This Spanish language reading introduces students to talking about recurring past events by using imperfect tense. It talks about the childhoods of three different people and the activities they used to enjoy.
The reading includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included
Activity idea: Have the students underline all the imperfect verbs they find in the reading and then have them talk about their own early childhood habits using the imperfect tense.
This 4-page file includes:
~A 2-page worksheet with four sections on practising ir/ser in the preterit tense.
students must fill in the chart of conjugations
students must complete 10 gap fill sentences and give English translations
students must fill in the missing verbs to complete a short paragraph
students must translate five sentences into Spanish.
~Answer key (2 pages)
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This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish reading on natural disasters: flooding, forest fires, a tornado and an earthquake all suffered by one town in one year. Also includes examples of the true passive voice and the passive with “se.”
~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions and a short writing section.
~Answer key.
This Italian reading has two paragraphs. The first one is written from the first-person perspective of a teenage girl living in Rome, Italy during Holy Week and discusses how she and her family are celebrating.
The second paragraph discusses the various holidays around this period including Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter Sunday etc.
The reading includes a glossary of specialized Easter vocabulary and 7 reading comprehension questions in Italian.
Level: Present tense but with harder vocabulary
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A Spanish reading in the “presente perfect” wherein three young people talk about what they have accomplished this year so far.
The reading is followed by 8 true/false reading comprehension questions.
Answer key Included
This one page worksheet/quiz is a thorough review of Spanish question words in three parts: (Includes a total of 18 questions)
Fill in the blank
Multiple choice to complete the sentence
Short answer
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Key included.
This 3-page file includes: (100% in German)
~A short reading in the imperfect tense whereby someone describes what life was like for them and their room mates when they were in university. The reading is followed by 8 reading comprehension questions.
~The same reading with the verbs highlighted for students to see in context.
~Answer key.
Editable Word file.
This German reading introduces students to talking about recurring past events by discussing the routines of three different people’s first jobs: in a fast food restaurant, washing dishes and working in a flower shop.
The reading includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included
Activity idea: Have the students underline all the past tense verbs they find in the reading and then have them talk about their own first jobs/volunteer work routines.
This German reading includes 20 mistakes for students to correct! The mistakes are all focused on declensions and preposition errors with the nominative, accusative and dative cases.
Answer key included.
Editable word file
This 4-page file includes:
~A reference table with the French verbs that take être (Dr and Mrs Vandertramp).
~A worksheet for students to fill in with the participles missing.
~A worksheet for students to fill in with the infinitives missing.
~A worksheet for students to fill in with the English translations missing.
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This 3-page file includes:
~A beginner Spanish reading that includes descriptions of four people’s lives in various types of neighbourhood: big city in the US, small town in US, a historic mid-sized city in Latin America and a city in Spain. Includes a lot of vocabulary for around town and buildings etc.
~A worksheet with 2 parts:
A. 10 reading comprehension questions based on the reading
B. 5 short answer questions based on general questions regarding where people live
~Answer key.
Level: mostly present tense
This resource is 100% in Spanish
Editable word file
This 3-page file includes:
~A biography of the famous and fascinating Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It includes a short paragraph each on: her early life, accident at the age of 18, her artistic style, her relationship with Diego Rivera and finally her death and legacy. The reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 9 reading comprehension questions and a short writing section.
~Answer Key.
Level: Mostly in past tenses
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading that covers the highlights of the life and times of Fidel Castro. It covers a bit about his childhood, university education, marriages and his takeover of Cuba. This reading is up-to-date mentioning the relaxing of restrictions in 2015 and his death in 2016. This biography includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.
~The second page consist of a worksheet with 10 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short guided writing exercise in the preterite tense.
~Answer Key.
Level: Mostly past tenses
This 4-page file includes:
~A reading about a shopping trip a family takes to buy new clothes. The focus is on clothing vocabulary, colors and noun-adjective agreement. The reading is in the present tense and features a full glossary of new vocabulary and 5 short-answer comprehension questions.
~The same reading but the adjectives are missing and students must fill in the blanks to complete the sentences!
~A handout on clothing vocabulary, colors and phrases that a customer and salesperson would use in a clothing store. Students can role-play shopping for clothes in Spanish!
~Answer Key.
Activity ideas: Have students write a script between a store clerk and a shopper to perform for the class using the vocabulary handout.
A great complement to any unit on clothing vocabulary!
This 5-page file includes:
~A reading with three short paragraphs in which people talk about what they did recently. There are over 20 uses of preterite tense verbs to see in context. Includes regular, irregular and reflexive verbs.
~A worksheet with 10 questions based on the reading and a short writing section.
~The same reading with blanks that students must complete with the correct conjugation of the verbs to complete the reading.
~Answer key (2 pgs)
Answer key included
Activity idea: Have students translate the paragraphs alone or in small groups and then have them write a short paragraph about what they did recently using at least 5 preterite tense verbs
This 5-page file includes:
~A simple reading in the present tense in which a 16-year-old student talks about all of her classes and what time they occur. Based on the reading students must fill in her school schedule!
~A worksheet based on the reading with 10 reading comprehension questions. Afterwards students must fill in their own schedule in Spanish.
~Answer key (2 pgs)
NOTE: Includes both American style and European style clock options for reading (2:30 pm and 14.30)
Vocabulary Includes:
días de la semana
música
deporte
arte
biología
álgebra
química
almuerzo
bloque libre
geografía
historia
francés
inglés
informática
This Spanish cultural reading is on Three Kings Day or Día de los Reyes. It discusses its history and origins, how it is celebrated in Mexico with gift giving and the special food which are prepared for this day including Rosca de Reyes.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Level: In present and past tenses
Answer key included
This 3-page file includes:
~A detailed biography of Che Guevara with information on his childhood and early life, his travels, his medical studies and marriage, his political ideology and death. The reading is prefaced by a Spanish/English glossary of new vocabulary and followed by ten true/false reading comprehension questions.
~Answer key.
Level: mostly past tenses
This 4-page file includes:
~A Spanish script featuring two friends out shopping for clothes. The reading incorporates numerous examples of demonstrative pronouns and clothing vocabulary.
~The same reading with the demonstrative pronouns underlined for students to see in context.
~A worksheet with 3 parts:
8 true/false questions
6 multiple choice questions on demonstrative pronouns
a short writing section
~Answer key.
This reading is about magical Machu Picchu in terms of its geography, history, cultural significance and future. This reading is in the present and past tenses.
The reading includes a full glossary of new words and 5 Reading comprehension questions.
Here is a link to a 6 min Spanish Video on Machu Picchu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckBQjrGc4qI
Level: mostly past tenses