📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 6 · Las tareas B2
El ensayo argumentativo
Module 9 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 26 of 30: The B2 essay has a fixed architecture and examiners mark the architecture. 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 ensayo
the essay
ehl ehn-SAH-yoh
la introducción
the introduction
lah een-troh-dook-SYOHN
la conclusión
the conclusion
lah kohn-kloo-SYOHN
la parte
the section
lah PAR-teh
desarrollar
to develop
deh-sah-rroh-YAR
la estructura
the structure
lah ehs-trook-TOO-rah
responder a la pregunta
to answer the question
rrehs-pohn-DEHR ah lah preh-GOON-tah
equilibrado
balanced (m)
eh-kee-lee-BRAH-doh
ustedes deberán responder
you (all) will have to answer
oos-TEH-dehs deh-beh-RAHN rrehs-pohn-DEHR
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 B2 essay has a fixed architecture and examiners mark the architecture. Introducción, then two or three developed parts, then a conclusión that answers the question asked.
Y también · And also
Each part is the paragraph you built in Module 3: claim, reason, example, qualification. The difference at B2 is that the parts have to talk to each other — part two answers part one, not merely follows it. Ustedes deberán responder a la pregunta: you will have to answer the question, deber in the futuro.
Ojo · Watch out
el ensayo is the essay and la parte one section of it. The conclusion must ANSWER the question — a conclusion that only summarizes loses the mark for it. And responder takes a: responder a la pregunta.
deber, futuro — the table
yo deberé · tú deberás · él/ella/usted deberá · nosotros deberemos · ustedes deberán · ellos/ellas deberán
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el ensayo.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out deber, futuro 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.