Text about holidays in Argentina. Long text with vocabulary provided. Fill the gaps and crosswords plus questions in Spanish. Answers are provided in a separate file. Aimed at GCSE levels 8-11.

From year 8-9, depending on their Spanish level. This is a lesson based on Coco’s film trailer, which talks about the Mexican festival “Día de (los) Muertos”. First, there are some vocabulary and grammar activities (if your students have not learnt the future or the conditional, you will need to adapt it), then you watch the trailer and at the end, you may encourage students to watch the film and answer some questions or find the answer online. Answers are included in the PPT. The film is remarkably beautiful, so don’t hesitate to recommend it. Even year 10s liked it!

PPT containing all verb tenses for Spanish GCSE except for the present subjunctive, including regular and main irregular verbs. Ideal to be printed in 4-slides pages to be stuck at the back of the Spanish classwork book so that students can check the verb endings whenever they need.

Here are a few slides explaining the use of the subjunctive mood in the present tense. The imperfect subjunctive is briefly mentioned at the end. Aimed at GCSE levels 8-9. (2021 version) I fixed a couple of little mistakes and added something else.

This is a text about 3 Spanish cultural traditions or festivals: La Tomatina, los Sanfermines and the Catalan ‘castells’ (human towers). Vocabulary is provided below the text and questions are in English. Aimed at GCSE levels 6-9. Answers are provided in a separate file.

This is a text I wrote about marriage. A list of vocabulary is provided below the text and there are two questions in the next page. Answers are in the second file attached. GCSE level.

Reading comprehension task about Mexico and Mexican culture. It’s a long text, but most challenging vocabulary is provided in the next page. Answers to questions are in a separate file. Aimed at GCSE levels 7-9.

Please find attached a text I wrote about family and some reading comprehension questions with answers in a separate document. It includes all verb tenses for GCSE. Aimed at levels 7-9.

Text about future career choices. Challenging vocabulary is provided and questions are in English. Answers are in a separate file. Aimed at GCSE levels 6-9.

Reading comprehension task about the school in the past, mostly in the imperfect tense. Vocabulary is provided and there are several questions including translation from Spanish into English. Spanish education system explained briefly. Aimed at GCSE levels 6-9. Answers in a separate file.

This is a long text about the City of Nottingham. It describes the town and the activities one can do. Vocabulary is provided in the next page and verb tenses are highlighted in different colours. Questions are in English. Aimed at GCSE levels 7-9.

This is a reading comprehension task about a Spanish Christmas tradition: the Three Wise Men. Vocabulary is provided and questions are in English. Answers are provided in a separate file. Aimed at GCSE levels 4-7.

Reading comprehension task about volunteering and charities. Short text and questions in English, vocabulary provided. Answers are in a separate file. Aimed at GCSE levels 5-9.

This is a PPT summarising Spanish verb tenses for GCSE. It also includes other grammar concepts affecting verbs such as the uses of imperfect and ser & estar, subject and object pronouns, reflexive verbs, stem-changing verbs, etc. Let me know if you would include anything else.

Text about leisure and free-time activities for young people in Spain. Vocabulary must be looked up in a dictionary, then answer the questions in the next page. Answers are provided in the second file. For GCSE, aimed at levels 6-9.

Activity about the Spanish Christmas Lottery Advert from 2018. Each year, the Spanish lottery office releases a different advert, which is a short film. Useful for both GCSE and A-level.

Text about health and obesity. Vocabulary provided below the text and questions in Spanish. Answers are in a separate file. Aimed at GCSE levels 6-9.

This PPT explains how to form and use the imperfect tense in contrast to the preterite. It includes examples of use and a task to choose between the preterite and the imperfect.

This guide includes a list of Spanish sounds that many English native speakers struggle to pronounce as well as common mistakes that should be avoided in GCSE and A-level.

Tarsia is a freeware for Maths. However, it can be used to create vocabulary games for MFL. This one is about making a shape with triangles that have words in each of the sides. They need to match the right word in order the complete the shape. It must be printed in an A4 single sheet and students must cut all the triangles, then stick the final shape in a page of their book. Solution attached too.

Reading comprehension activities about a trip to Peru. It includes a text with vocabulary, and several questions (one of which requires using the also attached slides). There is also a menu with questions about typical food and drinks. Level of difficulty: For year 11 to 13. Answer Key included too.