34 units, 1,439 words, 83 texts with translation

Spanish B2: Upper intermediate level

What you’ll be able to do: talk freely, read books and articles.

Units in this level

Unit 1 · 28 words · 2 texts
Talk about little accidents at home
Pack up an apartment for a move, name things around the house and say what you dropped, broke or lost by accident.
- Todo patas arriba — Everything upside down
- El día que todo se me caía de las manos — The day I kept dropping everything
Unit 2 · 39 words · 2 texts
Guess who it might be
Make guesses about the people and things around you: who's at the door, how old a neighbor is, whether the owner is home.
- ¿Cómo será el dueño? — I wonder what the owner is like
- El vecino que nadie había visto — The neighbor no one had seen
Unit 3 · 38 words · 2 texts
Describe the apartment you're looking for
Describe the apartment you want and what it should have, talk to a real estate agent and read private owners' replies to your ad.
- Busco un piso que tenga mucha luz — I'm looking for an apartment that has lots of light
- Yo buscaba un piso, no un trastero — I was looking for an apartment, not a storage room
Unit 4 · 42 words · 3 texts
Go through a rental contract clause by clause
Read and discuss an apartment rental contract: how long it lasts, what you pay, who is responsible for what. Write a polite formal letter to your landlord.
- El contrato, cláusula por cláusula — The contract, clause by clause
- ¿Puedo colgar unos cuadros? — Can I hang a few pictures?
- ¡Firmado! — Signed!
Unit 5 · 43 words · 3 texts
Say how sad you are to see someone go
Talk about feelings like joy, annoyance, sadness and worry, and about close friends moving on and growing up. Learn the subjunctive after feeling words and the two meanings of siento que.
- La última caja — The Last Box
- Me alegra que estés cerca — I'm Glad You're Close By
- Lucía llama — Lucía Calls
Unit 6 · 42 words · 2 texts
Read local news
Understand newspaper headlines and the TV news: fires and other incidents, city events, trials and sentences. Learn to recognize the passive voice and le instead of lo for a man.
- Tu barrio sale en el periódico — Your neighborhood is in the paper
- Seis vecinos rescatados tras un incendio — Six residents rescued after a fire
Unit 7 · 46 words · 2 texts
Speak up about tourists in your city
Discuss tourism and city life: say what is important, necessary and fair, and back up your point of view.
- Pisos turísticos: ¿sí o no? — Tourist apartments: yes or no?
- Carta al director: una ciudad para vivir — Letter to the editor: a city to live in
Unit 8 · 44 words · 3 texts
Demand repairs from your landlord
Call your landlord and write a polite but firm letter: what's broken in the apartment, why it matters and what you want done.
- La caldera no arranca — The boiler won't start
- Le ruego que envíe un técnico — I kindly ask you to send a technician
- Pareces una abogada — You sound like a lawyer
Unit 9 · 42 words · 2 texts
Find out what happened to a missing box
Talk about packages, lost things and moving, and react to things that have already happened: "I hope you got there safely," "I don't think the box got lost."
- Espero que hayas llegado sana y salva — I hope you got there safe and sound
- La caja que no llegó — The box that didn't arrive
Unit 10 · 45 words · 2 texts
Renew your residence card
Handle paperwork at the immigration office and say things like "as soon as you get a number", "until they call you" and "before they close".
- ¿Tiene cita previa? — Do you have an appointment? (formal)
- Renovar la tarjeta, paso a paso — Renewing the card, step by step
Unit 11 · 40 words · 2 texts
Deal with paperwork and long lines
Get through a government office when a paper is missing and the line won't move: talk about bureaucracy and patience, and say "even if" and "despite" in Spanish.
- Falta un papel — One paper is missing
- Tres mañanas en la misma cola — Three mornings in the same line
Unit 12 · 46 words · 2 texts
Talk about the Fallas festival
Describe Valencia's Fallas festival and recognize colloquial words with -azo, -ón, -ete and -ote, plus the intensifiers la mar de and de lo más.
- La primera mascletà de mi madre — My mother's first mascletà
- Olvídate de dormir — Forget about sleeping
Unit 13 · 42 words · 2 texts
Say what you were hoping for
Talk about feelings and expectations that didn't come true: disappointment, hurt and reproaches after someone stands you up. Learn the imperfect subjunctive to say what you wanted others to do.
- La cena que se enfrió — The dinner that got cold
- Tú querías que él lo adivinara todo — You wanted him to guess everything
Unit 14 · 44 words · 3 texts
Pass on what your boss asked
Talk about work, bosses and meetings, and report what someone asked or told you to do in the past.
- ¿Qué dijo Nuria el viernes? — What did Nuria say on Friday?
- Una semana en lugar de la jefa — A week in the boss's place
- Una llamada de Hoteles Turia — A call from Hoteles Turia
Unit 15 · 41 words · 2 texts
Remind a repairman of his promise
A repairman promised to come and didn't: name repair jobs and building materials, push someone to hurry, complain, and retell what other people promised.
- Dijiste que volverías en media hora — You said you'd be back in half an hour
- Cuatro promesas de un fontanero — Four promises from a plumber
Unit 16 · 41 words · 3 texts
Write a polite letter to the bank
Make polite requests at the bank and in letters: certificates, accounts, loans and the most courteous phrases Spanish has.
- ¿Sería tan amable? — Would You Be So Kind?
- Me han cobrado una comisión de doce euros — They've Charged Me a Twelve-Euro Fee
- Háblame normal — Talk to Me Normally
Unit 17 · 43 words · 3 texts
Dream about winning the lottery
Daydream out loud about what you would do if you won the lottery: money, luxuries, gifts and wild nature. Tell a real chance (si tengo) from a dream (si tuviera).
- ¿Y si nos tocara el gordo? — What if we hit the jackpot?
- Si mi día durara treinta horas — If my day lasted thirty hours
- No hace falta ser millonario — You don't have to be a millionaire
Unit 18 · 40 words · 2 texts
Say that someone is pretending
Describe people who act as if nothing happened, tell hoping from wishing with ojalá, and talk about the characters, feelings and plot of a TV series.
- Como si fuéramos desconocidos — As if we were strangers
- La serie de la que todo el mundo habla — The series everyone is talking about
Unit 19 · 42 words · 3 texts
Report an insurance claim
Call the insurance company after a water leak at home: explain what happened, say when it happened and describe the damage.
- Llamo para dar parte de un siniestro — I'm calling to report an insurance claim
- Lo que pasó aquella noche — What happened that night
- ¿Qué te ha pasado en el pie? — What happened to your foot?
Unit 20 · 43 words · 3 texts
Say how likely something is
Talk about probability and guesses: what's possible, what's unlikely, and how to stop overthinking when there's no proof yet.
- A lo mejor solo está liado — Maybe he's just busy
- Cinco explicaciones de un silencio — Five explanations for a silence
- ¿Seguramente o seguro? — Probably or for sure?
Unit 21 · 43 words · 2 texts
Disagree at a meeting
Argue and agree at a work meeting and describe your coworkers' personalities. Learn the different Spanish verbs for "become" and more adjectives that change meaning with ser and estar.
- La reunión es en la sala dos — The meeting is in room two
- Por fin sé quién es quién — I finally know who's who
Unit 22 · 46 words · 3 texts
Interview for a management job
Get ready for an interview for a management position: talk about your career, your education, your personal qualities and teamwork.
- ¿Por qué deberíamos ascenderla a usted? — Why should we promote you? (to a woman, formal)
- Lo que respondería ahora — What I would answer now
- ¿Qué tal lo de la entrevista? — So how did the interview go?
Unit 23 · 44 words · 3 texts
Retell a conversation at the tax office
Retell what people at the tax office told you, asked you, asked you to do and promised, and talk about taxes and simple math.
- Mi primera declaración — My first tax return
- Lo que me dijeron en tres ventanillas — What they told me at three windows
- ¿A pagar o a devolver? — Do you owe or get a refund?
Unit 24 · 45 words · 2 texts
Agree on the terms of a new job
Set conditions and add a catch: "as long as", "unless", "in case". Read a work contract all the way down to the fine print.
- Quisiera repasar las condiciones con usted — I'd like to go over the terms with you (formal)
- La letra pequeña — The fine print
Unit 25 · 43 words · 2 texts
Make your case in a debate
Argue by the rules: give your reasons in order, draw conclusions, and discuss work, books and movies.
- ¿Cuatro días o cinco? — Four days or five?
- ¿El libro o la película? — The book or the movie?
Unit 26 · 44 words · 2 texts
Talk about your regrets
Talk about things that didn't happen and things you regret: what could have gone differently, what weighs on your conscience and what you never got to do.
- Lo que no te dije — What I didn't tell you
- El tren al que no subí — The train I didn't get on
Unit 27 · 42 words · 3 texts
Check and correct your own letter
Check and fix a letter: learn the words for the parts of a text and of grammar, and choose the right verb form.
- ¿Me corriges el correo? — Can you correct the email for me?
- El mismo mensaje, tres veces — The same message, three times
- La llamo del ayuntamiento — I'm calling you from city hall (to a woman, formal)
Unit 28 · 45 words · 2 texts
Celebrate a housewarming with friends
Host a housewarming: set the table, raise a toast and look back on arriving in the city three years ago.
- La inauguración del piso — The housewarming party
- Carta a la que llegó hace tres años — A letter to the woman who arrived three years ago
Unit 29 · 43 words · 3 texts
Save water in a drought and a heat wave
Get through a summer heat wave and drought in Valencia: stay cool at home, read a city hall notice with water restrictions, and talk about waste, water and energy.
- Cuanto más calor hace, menos ganas tengo de nada — The hotter it gets, the less I feel like doing anything
- Queda prohibido regar con manguera — Watering with a hose is prohibited
- Eso va al punto limpio, no al contenedor — That goes to the recycling center, not the dumpster
Unit 30 · 41 words · 3 texts
Work with AI by the rules
Learn what's allowed and what isn't when you work with artificial intelligence: client data, fact-checking, copyright. Pass on the rules and ask "What am I allowed to do?"
- ¿Qué nos dejan hacer y qué no? — What do they let us do, and what don't they?
- Cada dato necesita una fuente — Every fact needs a source
- Ese premio no existe — That award doesn't exist
Unit 31 · 43 words · 3 texts
Help newcomers settle in
Volunteer at a neighborhood association, read its notice, explain to newcomers how things work here, and talk about prejudice and about not being afraid of mistakes.
- Cuando uno llega, lo difícil no es el papel — When you arrive, the hard part isn't the paperwork
- ¿Acabas de llegar? Te ayudamos — Did you just arrive? We'll help you
- Hablar mal es mejor que no hablar — Speaking badly is better than not speaking
Unit 32 · 43 words · 2 texts
Retell gossip from a party
Tell a friend the latest party gossip the way people really talk ("so he goes and…", "long story short…"), and jokingly bargain with your partner before you move in together.
- Va Dani y se arrodilla delante de todos — Dani goes and gets down on one knee in front of everyone
- ¿Y si nos vamos a vivir juntos? — What if we move in together?
Unit 33 · 44 words · 2 texts
Deal with a letter from the immigration office
Go to a lawyer with a friend: read a letter from the immigration office, see that it isn't a denial, answer it properly, and learn how to get a deposit back without going to court.
- Esto no es una denegación, es un requerimiento — This isn't a denial, it's a requerimiento
- De no hacerlo, se archivará su solicitud — If you fail to do so, your application will be closed
Unit 34 · 42 words · 3 texts
Argue about memory and beliefs
Read a popular science article about how memory works, have a funny argument with your partner about your first date, and debate over dinner whether you can lie out of love and whether we're free in our choices.
- Recuerdos que nunca existieron — Memories that never existed
- Mi memoria me trata con demasiado cariño — My memory treats me too kindly
- Eso no es libre albedrío, es debilidad — That's not free will, it's weakness

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