Reading Comprehension
Read Spanish texts and test your understanding
Beginner
13 exercisesMi día
A simple text about daily routine
Mi familia
A simple text about family
En el restaurante
A dialogue at a restaurant
Mi casa
A description of a house and its rooms
De compras
A shopping trip to buy clothes
El fin de semana
Plans for the weekend using the immediate future
Mi mejor amigo
Describing a best friend's appearance and personality
El niño que dice no
A humorous text about a child who refuses everything - featuring Spanish negation
En el mercado
A beginner text about shopping at a market - featuring question words, gender, and plurals
¿Qué estás haciendo?
A text message conversation about what everyone is doing right now - featuring present progressive
Obligaciones y planes
A text about weekly obligations and plans - featuring modal verbs and verb + infinitive patterns
La fiesta de cumpleaños
A text about preparing for a birthday party - featuring indefinites and personal a
Nuestra familia
A text about introducing family members - featuring subject pronouns and possessive adjectives/pronouns
Intermediate
17 exercisesLas vacaciones pasadas
A story about a past holiday using the preterite tense
Cuando era niño
Childhood memories using the imperfect tense
Un día especial
A special day combining preterite and imperfect
El regalo perfecto
A story about finding the perfect gift using direct and indirect objects
Planes para el año nuevo
New Year resolutions using the future tense
Si pudiera viajar
Hypothetical travel plans using the conditional tense
La receta de la abuela
A recipe using imperative commands
Un viaje por España
A trip through Spain using por and para
Dos ciudades diferentes
Comparing two cities using comparatives and superlatives
Consejos para un trabajo nuevo
Advice for a new job using the subjunctive mood
La casa que compramos
A house purchase story using relative pronouns
Las noticias del día
News report using passive voice and formal register
Una carta de negocios
A formal business letter demonstrating professional register
Un día muy ocupado
A text about everything that has happened today - featuring perfect tenses (present perfect and pluperfect)
¿Qué dijo María?
A text about retelling conversations and news - featuring reported speech (direct and indirect)
Se busca, se vende
A text featuring classified ads and everyday mishaps - featuring impersonal se and accidental se
Una historia de amor
A romantic narrative featuring coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Advanced
3 exercisesDecisiones importantes
Important decisions using si clauses and conditional sentences
El discurso de graduación
A graduation speech combining multiple advanced grammar concepts
Dentro de un año
A text about predictions and achievements - featuring future perfect and conditional perfect
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New reading exercises are being added regularly
Tips for Reading Practice
First Read
Read through the text once without stopping to get the general meaning.
Check Vocabulary
Use the vocabulary list to look up any unfamiliar words.
Answer Questions
Read the questions carefully and find evidence in the text.
Review
Check your answers and read the explanations to learn from mistakes.