Spanish A1.2 Listening Practice: Make The First Sentence Negative
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for make the first sentence negative.
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Level
A1.2
Audio
1m 11s
Transcript
16 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Build short guided Spanish sentences from one new pattern at a time.
Use no before es to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
no before es
Practice aloud after listening
No es normal.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 1: add no before es to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
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1. Carmen · Teacher
A free snack with every drink? No es normal. Imagine expecting that at every bar in Spain.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
I like the ambition. My wallet likes it even more.
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3. Carmen · Teacher
Some places include a tapa with a drink; other places charge for the food. Asking first solves the puzzle.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
So the surprise is in the expectation: No es normal.
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5. Carmen · Teacher
A different question: imagine this snack is made in another country. Is it local?
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
No es local. That describes its origin. It tells us nothing about whether it is free.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
The tiny negative comes first: no es . No es normal.
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8. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
One extra word changes the meaning. It doesn't need to change the rest of the sentence.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
Imagine our friend insists that included tapas happen everywhere, because yesterday's bar included one.
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10. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Yesterday's snack has become a very confident theory.
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11. Carmen · Teacher
Answer that assumption with: it is not normal.
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12. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
No es normal.
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13. Carmen · Teacher
We ask what is included, then choose. A useful habit before ordering.
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14. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Es normal. A question is easier to digest than a surprise bill.
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15. Carmen · Teacher
At another shop, the food also comes from another country. Say: it is not local.
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16. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
No es local.
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