El concierto de Aranjuez

Spanish online reading and listening practice - level A2

Learn about this beautiful guitar concerto, written by Joaquín Rodrigo in 1939. If you've never heard this famous work before, have a listen before scrolling down to the exercise below.

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise El Futuro Próximo and the gender and number of nouns that do not end in -o/-a. It is associated with the following studylists:

Audio by Inma Sánchez.

Exercise: El concierto de Aranjuez

Listen to the audio, then read the transcript. Click any phrase for the translation and links to related grammar lessons which you can add to your KwizIQ notebook to practise later.

How this exercise works

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  2. Read the text
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  3. Answer the questions
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Answer in English: we're testing your understanding of the text, not your grammar or expression, so nothing you write here will be marked for accuracy. To get feedback on how you write, try one of our writing exercises.

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