📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 29 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 6 · Your opinion, defended
Writing the letter that argues
Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 29 of 30: The B1 writing task is an opinion with structure: para empezar (to begin). 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
para empezar
to begin with
PAH-rah ehm-peh-SAR
en primer lugar
in the first place
ehn pree-MEHR loo-GAR
para concluir
to conclude
PAH-rah kohn-kloo-EER
estoy a favor
I am for it
ehs-TOY ah fah-BOHR
estoy en contra
I am against it
ehs-TOY ehn KOHN-trah
la opinión
the opinion
lah oh-pee-NYOHN
la conclusión
the conclusion
lah kohn-kloo-SYOHN
en mi opinión
in my opinion
ehn mee oh-pee-NYOHN
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 B1 writing task is an opinion with structure: para empezar (to begin), en primer lugar (in the first place), además (moreover), para concluir (to conclude). State your side — estoy a favor, estoy en contra — then give two reasons and close.
Y también · And also
Sixty to eighty words was A2; B1 asks for real paragraphs. The frame carries you: opening line, two además reasons, one para concluir sentence. Fill it first and count later. En mi opinión opens an opinion without apology.
Ojo · Watch out
estoy a favor and estoy en contra stand alone in a formal frame — a favor DE and en contra DE only when you name the thing. para concluir opens the LAST paragraph, never the first.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with para empezar.
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 29 in Module 6 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.