Help your students get to grips with using several different tenses to talk about holidays. Good for consolidation when pupils have been talking about past holidays, future holidays etc and may be starting to get mixed up. Side 1 contains three tables (one for AR, one for ER, one for IR verbs) of common holidays-related verbs (e.g. nadar, etc). The tables have four more columns in which to write in the (first person singular only) preterite, present, future and conditional forms of each verb. Some are already filled in, which gives the students a guide to how to fill in the rest. (There is another version of this containing all the answers which you could project on to the board for pupils to check their answers.) Side 2 is for reference. It contains all the regular verb endings for AR, ER and IR verbs in the present, preterite and future tenses. There are also notes about irregular verbs and stem-changing verbs.

Worksheet to practise regular ER verbs. Includes a section on negative sections using ne...pas.

This is a sheet for use in a pair game of Battleships, practising the basic present tense (with avoir; regular verbs). Instructions on the sheet

Explanation of direct object pronouns in a food context. E.g. Tu aime les frites? Oui, je les aime. With some class/individual practice activities. ( All images are public domain from https://openclipart.org )

This is a triple worksheet (three pages) about future plans (not future jobs as such but more general: I'm going to take a gap year, go to university, learn to drive, etc). Sheet 1 is a vocabulary sheet for this topic. Sheet 2 has some simply match-up and gap-fill tasks to introduce key vocabulary. Sheet 3 has four sample paragraphs about people's future plans. There are questions testing comprehension but also getting pupils to highlight useful language such as time phrases, connectives, etc. The idea is to get them to think about how they can write sophisticated paragraphs about this topic.

Double-sided worksheet providing vocabulary to help students describe different part time jobs. Pupils simply write the number of the corresponding English sentence (from side 2 of the sheet) next to the sentences on side 1. Could do this against the clock to add challenge/fun? ( All images are public domain from https://openclipart.org )

Double-sided worksheet to help pupils to talk about what they will do in future to lead a more healthy lifestyle. Pupils fill in gaps in sentences with appropriate future tense verbs from the box. Other side of the sheet contains a re-cap of how to form the future tense (first person) and some sentences to translate, based on the vocabulary on the other side of the sheet. Could be suitable for KS3 too. (Images public domain from https://openclipart.org )

Worksheet to help pupils to talk about whether their diet is healthy enough. Contains a text where someone gives their opinion on their own diet. Pupils then find and highlight/write down certain useful vocabulary from the text. Text could also be used for reading comprehension. Vocabulary list could be removed to make more difficult. (Images public domain from https://openclipart.org/ )

Worksheet to prepare pupils to talk about their ideal school uniform (using the Conditional Tense). They read 6 speech boxes about six people's ideas about what their ideal school uniform would be like, underlining all the uses of the Conditional. Then they Find the Spanish for various useful phrases

Double-sided sheet preparing pupils to talk/write about a future holiday. Side 1: A writing (or speaking) frame modelling various ways of combining sentences to say what your future holiday is going to be like. Side 2: List of additional vocabulary which could be used Could be used with some KS3 pupils too.

Double-sided worksheet preparing pupils to use the present tense to talk about what they do on holiday normally. Side 1: They fill in the AR/ER/IR verb endings into the table. Plus the present of ser/tener/estar. And the first person singular only of various verbs with irregular first persons,like hacer, dar, poner, etc. Side 2: They translate 10 sentences into Spanish. Then they read a model text about what someone does on holiday, changing the infinitives in the text into the appropriate form of the present tense.

Double-sided worksheet preparing pupils to write/talk about what they like to do on holiday. Side 1: They unjumble some simple model sentences. Then fill in Me encanta/Se puede/Me gusta opinions with appropriate infinitives. Side 2: They read 3 short texts about three people like to do on holiday, then answer 4 comprehension questions in English about them. Then they Find the Spanish for six useful phrases. Not highly advanced - appropriate for some Key Stage 3 classes too. (Images are public domain from https://openclipart.org/ )

Double-sided worksheet to prepare GCSE students to build up vocabulary to write about the kind of holiday they usually go on and why (=giving and justifying opinions). Side 1: They complete some model sentences, then fill in some opinions with Me gusta/Me interesa (to practise gusta/gustan) Side 2: They read three model paragraphs about preferred holidays and then Find the Spanish for a number of useful phrases in the texts. They then use all of the worksheet to help them translate 6 sentences into Spanish, e.g. I love beach holidays because I think that they are relaxing and I like watersports. This worksheet would also be suitable for some KS3 classes. (All images public domain from https://openclipart.org or Wikimedia Commons)

The worksheet contains a text recounting a past holiday to Barcelona. There are gaps in the text where appropriate connectives are required. Pupils must choose the right one from the box below the text. Then, next to the list of English connectives, they write the Spanish. The text could also be used for reading comprehension purposes. (Images are public domain from Wikimedia Commons)

Worksheet containing an account of somebody's holiday in France (perfect tense). The text contains a number of connectives. Pupils have to find them and write them next to the English at the bottom of the sheet. The text also contains a number of time phrases like 'Après', ' le lendemain', which pupils can highlight. The text could also be used for reading comprehension. Good for developing writing skills, practising understanding of the perfect tense and for reinforcing the Holidays topic. (There are two copies of the exercise per A4 page; the sheet must be cut in half. Good for saving on photocopying, and makes it easy for students to stick into exercise books.)

10 page (+cover) Grammar Booklet. Perfect for end of year revision or consolidation work during the year. This was designed as a Grammar Revision booklet for first year Spanish students, covering: Gender: masculine and feminine nouns Singular and plural nouns 'The' (the definite article) 'A (an)' (the indefinite article) 'Some' Adjective agreements Me gusta(n) ‘My, your, his, her, its’ (Possessive pronouns) Regular verbs in the Present Tense Two irregular verbs: ‘tener’ and ‘ser’ There are step-by-step explanations and exercises for each grammar point. The vocabulary used presupposes familiarity with the first four chapters of Mira 1 (or a similar text book: it is typical'beginners'' vocabulary on family, pets, colours, etc)

Worksheet (two sides): Side 1: practising present tense of ar, er and ir verbs (regular), plus tener and ser, Side 2 practising articles, possessive pronouns, me gusta(n), adjective agreements. Grammar and vocabulary based on early chapters of Mira 1.

Presentation of question words and accompanying worksheet. Uses vocabulary from early chapters of Mira 1.

Presentation of regular IR verb endings (present tense), with oral practice and practice activity. Plenary class game to finish: Two teams take turn to say a sentence, e.g. 'VivEN en Cuba'; the relevant box is clicked; if there is a cross underneath it, that team gets a point.

Some basic immigration-related vocabulary for AQA A-Level Spanish. A4 Vocabulary sheet with Spanish and English in a grid.