Mosaic translations from English to Spanish with vocab grid to help with word order and spellings. On topic of ordering food. Missing letters task on drinks in Spanish. Can be done orally or printed out.

Listening task for Spanish beginners on topic of food / Spanish omelette using YouTube video, can be completed in class or as homework. Separate document with answers included.

A few interactive activities to introduce some basic phrases for describing pets in Spanish.

Repetitive oral drills to practise sentence structures for talking about family members - you can use the sentences to do oral translation - there are some in Spanish followed by some in English, in which pupils must use the vocab in previous sentences to help them. Then, there are questions pupils should answer orally using the vocab they have just practised. You could also use the first slide for listening tasks: say one of the green sentences in Spanish and pupils must point out which sentence you said. Or, don’t show the powerpoint, and read some of the sentences aloud for pupils to translate into English on scrap paper or miniboards. You could even do them as dictations if pupils aren’t yet able to translate - all good consolidation of the language.

Worksheets of activities to introduce and practise using possessive adjectives in Spanish, in relation to topic of family. Brief activity on definite article. Notes for teacher on how to use the activities included. One task also involves teaching dictionary skills.

Sequence of activities and worksheet based on pupils being already familiar with regular verb rules so they can work out some of the hacer and ir conjugations (inductive grammar). Activities include some dictation, listening, speaking and writing.

Selection of worksheets and activities for learning how to introduce oneself and give other details such as where you are from, birthday, language you speak, age and where you live. Including: Worksheets to be done in class or homework with matching activities, translations and reading comprehension, answers included Ppt. oral matching task with memory game for basic questions & answers Ppt. with a load of oral memory drills to recycle & retrieve the basic questions & answers Basic intros ‘correct the facts’ listening comp with translations - a thorough processing task that extensively recycles the language to give the above info 1 pen 1 dice game (google 1 pen 1 dice for instructions) Basic greetings recap starter sheet narrow reading texts on ppt. - can be printed off or projected on screen for pupils to translate orally into English

Lesson activity or homework task with YouTube video for pupils to learn verbs relating to free time and hobbies, and to practise understanding the different verb conjugations (this is for the very early stages of using regular verbs in Spanish, ideal for beginners)

2 worksheets with activities to introduce and practise using different time expressions, connectives and basic negatives in Spanish to talk about when you do different pastimes. Pupils should already be familiar with the hobbies vocab before completing these activities.

Quick activity or starter - flashcards with verb phrases to practise verbs comer and beber with food items - first, you can do a number of listen & repeat / call & response activities (choral repetition, individual repetition, whispering, shouting, one team vs another) then do the memory activity.

For the topic of tiempo libre / pasatiempos - an aural sentence puzzle that could be used as a starter activity and then developed on using the teacher notes included. Instructions in document.

A variety of different classroom activities and worksheets for teaching the irregular verb estar in the present tense to beginners in a few lessons. Includes: dictation missing letters task to introduce verb and emotions and practise phonics inductive grammar worksheet to fill in with translations Interactive oral/memory tasks on ppt. to consolidate the conjugations

A selection of resources for teaching regular verbs in Spanish, including: ‘all about verbs’ worksheet to teach the basics of what a verb is and how it works in a sentence, with reference to English and Spanish Quick drills worksheets - these can be done as a race/game in writing or projected onto the board and done orally, agian as a competition to make it less dull. Answers included. Ppt. with quick oral drills / memory game Gap-fill worksheet using verbs in sentences, answers included Listening consolidation task for regular verb endings Homework sheet extensively practising the endings to dirll them in Ppt. memory game (another version) Translation test (could also be used as practice worksheet) Recap starter task to recall learning from previous lesson or plenary for same lesson

A selection of resources for teaching months, dates and days of the week to beginners of Spanish. Including: Oral memory drills and listening task Listening and spelling task Worksheet of dictation, reading and spelling practice of numbers, months and days of the week Spellings challenge for a plenary or starter to recall previous lesson’s learning Basic worksheet introducing numbers with special attention to pronunciation and listening practice - teacher instructions included

Short grammar exercise + answers and extra teaching ideas! Worksheet to be done either projected onto the board on mini whiteboards, or printed off and completed. Pupils can practise using ser or estar correctly, and haber and tener correctly. It is within the context of the school topic.

Worksheets and list of teaching ideas for introducing new vocab for describing your school and revising the verbs ser and estar. Practises the vocab with a matching exercise and a gap-fill.

Basic text on topic of mi colegio with vocab activities and translation. Once you have completed the vocab-finding activity, you can do true or false statements tailored to your group, OR comprehension questions. A more interesting and challenging activity is to get students to come up with a list of their own true or false statements to ask others - a great way to get them to study the text in detail. Finish with the translations. Answers included, of course.