📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 28 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 6 · Las tareas B2
El resumen de un texto
Module 9 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 28 of 30: A resumen reports what a text says without arguing with it. 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 autor
the author
ehl ow-TOHR
subrayar
to emphasize
soo-brah-YAR
en primer lugar
in the first place
ehn pree-MEHR loo-GAR
el texto
the text
ehl TEHKS-toh
objetivo
objective (adjective)
ohb-heh-TEE-boh
la convención
the convention
lah kohn-behn-SYOHN
sin comentar
without commenting
seen koh-mehn-TAR
fiel
faithful
fyehl
nosotros veremos el texto
we will look at the text
noh-SOH-trohs beh-REH-mohs ehl TEHKS-toh
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 resumen reports what a text says without arguing with it. Your opinion is not wanted, and putting it in costs marks. El autor explica que…, según él…, el texto subraya que…
Y también · And also
Report in the present tense however the original is written — that is the convention. And report the SHAPE as well as the content: en primer lugar, el autor… a continuación… Veremos el texto por partes: the futuro of ver, the tense of announcing what you will do.
Ojo · Watch out
A resumen reports in the PRESENT whatever the original tense, and carries no opinion — your view costs marks. subrayar means both to underline and to emphasize; here it is the second.
ver, futuro — the table
yo veré · tú verás · él/ella/usted verá · nosotros veremos · ustedes verán · ellos/ellas verán
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el autor.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out ver, 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.