Spanish reading texts by level
78 texts from A1 to C2, 13 866 words in all, with 357 comprehension questions. Each text shows how much of it is explained in this site’s vocabulary — calculated, not claimed.
A1 (13)
A1 · 143 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La primera mañana
A first day at work, from seven o’clock to the first break.
A1 · 135 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La panadería de la esquina
A morning between the flat, the bakery and the office.
A1 · 119 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
El mercado del sábado
Shopping, sums and a conversation about tomatoes.
A1 · 118 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La llave perdida
A key is missing, and the whole house joins the search.
A1 · 113 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
El vecino nuevo
Someone is moving in, and nobody knows who.
A1 · 119 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
Dos billetes para el domingo
At the ticket counter, with one question too many.
A1 · 80 words · 1 min
StoryTravel
Un día en Madrid
Lena’s first day in Madrid: a small hotel, a square in the sun and dinner with someone she has just met.
A1 · 94 words · 1 min
StoryFootball
La pelota y la tienda
A ball in the square, a grandfather at the window and a shot that is too hard.
A1 · 80 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La nueva vecina
A new neighbour rings the bell because she is missing something — and stays for coffee.
A1 · 70 words · 1 min
DialogueTravel
En la recepción
Arriving at a hotel: two nights, a lift, breakfast — and a headache.
A1 · 53 words · 1 min
DialogueEveryday life
En el mercado
Oranges, apples and a piece of cheese — shopping at the market.
A1 · 54 words · 1 min
MessageFootball
¿Vamos al partido?
Two friends arrange to go to Sunday’s match: tickets, a meeting point and the right colour.
A1 · 56 words · 1 min
EmailEveryday life
Cena de cumpleaños
An invitation by email: a day, a time, an address and a favour to ask.
A2 (13)
A2 · 191 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El piso de arriba
A move, a neighbour and a heating system that does not work.
A2 · 172 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
El tren de las ocho
A journey that goes differently from the plan.
A2 · 138 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La mudanza del primero
A move on a Saturday, with too few hands.
A2 · 129 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
El examen de conducir
Second attempt, and this time it is raining.
A2 · 116 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La abuela y el móvil
A phone that can do more than anyone wants to know.
A2 · 150 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
Una noche en el hospital
Waiting, without knowing what for.
A2 · 128 words · 1 min
StoryTravel
Un día de playa
Two sisters at the seaside: a room without a sea view, too much sun and a dessert nobody ordered.
A2 · 125 words · 1 min
StoryFootball
Sara quiere jugar
A girl wants to play for a club, the boys laugh — and her mother finds a way.
A2 · 122 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La mudanza de Marcos
A move to a new city, twenty boxes, no internet — and a neighbour with a good idea.
A2 · 90 words · 1 min
DialogueFootball
¿Has visto el partido?
Monday at the office: two colleagues and Sunday’s match — one saw it, one did not.
A2 · 84 words · 1 min
DialogueEveryday life
En el médico
A temperature, a cough and too little sleep — a visit to the doctor.
A2 · 79 words · 1 min
MessageEveryday life
La lista de la compra
Three flatmates, an empty fridge and the question of who takes the rubbish out today.
A2 · 91 words · 1 min
EmailTravel
Una habitación en el pueblo
An email to a small country hotel: two nights, a dog and a question about parking.
B1 (14)
B1 · 236 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
La carta que no llegó
A form, a deadline and a letter that never arrived.
B1 · 187 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El piso compartido
Four people, one bathroom and a rota on the fridge door.
B1 · 178 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La entrevista de las nueve
Twenty minutes, and the most important question comes last.
B1 · 193 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El pueblo en invierno
Eighty inhabitants in August, eleven in January.
B1 · 172 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
La carta de la vecina
A letter in the wrong letterbox, and nobody opens it.
B1 · 188 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El turno de noche
Twelve hours in which almost nothing happens — and then something does.
B1 · 184 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
La bicicleta del cuarto
A bicycle in the hallway, and everyone has an opinion.
B1 · 197 words · 2 min
StoryTravel
Cuatro en un coche
A train is cancelled, four strangers share a car — and the trip turns out better than planned.
B1 · 187 words · 2 min
StoryFootball
Un árbitro muy joven
A young referee takes charge of his first match — and hears more from the stands than he would like.
B1 · 160 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
El huerto del solar
On an empty plot between two buildings, vegetables suddenly start to grow — and so does a neighbourhood.
B1 · 133 words · 1 min
DialogueTravel
La maleta no ha llegado
At the baggage desk: a lost suitcase, a form and the question of what to wear until it turns up.
B1 · 150 words · 1 min
DialogueFootball
Siempre en el banquillo
A mother, a coach and a boy who only sits on the bench and wants to give up.
B1 · 112 words · 1 min
MessageEveryday life
Treinta años casados
Three siblings plan a surprise in a chat for their parents’ wedding anniversary.
B1 · 132 words · 1 min
EmailEveryday life
La calefacción no funciona
An email to the landlady: cold radiators, a small child and a friendly but clear request.
B2 (14)
B2 · 189 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El informe que nadie leyó
Forty pages, eight weeks of work, and one question at the end.
B2 · 195 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
La casa de los abuelos
Three siblings, one house and no simple sum.
B2 · 179 words · 1 min
StoryEveryday life
El error en la factura
Eleven euros, four phone calls and a question of whether it is worth it.
B2 · 183 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El primer día en otro idioma
Understanding everything, able to say nothing.
B2 · 197 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
La reunión que podía ser un correo
Nine people, fifty minutes, one decision.
B2 · 199 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El cliente que siempre tenía razón
A rule nobody wrote down, and what it costs.
B2 · 185 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
Dos recuerdos del mismo día
Two people, one afternoon, two stories.
B2 · 251 words · 2 min
StoryTravel
El Camino sin móvil
Almost three weeks on foot to Santiago without a phone — and what is left of it afterwards.
B2 · 268 words · 2 min
StoryFootball
La última jugada
A father, a bad knee and a neighbourhood final that means more than the result.
B2 · 253 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El carné a los cuarenta
Behind the wheel for the first time at forty-two: fear, two failed tests and a piece of advice from a mother.
B2 · 195 words · 2 min
DialogueEveryday life
El ascensor de la comunidad
A residents’ meeting: who pays how much for the new lift — even the neighbour on the ground floor?
B2 · 197 words · 2 min
DialogueFootball
La capitana
An interview with the captain of a women’s team that has just been promoted — after years without money or floodlights.
B2 · 138 words · 1 min
MessageTravel
El vuelo se retrasa
Three friends, a delayed flight and a new plan, made in a chat in ten minutes.
B2 · 154 words · 1 min
EmailEveryday life
Solicitud de cambio de turno
An employee asks in writing for a different shift — with a reason, a proposal and an alternative.
C1 (13)
C1 · 214 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El precio de la comodidad
What convenience costs is rarely on the bill.
C1 · 200 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
Lo que mide una nota
A number that says less than everyone thinks.
C1 · 226 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
La lengua que cambia
Every generation thinks the next one’s language is decline.
C1 · 214 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El mapa y el territorio
Every representation leaves something out — and that is exactly what makes it useful.
C1 · 212 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
La costumbre de tener razón
Those who are rarely contradicted unlearn listening.
C1 · 222 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
Cuando el idioma decide quién habla
In a meeting held in English, different people speak.
C1 · 337 words · 3 min
StoryTravel
La isla en octubre
A writer travels to an island out of season, a storm keeps everyone there — and the book becomes a different one.
C1 · 290 words · 2 min
StoryFootball
El campo nuevo
A village club finally gets an artificial pitch — and with it growth, new teams and new worries.
C1 · 269 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El recreo sin móviles
A parents’ meeting argues about banning phones — and a young teacher stands up for boredom.
C1 · 251 words · 2 min
DialogueTravel
La reserva cancelada
Three days before a group trip the hotel cancels — a phone call with the travel agency about two alternatives.
C1 · 218 words · 2 min
DialogueEveryday life
Una oferta en Valencia
A daughter is offered her dream job in another city and hardly dares to go — a conversation with her father.
C1 · 192 words · 2 min
MessageEveryday life
La biblioteca del barrio
Three neighbours learn that their local library is to close — and organise the resistance in a chat.
C1 · 205 words · 2 min
EmailFootball
Carta a los socios
A football club has to raise its annual fee — and explains to its members why, and how no one will be left behind.
C2 (11)
C2 · 216 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
La excepción que confirma la regla
A saying everybody uses and hardly anybody understands correctly.
C2 · 239 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El que traduce decide
Between two languages there is no neutral ground.
C2 · 235 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
Lo que no se mide también cuenta
What has no number disappears from the calculation.
C2 · 239 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
El acento que delata
An accent says less about ability and more about origin.
C2 · 339 words · 3 min
StoryTravel
La ciudad que temía
A traveller arrives in a city with a bad reputation, armed with precautions — and leaves with a different picture.
C2 · 320 words · 3 min
StoryFootball
Solo aplausos
A mother realises what her shouting from the touchline does — and starts a campaign under which parents may only clap.
C2 · 287 words · 2 min
StoryEveryday life
Lo que guardaba mi abuela
A grandmother threw nothing away — and years later her granddaughter understands what lay behind it.
C2 · 259 words · 2 min
DialogueFootball
Niños en la cantera
A radio debate: should big clubs sign ten-year-olds — and who looks after the ones who don’t make it?
C2 · 206 words · 2 min
DialogueEveryday life
La casa del pueblo
A couple wonder whether to leave the city for the country — and find a way to test the decision first.
C2 · 227 words · 2 min
MessageEveryday life
La jubilación de Paco
Colleagues plan the send-off of a man who does not want to be the centre of attention — and have to negotiate with management.
C2 · 208 words · 2 min
EmailTravel
Reclamación: tren nocturno cancelado
A formal complaint to a rail company: a cancelled night train, a hotel, an expensive flight — and a clear demand.
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