A resource on ‘los eventos deportivos y musicales’ with key vocabulary, translation and reading tasks and a writing question with a model answer to translate. This will support pupils to write and talk about attending sports and music events using a range of tenses and complex structures. Format: Word document & PDF with answers.

A 3-page standalone resource to support pupils to say what they like to do in different types of weather. The resource recaps some basic free time activities, some key opinion phrases and weather vocabulary. There are vocabulary activities, reading tasks, translation practice and a sentence builder. Format: Word document and PDF with answers.

A standalone three-page resource to support pupils to talk about their hobbies in the present tense using the verbs ir, hacer, and jugar. The resource includes vocabulary exercises, translations tasks, reading comprehension and a sentence builder. Format: Word Document and PDF with answers.

A standalone resource to support pupils to say what they will do in their free time using the immediate future and pure future. It includes a review of both tenses, translation practice into English, a reading comprehension in the pure future, a pure future sentence builder and plenary translations into French. Format: PDF and Word with answers.

A standalone two-sided worksheet on ‘Día de Muertos’ to enable a Year 8/9 group or foundation GCSE group to understand this hispanic festival. The resource includes vocabulary activities, reading exercises and translations into both English and Spanish. Format: Word document and PDF with answers.

Christmas Translation Worksheet for GCSE. A festive Christmas-themed lesson which links to examination skills and practice. A standalone translation worksheet for pupils to develop their understanding of vocabulary and grammar linked to Christmas and festivals. The worksheet is scaffolded and provides pupils with key vocabulary for talking and writing about how they celebrate Christmas as well as honing translation skills into French and English. There are three pages of exercises: vocabulary match up, translation into English, gap-fill, finding errors in translation, mosaic translation and translation into French using all the previous activities for support. Format: PDF and Word Document with answers.

A four page revision booklet of key complex phrases & structures that pupils should include in their speaking & writing to achieve Grade 9. This is a definitive list of complex and higher structures that I encourage my pupils to use in their work. The phrases are split into 22 sub-groups across four A4 pages, each with some translation practice too, so as pupils can see how easy it is to manipulate these themselves in a variety of topics. Suggested answers are included and the document can be downloaded in .doc and .pdf. **The structures are grouped in 22 mini-sections: ** Shiny phrases + infinitives Opinion phrases Structures of obligation Conditional sentences Imperfect constructions Before/ after Past tense phrases Key past tense verbs Pasar + gerund Future tense constructions Conditional constructions Past conditional constructions Subjunctive constructions Acabo de + infinitive Soñar con + infintive Desde hace + present tense Lo (adjective) es que constructions Introducing someone else’s opinion Interesting adjectives Conjunctions Adverbs Opinions A similar resource is available here in French too: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-gcse-complex-and-idiomatic-phrases-full-revision-list-with-translation-practice-12173311

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).

6 worksheets on the topic of daily routine including vocabulary building, sentence builders, reflexive verbs, reading activities and translation. Answers included. Resource 1: An introduction to the topic of daily routine: key vocabulary, reading, translation and a sentence builder. Resource 2: A comprehensive sentence builder on this topic. Resource 3: A resource to practise using the sentence builder - gap fill, translation, language activities and dictation. Resource 4: Reflexive verbs - how they work and grammar drills Resource 5: A GCSE reading task Resource 6: A scaffolded GCSE writing task on this topic & model answer.

Various resources to use in any standalone lesson(s) on hobbies either in class, for homework or cover. These resources will allow pupils to confidently speak and write about what they do in their free time. A worksheet that introduces key vocabulary, key opinion phrases, key adverbials of time and adjectives to justify opinions. With answers. There are match-up activities, language tasks and translation both ways which recycles all the vocabulary on this sheet. A worksheet to revise adverbs of time and frequency with hobbies with a grammar gap-fill and writing activity too. A GCSE reading activity with answers. Please leave if a review if you found these resources useful for your pupils, or if you have any ideas about how they can be improved.

A series of 15 sentences to translate into Spanish, covering a range of higher grammar points: subjunctives, conditional sentences, imperfect subjunctive & a range of tenses. There is a key vocabulary grid also to support pupils, with key words and phrases to use in the translation, without English translation for additional challenge. Possible answers are also on a separate page.

Resources to use on the topic of school subjects, teachers and opinions for GCSE and advanced KS3. There are also two PowerPoints with ready to use sequenced lessons which accompany Resource 1 and Resource 3 below. Resource 1: An introduction to key vocabulary and building simple justified opinions & a sentence builder. (PowerPoint 1 accompanies this resource). Resource 2: An advanced writing mat with scaffolded exercises to build confidence with the core vocabulary and to practise giving justified opinions on this topic. Resource 3: Quelle est ta matière préférée? What is your favourite subject worksheet & saying I am good/bad at. (PowerPoint 2 accompanies this resource). Resource 4: a translation plenary activity, into English and French, to test understanding of this topic. Resource 5: a reading comprehension task on subjects and teachers.

A topic revision sheet on the topic of employment, unemployment and the world of work in Spain 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).

5sets of resources to allow GCSE pupils to talk confidently about their family and relationships in French. Resource 1: introduces key verbs to talk about family relationships, structures, reflexive verbs and recaps adverbs of time with translation activities. Resource 2: recaps key verbs and practices conjugation of -ER verbs in present, past and future. There is then a GCSE style reading task and a final activity on reflexive verb formation. Resource 3: a sentence builder to help pupils to describe members of their family. Resource 4: a worksheet of practice exercises on family member descriptions. Resource 5: a worksheet with three grammar gap fill activities which require pupils to write the correct form of a verb/adjective based on the context of the passage. Answers included.

A four-page standalone resource on the different types of family models in Spain: familias numerosas, familias monoparentales, familias reconstruidas, parejas homosexuales, padres divorciados… There are three texts with up-to-date cultural references about family models in Spain with accompanying reading comprehension and vocabulary activities. There is also translation practice. Format: PDF and Word documents with answers.

Two standalone worksheets to support pupils to talk about holidays in the past tense. Resource 1: Introduces key past tense verbs and recycles key language with a sentence builder, gap fill reading and translation practice. There is also a summary of how to form past tense verbs with avoir and a grammar gap fill task. Resource 2: Review of key past tense verbs with a GCSE reading comprehension task (a note taking question with a vocabulary search). Format: Word document and PDF with answers.

Two different A Level resources on the la gastronomía in Spain. Resource 1: La importancia de las tradiciones gastronómicas en España. Resource 2: El papel de la gastronomía en España. Both resources include a wide range of activities: texts, comprehension questions, vocabulary/ synonym searches, translation tasks and up to date cultural references which pupils can learn and use in their speaking exams. Answers included.

Three worksheets and a quizlet (below) on the topic of ‘weather expressions’ in French to drill and perfect this key language point. Resource 1: Introduces the ‘faire’ expressions, with exercises, and then the ‘il y a’ expressions. There is also a sentence builder, with si/quand, and a reading comprehension. Resource 2: Reviews all weather expressions with match up , gap-fill & reordering activities followed by gapped-translation, translation into English and a mosaic translation introducing the immediate future. Resource 3: GCSE Reading Comprehension on weather - ‘mets une lettre dans chaque case’ Answers included. There is also a Quizlet link here with key weather vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/_8jfi3e?x=1qqt&i=2syx7b

Updated for 2020. A topic revision sheet on the topic of Immigration in Spain 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 use a lesson on changes in the family structure in Spain. There is an A Level difficulty text with comprehension and vocabulary activities, with cultural information, a useful infographic and translation tasks into Spanish and English. I have also added a PowerPoint on this topic with key vocabulary and translation practice.