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

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

Presentation and worksheet to introduce and practise demonstrative adjectives and pronouns (lequel, celui-ci, etc). Uses clothes vocabulary/shopping context generally (a bit of food vocab too, to remind students that grammar is applicable in multiple contexts) Probably best after some work/revision on clothes has been done first. Also suitable for revision of this grammar point at A-Level. (All images are public domain from https://openclipart.org/ )

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

Ma ville et ma maison - French GCSE A Knowledge Organiser (KO) in the form of a parallel text about someone’s city and home. Designed to expose students’ to many of the key vocabulary items from the AQA GCSE Specification (Home, Town, Neighbourhood and Region section - e.g. verbs like déménager) and to provide useful recyclable structures and phrases. Google ‘Michaela French Knowledge Organisers’ for some ideas about what to do with this kind of parallel text. Had a productive couple of lessons with my GCSE class exploiting this text, all with minimum teacher preparation (apart from writing the text!) e.g. You can use it for pronunciation practice/awareness: I got pupils focussing on the recurring [ɛ] and [ɑ̃] in the first few paragraphs. They had to listen and highlight the text, then I re-read the text with pupils putting hands up when they heard the sound. Then they had a go in pairs. Then we did some work on the vocabulary. Listening activities too where I changed parts of the text and pupils had to identify what had changed. Then they had a go at adapting parts of the text and combining words and phrases from it to make their own paragraphs. Includes editable PPT version and a PDF version.

Double-sided sheet with an overview of all the main Spanish verb tenses. Ideal ‘quick reference’ sheet for Key Stage 4 and 5. Pupils can stick it in front of their books/files. Sections are numbered so you can quickly refer them to the right section. Includes stem-changing and key irregular/semi-irregular verbs. PDF and editable Powerpoint* version included. *Note that if you don’t have the latest (2016) version of Office, the formatting of the PPT version will appear wrongly. But the PDF will be fine. FRENCH VERSION ALSO AVAILABLE IN MY SHOP :)

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.

There are a few 'useful essay phrases' resources out there online but I put together this one because: 1) I was mainly looking for useful phrases pupils could make use of in the (new AQA) speaking exam when talking about the various topics 2) Existing resources seemed more geared towards structuring an essay 3) ...and many contained many pages of often quite convoluted essay phrases students were fairly unlikely to remember or find an opportunity to use. Yes, virtually all of these phrases would be perfectly suitable in written work too but I have tried to compile a relatively brief (just over 2.5 pages) list of what seem to me the most handy expressions that could be plausibly used when speaking. I have gathered the ones which take the subjunctive in a separate box at the beginning of the document. Easily editable. And there is a box at the end for students to add further phrases.

Made for a Year 12 to re-cap regular Present Tense verbs. Presentation and a couple of practice games of Morpion. Could be used in other year groups.

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)

Aim: to help GCSE (or KS3) pupils prepare to write their own paragraph about ‘last weekend’ (after previously learning the Preterite Tense and relevant activity vocabulary). Worksheet with 2 model texts about “el fin de semana pasado” (last weekend). Contains opinions and time phrases for pupils to find. Accompanying Powerpoint with a “One Pen, One Die” activity to do after the worksheet. Then a speaking pair game (roll the die, say the sentence, gain the points). Also a gap-fill activity to reinforce the language from the worksheet - could be used as a Starter the following lesson.

Lesson Powerpoint and accompanying worksheets (and vocabulary sheet) on talking about what your IDEAL SCHOOL would be like. Key verbs introduced, model texts with ideas. Everything you need for teaching this sub-topic. BONUS As a little extra, I’ve included some slides about talking about EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES and WHAT MY PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS LIKE

Crossword to practise the Present Tense (AR, ER and IR verbs). Pupils enjoy this self-correcting activity which helps them learn the verb endings. The crossword appears twice on the page to save on your photocopying!

Introducing the Present Subjunctive in an environment context for GCSE students, once pupils have already learnt some environment vocabulary. Doesn’t include the endings in the Presentation (you’ll need to write them on the board or add a slide) but focusses on how to USE the subjunctive after certain phrases, mainly: “es necesario que”, “es importante que”, “es esencial que” (so it’s not a comprehensive guide to the use of the subjunctive - just a way in.) Lots of examples given (from Global Issues/Environment context) contrasting the subjunctive with the indicative. Includes irregulars haber, ser and ir. Example sentences where students put the verb into the subjunctive on their mini-whiteboards. Plus some sentences for them to translate.

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.

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.

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.

Flowchart overview of the Perfect Tense. Good to consolidate this key grammar point. Designed for Yr 12 French but could be used for younger students.

Useful for practising the Conditional Tense in the context of the Racism topic. Gets students practising relevant vocabulary while practising their grammar at the same time. (If you use the new Oxford 'AQA Spanish' text book you'll find that p.35 in Section 2.2A (Las medidas contra el racismo) covers the Conditional Tense in just this context.) Contains: 1) Worksheet with 20 sentences about combatting racism for students to translate into Spanish. Each requires a verb in the Conditional Tense, including some of the main verbs with irregular stems (and a couple of derivatives, e.g. intervenir). 2) Simple Powerpoint presentation where the sentences appear one by one, followed by the answer. You could do a few on mini-whiteboards/iPads as a class and then pupils fill in the rest on their sheet.