratis is a free entrance; a seat that is free is libre.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with abierto.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 21 in Module 5 are the written half of this page.
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.