A standalone resource which reviews preterite tense verbs and structures in the context of what pupils did last weekend. The resource includes: an infinitive match up, a review of the regular preterite rules, language excercise to embed and recycle key verbs and structures, a sentence builder, translation practice and short writing task. Answers included.

A resource for pupils to use when undertaking a writing task or for when they are preparing their speaking answers. There a range of complex structures: opinions, connectives, positive and negative viewpoints, constructions which work with infinitives in the present and past tenses and some set phrases and adverbs. There is also a list of 32 key infinitives to use. This will scaffold pupils well and allow them to widen their range of language easily. There are also 40 sentences to translate to practise these constructions, with suggested answers.

“Lo bueno es que en mi barrio hay mucho que hacer”. A set of 16 cards for pupils to read, analyse and to separate into positive and negative opinions. The cards contain lots of vocabulary on this topic which pupils ‘hunt’ for using the worksheet. They could then be given some of the cards each to translate before producing their own opinions, recycling the language from this resource.

A standalone worksheet for KS3 on the topic of pets: vocabulary and descriptions. The resource reviews and recycles key vocabulary with reading activities and translation practice. With answers.

Resources to introduce or revise the preterite tense in the context of daily routine. These resources introduce the regular and irregular preterite tense and pupils have the opportunity to practice its formation within the topic of daily routine.

Statements and opinions about holidays in Spanish ready to cut up and use in class as a card sort. Half are positive and half are negative. There are two levels of difficulty. The green cards are aimed at B/A candidates and the yellow cards are A* and beyond so that the pupils can use the colours to differentiate.

A speaking mat worksheet to help students express opinions about hobbies they like/ don’t like to do. There is a list of hobbies to introduce the vocabulary, some key opinion phrases and key justification words. There is a general powerpoint to introduce the topic and another which contains some sentences on to translate (using the speaking mat).

A past tense speaking mat to support KS3 pupils with talking about films in French and justifying their answers, with translation practice and answers. There is a gap fill on ‘my favourite film’ too which will be a good model for their answer. Answers included.

Two individual handouts and a PowerPoint resource for a lesson introducing food types, flavours and opinions. This is aimed at KS3 level and introduces ‘gustar’ and ‘suelo’ too, for added complexity. There is also a writing mat for discussing types of food and why or why not pupils like them with translation practice. Suggested answers included.

A worksheet to scaffold answers to ¿En qué quieres trabajar cuando seas mayor?. Pupils have to match jobs to justifications, there is a grammar gap-fill and also some short translations. This will give students the structures they need to answer this question in detail.

An article about Spanish young people emigrating to Mexico for work. Accompanying activities for vocabulary/ synonyms/ true or false comprehension and transfer of meaning. Suitable for AS for the new A Level as an independent study task or homework. Can be printed on A3 for ease.

4 worksheets to use in any GCSE lesson(s) on household chores, including a sentence builder/ knowledge organiser. There is worksheet with key vocabulary, time phrases & language exercises There is a sentence builder on the topic of chores with translation practice There is a reading comprehension task with exercises There is a grammar gap fill activity on this topic Answers included.

A comprehensive list of oral questions written for IGCSE Edexcel but also suitable for GCSE topics. Topic A - Home and abroad Topic B - School and future plans Topic C - Home and family Topic D - The modern world Topic E - Hobbies and free time. Each topic has a full list of questions and then a they are spread out below with gaps for pupils’ answers. All five documents can be printed off and collated together as an IGCSE booklet. The list of questions for each topic ensures a full range of tenses are used.

Resources for a full lesson on past tense holidays, for GCSE pupils, with full answers. The resources are scaffolded but will also allow pupils to start talking about their past holidays immediately. The resources include Grade 8/9 constructions and allow pupils to make visible progress quickly: It includes: - A revision of key preterite verbs - A revision of regular preterite verb formation - An introduction to antes/después de + infinitive - Translation of sentences into Spanish and English - A preterite verb hunt in the PowerPoint - A Spanish text with gap-fill & comprehension - An exam style passage of Spanish to translate into English - Key holiday vocabulary is recycled in all tasks

This is a lesson for Spanish A Level about the issue of youth unemployment. More A Level resources available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-reading-translation-and-grammar-bundle-11846551