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10 FREE SPANISH TEXT | READING AND COMPREHENSION

Students read short Spanish passages with English translations and answer Spanish comprehension questions about everyday topics.
Grades
Not Grade Specific
Pages
14
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Instant download · Updated Jun 09, 2025

Subject
Foreign Languages, Spanish
Topic
Spanish Reading, Reading Comprehension
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
Preparation
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From the author

Ten short Spanish passages cover everyday topics such as family, food, school and outings. Each Spanish paragraph is followed by an English translation and five Spanish comprehension questions with answer lines.

The fourteen-page PDF includes ten activity pages, a cover, two advertising pages and a publisher page. Print pages 4–13 for students. No completed answer key is supplied; check responses against the passages.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read a short Spanish-language passage and answer comprehension questions about it in Spanish

  • Match Spanish vocabulary to its English equivalent using the paired English translation

  • Recall specific details from a short narrative passage

Teaching tips

  • Have students answer the Preguntas in Spanish first, then check understanding against the English translation.

  • Use one passage per day as a short bilingual reading warm-up, given the consistent five-question format across all ten texts.

  • Print PDF pages 4–13 for the ten student passages.

Skills covered

  • Spanish reading comprehension — students read a short Spanish paragraph and answer factual questions about it in Spanish.

  • Bilingual vocabulary matching — students use the parallel English translation to confirm the meaning of Spanish words and phrases.

  • Detail recall — students answer questions drawn directly from each passage, such as identifying what a character buys at the market.

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How is each passage structured?

A short Spanish passage is paired with its English translation and five Spanish-language comprehension questions with answer lines.

How can the English translation support the activity?

Students can read the Spanish text first, then consult the English version to check meaning before returning to the questions.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Spanish reading comprehension

  • Bilingual texts

  • Vocabulary in context

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