El barrio de Juan. This worksheet includes a reading comprehension & translation practice on the topic of town & local area. Pupils have a gap-fill activity, true/false comprehension question and vocabulary hunt to complete. There are then also translation tasks recycling key vocabulary into English & Spanish. The resources will help pupils to talk about their own town and area. Suggested answers included.

These activities will encourage pupils to use more challenging vocabulary when describing their town or region. There is a PowerPoint slide with 50+ extension phrases for describing your town and pupils must match up the vocabulary to their worksheet (answers included). There is also a handout with translation practice (with answers).

A resource to support pupils to produce Grade 9 written answers to questions on the topic of the environment. There is a model Grade 9 answer, which a gap-fill and complex vocabulary hunt, a translation of a grade 9 answer to a different question from English to Spanish (recycling the same structures) and a scaffold for a third question which pupils can use to produce their own work. These resource will help pupils aim for mastery when writing on this topic. Answers included.

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 impacto del turismo de masas’ 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

Semana Santa y las fiestas religiosas. A comprehensive worksheet on Semana Santa in Spain and its importance today. There is an overview of religious festivals in Spain, an overview of Semana Santa and a text about how it is viewed today and its relationship with religion. The language activities include: gap-fill, synonym hunt, true or false, vocabulary hunt and plenary translation. Answers included.

Me gusta viajar en coche. A pack of resources to incorporate into teaching the topic of transport for two or three lessons. It included: A speaking/writing mat targeting grade8/9 phrases with some subjunctive construction with translation An extension worksheet with comparatives, infinitive phrases, conditional sentences & translation A GCSE style reading question A PPT slide with a sentence construction Suggested answers included.

A translation game to get pupils producing accurate sentences about the basics: name, age, nationality, languages, family, pets & description. Pupils play in threes. Two pupils roll the dice and translate the sentences while one pupil is the referee who checks the accuracy of their answers. There are also empty translation grids to use as a plenary exercise into Spanish and English.

A resource to review the past tense in the context of household chores. The resource will allow pupils to talk about what they did to help at home last weekend. It includes perfect tense revision, a recap of perfect tense complex structures, a verb practice game and a plenary translation. Answers included.

A resource for a standalone lesson on ‘la fuga de cerebros’ in Spain. There is a pre-reading activity, a reading comprehension, a translation into English, two case-studies with gap-fill activities and plenary translation into English. This resource will give pupils the vocabulary and A04 references to talk about why qualified workers have left/are leaving Spain and why this is a problem for the Spanish economy. Answers included.

A resource on the linguistic abilities of Spanish young people and its link to unemployment in Spain. There are reading tasks with true/false, sentence match up and synonym finding exercises and translations into Spanish and English. The translations into Spanish all require the subjunctive. Answers included.

A standalone resource on the wearing of the niqab and burka in Spain. It includes reading, vocabulary and translation into English and Spanish. There are also useful cultural references (A04) for the pupils to extract. Answers included.

Everything pupils need to fully understand how the ‘gustar’ verbs work. A six page resource, with answers, which guides pupils through the process of understanding back-to-front verbs and how they work with nouns. The resource introduces ‘me gusta’ and goes on to use gustar with singular nouns, plural nouns and infinitives. It then introduce pupils to all the indirect object pronouns and other verbs that work the same way: me interesa/ me fascina/ me chifla etc. There is a comprehensive translation plenary which will demonstrate understanding.

A standalone whole lesson resource on the environmental impact of mass tourism in the Balearic islands. The activities are based on an article suitable for A Level, rich in up-to-date cultural references (A04). The activities target exam skills: there is a vocabulary search, a reading question with ‘choose the four correct statements’ (out of 8) and also comprehension questions that require answers in Spanish. This is followed by translations into English and Spanish. Answers included.

Resources on the topic of TV & Opinions for GCSE/KS3. It includes: A worksheet with key vocabulary, a language mat and translation practice A reading worksheet with 8 texts, a comprehension question and vocabulary search. Another reading comprehension task with multiple choice answers. A work sheet with a gap-fill task, adjectival agreement practice with opinions and a plenary paragraph to translate into French. A GCSE reading comprehension on TV - ‘who says what?’ Answers included.

A translation worksheet on the topic of daily routine. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish. Answers included.

This is an exam style text on ‘divorcios por el coronavirus’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides up-to-date key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. If you found this useful, consider taking a look at my full A Level Translation Bundle with 20 more exam practice translations here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 There is also 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

A translation worksheet on the topic of future plans using the conditional tense and future expressions. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish. Answers included.

¿Qué te gusta hacer durante las vacaciones? A standalone resource on types of holidays and holiday preferences with scaffolded exercise that recycle key core vocabulary, including opinion expression and ‘lo que más me gusta’ . Answers included.

A standalone resource to introduce environment topic vocabulary and to practice infinitive expressions & -er verb conjugations with negatives and adverbs of frequency. Pupils can use the language in this resource to then talk and write about what they do and do not do to help the environment. With answers.

An exam-style writing task on the topic of healthy living 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