French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
A topic revision sheet on the topic of changes in the family and family structure, marriage & divorce, to support pupils with concrete examples and cultural references when talking about this topic. This will help pupils to achieve a high mark for A04 (show knowledge & understanding of culture).
A resource to help GCSE pupils read, understand and form questions confidently in Spanish.
There is a recap of the key interrogative words, translation of questions in Spanish, answering basic questions with full sentences and translation from English to Spanish. With suggested answers.
Practice Exam Papers for Foundation Writing for AQA French GCSE. There are two complete papers that mirror the assessment materials and have mark schemes and suggested exemplar answers too.
A revision sheet for A Level with key cultural information on six key Hispanic festivals, for pupils to use to get a concise overview of traditions & customs and to revise for the speaking exam.
Save 78% with this bundle of 19 resource packs to help pupils to write and to speak about their town, region and where they live.
This comprehensive bundle of resources will support pupils with learning to talk and write about their town and area in Spanish. There are enough resources for a series of lessons/ the whole unit, including vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation and writing exercises.
A series of exercises to allow pupils to develop their written and spoken ideas about living in the town/countryside in Spanish. This resource includes key vocabulary, an antonym match-up, translation activities into English & Spanish, reading activities and a 90 word writing task. With suggested answers.
Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364
This is an exam style text on ‘el tango’ in Latin American culture to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam.
There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678
Save 84% with this bundle of 20 resource packs, worth over £55, to help pupils to revise and prepare thoroughly for their Spanish GCSE.
This bundle includes some of my most popular resources, including:
Reading exam practice booklet with answers.
Translation exam practice booklet with answer.
A booklet of Grade 8/9 phrases for the writing exam with translation practice and answers.
2x Verb booklets practice with answers, targeting all key tenses.
A bank of key ideas to revise each topic for the speaking exam.
A pack of grammar gap-fill tasks, targeting verbs and adjectives with answers.
A resource to review, revise and master adjectival agreement.
A resource to review and perfect understanding and forming questions.
A speaking practice game for pupils to encourage spontaneous speaking.
A resource to master using GUSTAR and ‘gustar verbs’
A revision mat with key grade 8/9 constructions
Complete writing preparation for AQA higher tier, but with questions and model answers adaptable to all boards.
A shorter writing booket for Edexcel IGCSE but with translation tasks adaptable to any specification.
A translation game on the topic of school to boost spontaneous speaking skills.
A subjunctive structures writing mat
And more…!
A worksheet for GCSE to quickly revise preterite verb formation, in the context of holidays and holiday vocabulary. There is a verb drill activity recapping thematic vocabulary and translation tasks into English and Spanish.
These activities will scaffold pupils’ answer to the question: “describe tus últimas vacaciones”
Suggested answers included.
For exam practice, cover lessons or revision. A Reading Exam Practice booklet with 16 texts and questions on various topics with all questions, instruction & answers in Spanish for GCSE and IGCSE.
The questions cover a range of different topics and are aimed at stretching pupils at the top. These will help them develop exam technique and widen their knowledge of synonyms, synonymous phrases and hopefully train them to avoid ‘distractors’.
There is a sample here to download here to see the suitability of the texts:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-work-and-volunteering-reading-comprehension-12080682
A list of 31 Grade 8 sentence structures for pupils to use in the discussion questions in the GCSE speaking exam.
Lots more revision resources available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revision-pack-for-spanish-gcse-12099890
GCSE verb practice activities with suggested answers.
I have also uploaded a grammar revision book with the rules and more practice here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-spanish-grammar-revision-booklet-all-key-verb-tenses-and-targeted-exercises-with-answers-11907654
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 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 worksheet on the arrival of illegal immigrants to Spain: reading comprehension (gap-fill, comprehension, synonyms) and translation into English and plenary translation into Spanish, with answers.
Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364
This is an exam style text on equality and the gender gap in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam.
There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678
An A Level text on the topic of racism, integration and gypsies in Spain. There is an A Level style text with questions, gap-fill and vocabulary task and also a translation plenary. Suggested answers include. The text is also rich in cultural references the pupils can use in their speaking exam.
Save 82% with this set of 20 scaffolded writing resources, worth over £27 for pupils to hone their writing skills for GCSE Spanish.
These resources will provide support, scaffolding and model answers for pupils to improve their writing.
These are useful for revision and to use during the course to hone writing technique and to encourage pupils to use a wide range of structures in their work.
There are some free resources to inspect to get a sense of the quality before purchasing the bundle.
Contents:
My GCSE structures revision list with translation practice
A revision mat of Grade 9 writing constructions
A scaffolded writing task on holidays
A writing task on free time/ shopping
A writing task on healthy living
A writing task on household chores
A writing task on school
Three writing tasks on the environment
A writing task on media and technology
A writing task on future plans
A writing task on food & drink
A writing task on transport
A writing task on house & home
Free resources included:
A writing task on a visit to a school match
A writing task on my family
A writing task on sport & health
A resource for building a range of language
An exam-style writing task on household chores with four bullet points to cover. There is a plan for pupils to help them scaffold their answer and a model answer to reflect after completion too.
There is a free example here on holidays: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-scaffolded-writing-task-on-holidays-ir-de-vacaciones-with-plan-and-model-answer-12004130