B1.11: Radio and podcasts

Radio y pódcasts

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

B1.11.1 Cultura

Iñaki Gabilondo y el éxito de "Hoy por Hoy"

Iñaki Gabilondo and the success of "Hoy por Hoy"


Vocabulary (12)

 Comunicar (to communicate) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Comunicar

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To communicate Show

 El locutor: The presenter (Spanish)

El locutor

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The presenter Show

 La emisora: The station (Spanish)

La emisora

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The station Show

 El canal: The channel (Spanish)

El canal

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The channel Show

 El podcast: The podcast (Spanish)

El podcast

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The podcast Show

 El episodio: The episode (Spanish)

El episodio

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The episode Show

 Entretenido: Entertaining (Spanish)

Entretenido

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Entertaining Show

 Emitir (to broadcast) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Emitir

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To broadcast Show

 El audiolibro: The audiobook (Spanish)

El audiolibro

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The audiobook Show

 La temporada: The season (Spanish)

La temporada

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The season Show

 El invitado: The Guest (Spanish)

El invitado

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The guest Show

 La temática: The theme (Spanish)

La temática

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The theme Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Imperfecto e indefinido: tiempos del pasado

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Imperfect and preterite: past tenses

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escuché, comunicó, escuchábamos, Eran, emitió, comunicaba, fue, emitía

1. Emitir:
La emisora ... música clásica todos los días.
(The station used to broadcast classical music every day.)
2. Ser:
... las cinco cuando comenzaron a emitir el programa.
(It was five o'clock when they started broadcasting the programme.)
3. Ser:
El año pasado este audiolibro ... mi favorito.
(Last year this audiobook was my favourite.)
4. Comunicar:
El locutor ... la noticia del premio ayer.
(The announcer communicated the news of the award yesterday.)
5. Escuchar:
Siempre ... la radio por la mañana juntos.
(We always used to listen to the radio together in the morning.)
6. Escuchar:
El año pasado yo ... una entrevista muy entretenida.
(Last year I listened to a very entertaining interview.)
7. Comunicar:
Antes el podcast ... las noticias todos los domingos.
(Before, the podcast used to broadcast the news every Sunday.)
8. Emitir:
El canal ... un anuncio importante anoche.
(The channel aired an important announcement last night.)

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B1.11.2 Gramática

Imperfecto e indefinido: tiempos del pasado

Imperfect and preterite: past tenses


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

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Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
(yo) escuchaba I was listening
(tú) escuchabas You were listening
(él/ella) escuchaba he/she was listening
(nosotros/nosotras) escuchábamos we listened
(vosotros/vosotras) escuchabais You were listening
(ellos/ellas) escuchaban they listened

Exercises and examples phrases

Comunicar to communicate

Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
(yo) comunicaba I was communicating
(tú) comunicabas You were communicating
(él/ella) comunicaba he communicated/she communicated
(nosotros/nosotras) comunicábamos we communicated
(vosotros/vosotras) comunicabais You communicated
(ellos/ellas) comunicaban they communicated

Exercises and examples phrases

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