📖LearnModule 7 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, completedUnit 6 · Leer y escribir en B1
Leer un artículo
Module 7 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, completed), lesson 26 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 artículo
the article
ehl ar-TEE-koo-loh
el titular
the headline
ehl tee-too-LAR
el periodista
the reporter
ehl peh-ryoh-DEES-tah
según un estudio
according to a study
seh-GOON oon ehs-TOO-dyoh
el tema principal
the main topic
ehl TEH-mah preen-see-PAHL
resumir
to summarize
rreh-soo-MEER
el resumen
the summary
ehl rreh-SOO-mehn
la noticia
the piece of news
lah noh-TEE-syah
yo leo el periódico
I read the newspaper
yoh LEH-oh ehl peh-RYOH-dee-koh
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
At B1 you are expected to read a short newspaper article and say what it is about — not every word of it. Three questions get you there: what happened, who is involved, and what does the writer think?
Y también · And also
Useful furniture: el titular (the headline), el periodista, según (according to), según un estudio (according to a study), la noticia (the piece of news). If a sentence defeats you, skip it and keep the thread. Leo el periódico cada mañana — I read the paper every morning.
Ojo · Watch out
según takes a noun straight after it: según él, según un estudio. Never según de. And la noticia is one piece of news; the news in general is las noticias.
resumir, presente — the table
yo resumo · tú resumes · él/ella/usted resume · nosotros resumimos · ustedes resumen · ellos/ellas resumen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el artículo.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out resumir, 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.