Spanish A1.13 Listening Practice: Make And Can
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for make and can.
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Level
A1.13
Audio
41s
Transcript
11 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Build short guided Spanish sentences from one new pattern at a time.
Use hacer and poder as early high-use verbs to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
hacer and poder as early high-use verbs
Practice aloud after listening
Puedo hacerlo manana.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 2: add hacer and poder as early high-use verbs to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Read while you listen.
1. Carmen · Teacher
Imagine a Prado visit. ¿Puedo hacer fotos?
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
No. Aquí no hago fotos. Photos are banned in the galleries. Puedo hacer una nota después. A note.
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3. Carmen · Teacher
Outside after the visit: ¿Qué haces?
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Hago una nota. Ventana, azul. A blue window in our imagined picture.
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5. Carmen · Teacher
Hago una nota también. Es una buena idea.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Hago means I do or make; puedo means I can.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
Refer to making that note: I can do it.
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8. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Puedo hacerlo.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
For another visit, say: I make a note.
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10. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Hago una nota.
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11. Carmen · Teacher
Two words, and a memory. No camera.
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