Crossword : Narrating a past experience in Spanish

Put your Spanish storytelling skills to the test! This crossword focuses on the key vocabulary and grammar you need to narrate past experiences in Spanish, including common verbs, time expressions, and useful phrases. Whether you’re recounting a holiday or describing a memorable event, sharpen your pencil and see how well you can recall your B1-level past tense knowledge.

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Clues

Across

1. school, place of past learning
5. To arrive
6. first, initial occurrence of event
9. we shared a moment or experience
10. experience, something lived through
13. previously, before a certain time
14. testimony, personal account given
15. story or history being narrated

Down

2. Always, at all times without exception
3. happy, joyful about past event
4. sad, feeling sorrow about past
7. it impressed, made strong impact
8. To seem
11. anecdote, short personal story told
12. Parents

Answers

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Across

1. school, place of past learning → escuela
5. To arrive → llegar
6. first, initial occurrence of event → primer
9. we shared a moment or experience → compartimos
10. experience, something lived through → experiencia
13. previously, before a certain time → anteriormente
14. testimony, personal account given → testimonio
15. story or history being narrated → historia

Down

2. Always, at all times without exception → siempre
3. happy, joyful about past event → alegre
4. sad, feeling sorrow about past → triste
7. it impressed, made strong impact → impresiono
8. To seem → parecer
11. anecdote, short personal story told → anecdota
12. Parents → padres

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