Spanish · Real conversations
Study: Spanish conversation practice
Follow a lesson and ask for useful study help. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A2 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A student speaking with a teacher or classmate.
Goal: Follow a lesson and ask for useful study help.
Read the conversation
Partner
Abran sus libros, por favor.
Show English translation
Open your books, please.
You
¿En qué página estamos?
Show English translation
Which page are we on?
Partner
Página veinte. La nueva tarea está explicada allí.
Show English translation
Page twenty. The new assignment is explained there.
You
¿Cuándo hay que entregar la tarea?
Show English translation
When is the assignment due?
Partner
Se entrega el lunes. ¿Ya intentaste la primera pregunta?
Show English translation
It's due on Monday. Have you tried the first question?
You
¿Podrías revisar mi respuesta?
Show English translation
Could you check my answer?
Partner
Sí, tráela. ¿Ya hiciste el resto?
Show English translation
Yes, bring it over. Have you done the rest?
You
Todavía no he terminado.
Show English translation
I haven't finished yet.
Partner
Está bien. Puedes comentar el ejercicio con un compañero de clase.
Show English translation
That's okay. You can discuss the exercise with a classmate.
You
¿Podemos trabajar juntos?
Show English translation
Can we work together?
Try your part first
Partner says: Open your books, please. Your goal: Which page are we on?
Reveal a sample reply
¿En qué página estamos?
Which page are we on?
Partner says: Page twenty. The new assignment is explained there. Your goal: When is the assignment due?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Cuándo hay que entregar la tarea?
When is the assignment due?
Partner says: It's due on Monday. Have you tried the first question? Your goal: Could you check my answer?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Podrías revisar mi respuesta?
Could you check my answer?
Partner says: Yes, bring it over. Have you done the rest? Your goal: I haven't finished yet.
Reveal a sample reply
Todavía no he terminado.
I haven't finished yet.
Partner says: That's okay. You can discuss the exercise with a classmate. Your goal: Can we work together?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Podemos trabajar juntos?
Can we work together?
Make it your own
- Ask about a different assignment.
- Work with a different partner.
- Explain which part is unfinished.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal in other languages
A note on speaking Spanish
These guides use broadly understandable Latin American Spanish. Tú is familiar and usted is respectful or formal, with important regional variation. Me gustaría and ¿podría …? are useful for considerate requests.
Keep accent marks and opening question marks. Some regions choose different everyday words. Follow the complete example rather than substituting English words one by one, especially with pronouns and expressions of preference.
