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Casi no llega
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Casi no llega

He almost didn't make it

Reading time
3 min
Total words
696
Unique words
265
Avg frequency
#127

Story

Marta . , . Cercanías . . Marta .

. . Marta . . . .

. . . . Marta . . : "¿ Cercanías?"

"," Marta. " . ." "," . " Cercanías . ."

Marta . . . . Madrid. . . , buen . Marta .

" ," . " . ." Marta : " . ." . Marta , .

. Marta . Cercanías . . , , : .

Cercanías . . Marta . . : " Diego. ¿ ?"

"Marta." ", Marta, ." Marta : " ." . . . Diego, . , , .

Comprehension drill

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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.

¿Por qué tiene miedo Marta al principio?

Why is Marta afraid at the start?

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92-word session

A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.

Words in this story

Curriculum
92 words
#Word
3serto be (identity, essential qualities)
8estarto be (state, location)
9yand
13haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are
14tenerto have, to possess
15porfor, by, through
18irto go
24decirto say, to tell
28suhis, her, its, your (formal), their
29quererto want, to love
30todoall, everything, whole
31perobut, however
32yes; if
33bienwell, good, fine
34esothat (general/neuter)
36verto see, to watch, to look at
37yoI
38tuyour (informal singular)
39buenogood, fine, okay
40saberto know (facts), to taste
43aquíhere
45másmore, most
51yaalready, now, soon, anymore
52ahoranow, right now
53muyvery
54asílike this, like that, so, thus
55darto give
57estethis
58veztime, occasion
61pasarto pass, to happen, to spend (time)
62hablarto speak, to talk
65nadanothing, anything
67oor
68otroother, another
69muchoa lot, much, many, very much
70ellashe, her
80mirarto look at, to watch
82hombreman, husband (colloquial)
84casahouse, home
89tiempotime, weather
90tanso, such, as
93dostwo
97parecerto seem, to appear
103nochenight, evening
104mismosame, himself, very (intensifier)
106vidalife
107tambiénalso, too, as well
112tiyou (singular, after preposition)
113salirto go out, to leave, to come out
114tomarto take, to drink, to have