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Advanced Spanish Listening Practice – Probability with future and conditional Posted by on Feb 15, 2020 in Learning, Spanish Grammar, Spanish Vocabulary

In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice expressing probability with future and conditional tenses in Spanish. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening.

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This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my Advanced Spanish course posted here on the Transparent Language blog. Let’s test your listening comprehension and see if you can understand a short audio in Spanish. The transcript to the audio will be given at the end of the post but please try not to look at it until you have tried playing and understanding the audio a few times.

Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:

Advanced Spanish Lesson – Probability with future and conditional

Now play the audio to listen a conversation. Can you understand what is being said? Play the audio a few times before you look at the transcript. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every single thing the two people are saying. Try to catch whichever words you can and then try to piece things together to work out what is being said.

(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Transcript:

Marta: Hola Phil ¿has visto a Paula?

Phil: No, pero me imagino que estará en la biblioteca. Tiene un examen de inglés mañana.

Marta: Ah vale. ¿Cómo lo sabes?

Phil: Porque ayer la vi y me dijo que la ayudara a practicar inglés. Quedamos en la cafetería a las cinco pero no vino.

Marta: ¿No fue? ¡Qué raro! Estaría todavía en clase. A Paula no se le suele olvidar nada.

Phil: La llamé por teléfono y no me contestó.

Marta: Estaría estudiando. Cuando estudia siempre apaga el móvil para concentrarse mejor.

Phil: Sí, puede ser.

Marta: O la habrían llamado sus padres para que fuera a casa. Su abuela está viviendo con ellos y está enferma. Así que Paula tiene que ayudar bastante en casa.

Phil: Ah, entiendo.

Marta: Bueno, voy a la biblioteca a ver si la veo. Si ves a Marcos ¿le puedes decir que estoy en la biblioteca?

Phil: Vale. Viene de su clase de guitarra ¿no?

Marta: Sí. Había quedado con él hace media hora. Pero llega tarde. Se habrá quedado hablando con su profesor. Le encanta hablar de música.

Phil: Sí, es verdad. Estará con su profesor.

 

So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below…

Don’t worry if you didn’t understand that much, keep reviewing the vocabulary and phrases and you will soon be up to speed and ready for the next lesson in this course. See you next time!

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About the Author: Laura & Adam

Laura & Adam have been blogging and creating online Spanish courses for Transparent Language since 2010. Laura is from Bilbao in northern Spain and Adam is from Devon in the south of England. They lived together in Spain for over 10 years, where their 2 daughters were born, and now they live in Scotland. Both Laura & Adam qualified as foreign language teachers in 2004 and since have been teaching Spanish in Spain, the UK, and online.