This booklet HAS NOT yet been updated to feature the content of the new AQA specification and therefore SHOULD NOT be confused with the new Theme 1 content. Updated booklets with the new topics for the 2026 specification are in the works and will be available soon. You have a breakdown below of what topics this booklet covers. This is a comprehensive exam practice booklet that covers Theme 1 of the AQA GCSE Spanish exam to prepare Foundation students for their READING component. It contains 30 in-depth questions like multiple choice, answer in English, T/F/NM, Translations, V/F/NM, P/N/P+N and many others in order to get students used to to the format of the exam without the pressure of a mock or a real paper in front of them. I designed this booklet as close to the real thing as possible because we all have students that panic just at the sight of a paper that looks like an exam and this is a great way to help them through their fears and allow them to get accustomed to the format of the exam without any marks or target grades. The booklet covers the following subtopics of Theme 1: Family (3x tasks) Friends (3x) Marriage & elationships (3x) Technology (3x) Social Media (3x) Music (3x) Sports (3x) TV programmes & Films (3x) Food (3x) Festivals & Celebrations in Spain (3x) This booklet can be used for cover lessons, homework, summer project for Y10s or as exam revision material to prepare for the GCSEs. Additionally, the booklet comes with an extra booklet that has all the answers provided for each task so you can help students check their work or simply use them in your PPTs to discuss the answers. ***Both booklets come as separate PDFs. **Please note this is the first booklet of a series of 6 for this component of the GCSE. Each theme will have a booklet and each tier will have their set of booklets suitable to their level. The next booklet you can expect is Theme 2 (Foundation) Reading Practice that should be in the shop soon. So, don’t forget to come back! For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This is an Editable Spanish Easter Quiz with 50 QUESTIONS that will take your students through the cultural aspects of Semana Santa and test their knowledge on the holiday. The quiz has 5 rounds (verdadero/falso, multiple choice, fill in the blank, translations + ¿Qué hay en la foto?) and they cover different aspects of La Pascua such as traditions, celebrations and food. Each question has an automatic 45s timer and students get an answer sheet to write down their answers. The quiz can be done individually but also in teams to encourage some healthy competition! WHAT YOU GET: *1 PowerPoint with the quiz, student instructions and answers included which you can edit however you like. If you want to add questions or change the text size you can! Make sure to press enable editing and enable content for the videos (timers) to work before you start presenting. *1 Answer sheet to print for each student or team. Any feedback on the quiz would be greatly appreciated! There is also an additional bundle on my shop with different activities around Semana Santa if you´d like to spend more time on the topic!

This a bundle of activities to celebrate La Pascua suitable for KS3 and lower ability groups at KS4. If you’re looking for activities that will take your students through the 4 core skills of Spanish, this bundle is for you! It includes the following activities: Highlighter race Vocab match up Categorisation of nouns, adjectives, and verbs relating to Semana Santa Mindreader/Bingo 2x Translation Pyramids (1x in Spanish, 1x in English) Writing Task (has an extra vocab sheet with sentence starters/key words) Listening Task (no audio provided - teacher must read aloud and students fill in the gaps) Reading Tasks (Q&A and translation of a text) Speaking Task (survey-like exercise) Crossword (PDF non-editable) Word search (PDF (non-editable) The activities have teacher instructions where needed, in the notes section of each slide in the PPT. Answers are also provided for all tasks except the speaking task, translation pyramid, writing task, and highlighter race. The reason for this is the nature of these activities and the subjectivity of some tasks. To help with these though, students are provided with a vocab sheet. I also encourage the use of dictionaries as well, just in case. Please note this is not a lesson but a series of activities for you to pick from for each of your classes. You might want to dedicate more or less time to talking about Semana Santa but whichever task you choose, students will be able to work on them with the support provided in the vocab sheet. All tasks except the crossword and word search are in a PPT format so they can be edited to your liking :) If you purchase this bundle and are happy with the resources, I’d be really grateful if you could leave a review with any feedback! For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect start to a lesson to discuss La Pascua. It can be used as a starter or plenary to open a discussion about Spain´s traditions for Semana Santa. Students must fill the crossword out with the help of the words provided for each number. The answers are the translations of the words in English and you will be provided with an answer sheet. It shouldn’t take students more than 10 minutes to complete and if you’d like to expand the activity you could always explain why these words are specific to La Pascua. For example the meaning of los huevos pintados or an explanation of the religious side of things that Spanish people consider important regarding this holiday. Students can use dictionaries to help them out or you could even give them letters along the way if they still struggle with finding a specific word. You will get a PDF copy of the crossword with ANSWERS included. I’ve made sure there is a black and white version as well as a coloured one depending on your printer. For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect start to a lesson to discuss La Pascua. It can be used as a starter or plenary to open a discussion about Spain´s traditions for Semana Santa. Students must find different words relating to La Pascua in the word search looking for them across, vertically, horizontally and diagonally. Some letters may be used twice to suit two words, so please let your students know that if that’s the case. It shouldn’t take students more than 10 minutes to complete and if you’d like to expand the activity you could always explain why these words are specific to La Pascua. For example the meaning of los huevos pintados or an explanation of the religious side of things that Spanish people consider important regarding this holiday. You will get a PDF copy of the word search with ANSWERS included. I’ve made sure there is a black and white version as well as a coloured one depending on your printer. For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This a bundle of activities for San Valentín suitable for KS3 and lower ability groups at KS4. If you’re looking for activities that will take your students through the 4 core skills of Spanish, this bundle is for you! It includes the following activities: Highlighter race Vocab match up Categorisation of nouns, adjectives, and verbs relating to San Valentín Mindreader/Bingo 2x Translation Pyramids (1x in Spanish, 1x in English) Writing Task (has a writing strip that students can follow to write a Valentine’s Day letter) Listening Task (no audio provided - teacher must read aloud and students fill in the gaps) Reading Tasks (Q&A and translation of a text) Speaking Task (survey-like exercise) Crossword (PDF non-editable) Word search (PDF (non-editable) The activities have teacher instructions where needed, in the notes section of each slide in the PPT. Answers are also provided for all tasks except the speaking task, translation pyramid, writing task, and highlighter race. The reason for this is the nature of these activities and the subjectivity of some tasks. To help with these though, students are provided with a sentence builder and an extra vocab sheet. I also encourage the use of dictionaries as well, just in case. Please note this is not a lesson but a series of activities for you to pick from for each of your classes. You might want to dedicate more or less time to talking about San Valentín but whichever task you choose, students will be able to work on them with the support provided in the SB and vocab sheet. All tasks except the crossword and word search are in a PPT format so they can be edited to your liking :) If you purchase this bundle and are happy with the resources, I’d be really grateful if you could leave a review with any feedback! For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This is an EDITABLE End of Term Spanish Christmas Quiz with 41 QUESTIONS that will take your students through different Spanish traditions, giving them an understanding of food, different expressions and customs around the Holiday. The quiz has 6 rounds (multiple choice, verdadero/falso, guess the word, anagrams, ¿Qué hay en la foto?, fill in the blank) and its main purpose is to develop a wider understanding of Spanish traditions at Christmas as well as develop every student´s cultural awareness and critical thinking through different tasks. Each question has an automatic 45s timer and students get an answer sheet to write down their answers. The quiz can be done individually but also in teams to encourage some healthy competition! A vocab sheet also comes with the resource with all the words that they need throughout the quiz if you believe your students could use the extra support. I don’t recommend using it for the first two rounds as that would be too easy but it is up to you how you make use of the vocab sheet. It is also editable so you can add/delete any words you like. WHAT YOU GET: PowerPoint with the quiz and ANSWERS included which you can edit however you like. If you want to add questions or change the text size you can! Make sure to press enable editing and you can make whatever changes you like. Answer sheet to print for each student or team. Vocabulary sheet that students can use through the quiz Certificate template for the winners *If you purchase this quiz and are happy with the resource, I’d be really grateful if you could leave a review. To say thank you, I’d like to offer you a free Spanish Christmas wordsearch (also available on my shop https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/la-navidad-wordsearch-12773298) that can be used as a starter or plenary. To benefit from this free resource, email spanish_learning@yahoo.com with your username (so I can match it to the review) and I will send the worsksheet to you.

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect start to a lesson to discuss La Navidad. It can be used as a starter or plenary to open a discussion about Spain´s traditions for Christmas, but also as a tutor activity that can be done with students during registration if you’d like to make this a whole-school activity to promote languages. Students must find different words relating to La Navidad in the word search looking for them across, vertically, horizontally and diagonally. Some letters are used twice to suit two words, so please let your students know that. It shouldn’t take students more than 10 minutes to complete and if you’d like to expand the activity you could always explain why these words are specific to La Navidad. For example the meaning of the reyes magos or an explanation of what turrón and villancicos are. You will get a PDF copy of the word search with ANSWERS included. I’ve made sure there is a black and white version as well as a coloured one depending on your printer. For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect start to a lesson to celebrate Christmas. It can be used as a starter or plenary to open a discussion about the holiday, but also as a tutor activity that can be done with students during registration. Students must find different words relating to Christmas in the word search looking for them across, vertically, horizontally and diagonally. Some letters are used twice to suit two words, so please let your students know that. It shouldn’t take students more than 10 minutes to complete. You will get a PDF copy of the word search with ANSWERS included. I’ve made sure there is a black and white version as well as a coloured one depending on your printer. You can also find a Christmas Escape Room in my shop if you’d like to dedicate an entire lesson to Christmas! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-escape-room-12772025 For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

Christmas End of Term Escape Room - If you’re looking for a fun way to end the term, look no further! This Escape Room is designed to give your students 40+ minutes of engaging and competitive time with their peers as they solve each puzzle in order to find the missing Christmas presents. The Christmas Escape Room includes 7 TASKS that students must go through in order to find the presents. By working in teams of 3-5, your pupils will be using a variety of skills throughout the lesson, such as: problem-solving skills, critical thinking, teamwork, communication and even some maths skills! Students will start by reading out a message left by an elf who is requesting their help in finding the missing Christmas presents. From then on, you will give each team the first task and when you receive a correct answer the second task can be given and so on, until they figure out where the presents are hidden. WHAT YOU GET: ☞ Escape Room Slides (PDF) -You can keep tasks on the board for students to better see them. Once everyone has done a task you can change the slide to the next one - so there are no spoilers for those that haven’t finished. ☞ Escape Room Answers (PDF) - You have the answers to all the 7 tasks and thus can offer students clues to help them out in case they get stuck. ☞ Escape Room Instructions (PDF)- You have at your disposal instructions for each task and prompts on how to help students but also challenge them. ☞ Escape Room Printables file (PDF)- If you prefer to print the tasks larger than they are on the original slides I have compiled a file with all the puzzles that you can print separately for your students. ☞ Escape Room Certificate (PDF)- a certificate can be given to each team member that managed to find the presents (see image for design). ***Escape Room Puzzles - The Maze/The Puzzle/The Decoder/The Right Path/The Crossword/The Problem Solver/The Riddle - see images for puzzle designs and layout. The Escape Room is extremely easy to use and instructions are provided for both students and teachers to make the transition between tasks a lot smoother. All you need to do is print the resources and create the teams! I recommed having scissors available for each team if you plan to run Task 2 as it was originally intended. If not, students only need the printed tasks and perhaps some hints along the way!* If you decide to purchase this Christmas Escape Room, I would love to hear any feedback you have, so please leave a review if you can! Also, please note that this is a resource in English not Spanish like my usual products. For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect start to a lesson to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos. It can be used as a starter or even a plenary to open a discussion about this amazing holiday. Students must find different words relating to Day of the Dead in the word search looking for them across, vertically, horizontally and diagonally. Some letters are used twice to suit two words, so please let your students know that. It shouldn’t take students more than 10 minutes to complete and if you’d like to expand the activity you could always explain why these words are specific to Day of the Dead. For example the meaning of the marigold or an explanation of what ofrendas are. You will get a PDF copy of the word search with ANSWERS included. I’ve made sure there is a black and white version as well as coloured one depending on your printer. You can also find a Day of Dead Quiz in my shop if you’d like to dedicate an entire lesson to exploring the customs of this holiday! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/day-of-the-dead-quiz-12747942 For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect way of celebrating Day of the Dead in a relaxing manner whilst also practicing the colours in Spanish. It can be used as a starter or plenary as a discussion is held on what Day of the Dead really means. Students must colour in each part of the sugar skull with the correct colours according to the numbers indicated on the sheet. This is a fun retrieval activity for the colours in Spanish that comes with a hint of culture and it shouldn’t take students more than 15 minutes to complete. You will receive a PDF copy of this worksheet. You can also find a Day of Dead Quiz in my shop if you’d like to dedicate an entire lesson to exploring the customs of this holiday. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/day-of-the-dead-quiz-12747942 For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

A pack of alphabet letters in upper and lower case + punctuation signs (question mark, full stop, and exclamation mark) inspired by Day of the Dead. Each letter is available in an orange or black background depending on whichever one you prefer. You can use both if you’d like to create some contrast! This pack can be used in your MFL classrooms to celebrate Day of the Dead and give your classroom a hint of spookiness. WHAT YOU GET: 1 PDF file that is ready to print with the font seen in the pictures. All the pages print perfectly and look amazing on card paper and laminated. For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect start to a lesson to celebrate Day of the Dead. It can be used as a starter or plenary to open a discussion about Día de Los Muertos. Students must match the words provided in Spanish with the body parts they represent, filling in the boxes. If you’d like to extend the activity you could allow students to colour in the skeletons whilst talking to them about Day of the Dead traditions and customs. This is a fun retrieval activity for the human body parts that comes with a hint of culture and it shouldn’t take students more than 10 minutes to complete. You will receive a PDF copy of the worksheet with ANSWERS included. You can also find a Day of Dead Quiz in my shop if you’d like to dedicate an entire lesson to exploring the customs of this holiday. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/day-of-the-dead-quiz-12747942 For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This is an EDITABLE Day of the Dead Quiz with 28 QUESTIONS that will show your students different traditions, customs, and symbols of The Day of the Dead. The quiz has 3 rounds (yes or no, multiple choice, true or false) and its main purpose is to develop a wider understanding of Día de Los Muertos as well as start a conversation on the meaning of this holiday. Each question comes with an answer afterwards and can be used as a point of discussion in the lesson. Every question has an automatic 45s timer and students get an answer sheet to write down their answers. The quiz can be done individually but also in teams to encourage a bit of cooperation as well as competition. WHAT YOU GET: *1 PowerPoint with the quiz and answers included which you can edit however you like. If you want to add questions or change the text size you can! Make sure to press enable editing and you can make whatever changes you like. *1 Answer sheet to print for each student or team. For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This European Day of Languages (Spanish) Activity booklet is my go-to resource for EDL. I created this resource because as much as I tried I couldn’t find something to suit my Spanish lessons for European Day of Languages. I wanted something that immersed students into the importance of the event, but also coincided with my method of teaching Spanish. The booklet is suitable for a KS3 Spanish lesson solely around European Day of Languages but can also be used for KS4 to raise awareness about this important event. The booklet contains the following: Vocabulary building activities, listening, reading, and writing tasks as well as ANSWERS to each activity at the end of the booklet. All activities are based on a sentence builder I created for European Day of Languages and the majority can be done independently. Some activities can be subjective so I have given you some suggested answers to offer students some guidance on how a task should have been approached or to use them as examples before letting students start the work. I wanted to incorporate as many skills as possible in this and for teachers to have freedom over the activities they choose to do. You can do some of them or all of them, it’s up to you! As this includes a sentence builder, the activities are very Conti style so you will have things like matching words up, filling in the gap, finding words/expressions in a text as well as guided writing with some prompts. The listening tasks DO NOT INCLUDE recordings, as I usually do my own listenings in the classroom. In the answers section you will find everything you need to run the activities in the listening part so, no need to worry! I’ve often found students respond better to sentences said by me as they are familiar with my voice, accent and pronunciation. Plus, all the activities are based on the SB so, I didn’t want students to be overwhelmed by the amount of new language. This booklet is ideally aimed at KS3 but it can absolutely be used with lower KS4 sets. The are plenty of activities which should take you at least 1h to go through. You can also give it as homework if you’d like. *You will receive a PDF version of this booklet so no changes can be made for copyright reasons. If you’re also interested in a European Day of Languages Quiz that can be used across the board, please click the link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/european-day-of-languages-quiz-12723633 For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com

This easy to use worksheet is the perfect start to a lesson to celebrate European Day of Languages. It can be used in any subject as a starter or plenary to open a discussion about the event, but also as a tutor activity that can be done with students during registration. Students must place the countries given in the list on the map, but you can also add cities or extra countries, if you’d like to extend the activity. You could also get students to colour in the countries with the corresponding flags they have. The worksheet can be used in different ways according to your needs and your learning objectives. It shouldn’t take students more than 10-15 minutes to complete and if you’d like to expand the activity further you could always show them how some of these amazing places look through a Google search. You will receive a PDF copy of the worksheet with ANSWERS included. I’ve made sure there is a black and white version as well as coloured one depending on your printer. You can also find a European Day of Languages Quiz in my shop if you’d like to dedicate an entire lesson to exploring Europe. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/european-day-of-languages-quiz-12723633 For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com