Aguas de marzo

Spanish online reading and listening practice - level A2

Soledad Giménez, also known as Sole Giménez, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. She is now a solo artist but became famous in Spain with the group Presuntos Implicados who formed in the 1980s. Soledad released the song Aguas de marzo in 2009. It is the Spanish-language version of a song originally written by the Brazilian Tom Jobim. The lyrics present a series of images of what is the end of the summer in the southern hemisphere and a rainy month in Brazil. This reading and listening exercise can help you practise the verb ser, the diminutive suffix -ito and gerunds. It is suitable for level A2 Spanish students.

Exercise: Aguas de marzo

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