A resource to help pupils prepare to describe their school day: vocabulary, key verbs, translation, sentence unscrambling, and reading comprehension.

¿Qué tipo de vacaciones prefieres? Worksheet for introducing the topic of holidays in the present tense with reading, sentence builders and translation. With answers. More resources on holidays here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-holidays-resources-bundle-ks3-gcse-11642368

A GCSE style reading comprehension question on the topic of living in the town/countryside in the context of the imperfect tense: where I used to live when I was younger. Answers & a vocabulary task included too. If you need more reading practice, I have uploaded a booklet here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-reading-exam-practice-booklet-higher-tier-questions-and-instructions-in-spanish-12093110

This is a revision sheet for the basics of the present tense to use with KS3. It is based on the vocabulary in Allez 2 and will allow pupils to practice forming -er verbs, using avoir & etre and also modal verbs.

A stand-alone resource on comparing watching a film at home and in the cinema. This resource has key vocabulary, practice with poder, reading tasks, translation tasks and lots of scaffolding to allow pupils to talk/write about the cinema in detail. Answers are included.

A resource to use into any lesson in which you introduce the preterite tense. It is loosely based around the topic of food and los gustos culinarios. There are grammar notes, lots of translation and key vocabulary. I have also uploaded a PowerPoint I have used with some groups. More practice also here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-past-tense-preterite-practice-for-gcse-11973474

This is a minimised, pupil-friendly mark scheme for the essays in Paper two in the new Edexcel specification,

An example translation, split into chunks with a mark scheme for independent study. More resources on this topic here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-immigration-el-impacto-de-la-inmigraci-n-en-la-sociedad-espa-ola-11801567

A reading comprehension on the topic of house and home with a series of activities: gap-fill/ true or false/ structures hunt/ comprehension questions and reformulation translation. Suggested answers included.

A recent text adapted from BBC mundo with language exercises for A Level practice, with lots of grammar and vocabulary points for discussion.

A model answer to a question about ‘décrire ta chambre’ with gap-fill and a vocabulary hunt of complex phrases. Useful to use as a model with pupils before they attempt their own.

A resource I have used with my Year 7 pupils to introduce -er verbs, their conjugation pattern and some key infinitives, based on Allez 1.

A test for pupils to check understanding of key verbs in the three main tenses: past, preset and future. I have also uploaded comprehensive revision notes and exercises to practise these tenses here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-key-grammar-revision-workbook-revising-present-past-and-future-tenses-12072838

A reading comprehension on the organisation Red Acoge who support immigrants with housing and integration in Spain. Translation, gap-fill and synonym tasks. This is also a good example for pupils to use for A04 in the oral exam.

A GCSE reading comprehension on the topic of work and volunteering. More reading practice available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-reading-exam-practice-booklet-higher-tier-questions-and-instructions-in-spanish-12093110

A resource to use in any lesson on reflexive verbs.

A translation game to get pupils producing and saying accurate justified opinions about TV and Film using a range of complex structures. Pupils play in threes, roll the dice and then one pupil is the referee who checks the accuracy of their statements. There is also a translation grid to use as a plenary activity to get pupils translating sentences into French.

A quick revision sheet to revise key vocabulary on this topic.

A PowerPoint and reference sheet I use to help teach the imperfect tense to pupils. More resources on the Imperfect here: My primary school: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-school-imperfect-tense-c-mo-era-tu-escuela-primaria-reading-translation-11659557 Hobbies in the past: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-imperfect-past-tense-hobbies-free-time-reading-grammar-tiempo-libre-11540839 My area in the past: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-imperfect-my-town-mi-barrio-el-imperfecto-c-mo-era-reading-comprehension-11486829

A quick retrieval/revision grid to recap the formation of the preterite tense, organised into three sections: regular, irregular & root-changing -IR verbs.