Spanish A1.15 Listening Practice: The E Opens
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for the e opens.
Podcast listening is in beta while creation and discussion tools are refined. This published chapter includes its complete segmented audio and transcript.
Level
A1.15
Audio
Segmented audio
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 e to ie in stressed roots to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
e to ie in stressed roots
Practice aloud after listening
Tiene tiempo y quiere ayudar.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 2: add e to ie in stressed roots 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
Welcome! I'm Carmen, and today we're exploring how the root vowel E opens to IE in Spanish verbs like quiero, tiene, and piensa.
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2. Carmen · Teacher
Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía in a quick five-sentence conversation.
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3. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
¿Qué piensa Diego hoy?
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4. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Diego piensa en estudiar.
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5. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Yo quiero ayudar ahora.
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6. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Él tiene tiempo libre.
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7. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Tiene tiempo y quiere ayudar.
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8. Carmen · Teacher
Let me break down what they said. First, Álvaro asked: ¿Qué piensa Diego hoy? That means 'What is Diego thinking today?'
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9. Diego · Student
So the verb pensar changes its root E to IE in thinks or thinks about?
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10. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly, Diego! The stressed E becomes IE, turning pensar into piensa.
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11. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Álvaro said: Yo quiero ayudar ahora, which means 'I want to help now.'
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12. Diego · Student
Is quiero coming from the verb querer?
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Yes! Querer becomes quiero when you say 'I want'.
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14. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Álvaro said: Tiene tiempo y quiere ayudar. That means 'He has time and wants to help.'
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15. Diego · Student
Does tener work the exact same way to become tiene?
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16. Carmen · Teacher
Precisely! Tener becomes tiene when speaking about he or she.
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