La Inquisición Española

Spanish online reading and listening practice - level B2

Numerous atrocities were committed during the Spanish Inquisition several centuries ago in the name of Catholicism, and the fate of those who did not believe in the Catholic Church was torture and burning at the stake. Read our text to learn more about these terrible events in Spain.

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise the passive voice, participles as adjectives, the infinitive after prepositions and relative clauses.

Text and audio by Inma Sánchez

Exercise: La Inquisición Española

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