Resources for Spanish teaching at primary and secondary level from a teacher with 10+ years of Spanish teaching at secondary level. I teach the AQA GCSE and A-Level syllabi.
Shop opened September 2024 - all resources created from September 2024 to present.
Resources for Spanish teaching at primary and secondary level from a teacher with 10+ years of Spanish teaching at secondary level. I teach the AQA GCSE and A-Level syllabi.
Shop opened September 2024 - all resources created from September 2024 to present.
A set of four worksheets based on vocabulary for describing travel and tourism from the new AQA Spanish syllabus (2024).
Answers provided.
These are intended for vocabulary practice, so would be ideal for when teaching a topic, a cover lesson, or as part of a revision pack.
Uses present / past / future tenses but not overly complex grammar so would suit mixed ability. Can be easily adapted for stretch or support groups.
Activities include:
Match the Spanish to English
Write the Spanish for
Gap-fills
Unscramble the phrases
Choose the correct translations
Reading comp
Present / Past / Future multichoice
A set of three worksheets for vocabulary about personality and relationships based on vocabulary from new AQA GCSE syllabus.
This could be used for introducing vocabulary, a cover lesson, or as revision material. As it is vocab based, the focus is on vocabulary rather than covering complex grammar, but these worksheets could easily be adapted.
Answers included.
Worksheets:
Personality adjectives
Nouns linked to relationships
Key verbs for talking about relationships
Exercises include:
Match the Spanish to English
Read and respond
Unscramble the sentence
Translate into English
A set of five worksheets for the topic of ‘Education and Work’ for new AQA GCSE syllabus (2024).
Answers included.
These are intended for vocabulary practice so could be used during topic teaching or as revision material for GCSE.
Worksheet 1: Jobs vocabulary
Worksheet 2: Jobs vocabulary
Worksheet 3: Words linked with applying for jobs
Worksheet 4: Words liked with the world of work
Worksheet 5: Important verbs for the topic of work
Activities include:
Match up the vocabulary
Fill in the missing word
Unscramble vocabulary
Translations
Choose the correct word from the definition
A set of four worksheets using vocabulary from the new AQA GCSE syllabus (2024) for topic of Theme 2 topic ‘Customs, Festivals and Celebrations’.
Intended focus is topic vocabulary so could be used as part of topic teaching or good for GCSE revision packs.
Answers included.
Activities include:
Match Spanish to English
Translate into English
Fill in the missing word
Unscramble the word / phrase
Find the definition
Choose the correct translation
A resource for teachers to use to familiarise themselves with the new spec (2024) speaking exams for MFL.
A simple breakdown of format of exam plus timings for preparation and during the exam itself.
Some key points to note when marking / preparing as a teacher for the different sections of the exam.
A marksheet to be used for mock exams, with boxes for marks and feedback.
A condensed marksheet for all sections for Foundation and Higher level.
Some tips that may be useful, especially for trainee or first time exam teachers - these are based on advice given by the exam board for the current speaking examination, as the first exams for the new spec have not been conducted.
Please note: this has been written with reference to the AQA Spanish speaking examination; other MFL exams may have slight variations so it is important to check the information provided on AQA website.
A set of four worksheets to practise the vocabulary linked to the topic of ‘the environment’.
Exercises include:
Match the vocab
Translate into English
Complete the sentence with the missing words
Unscramble the phrase
Find the Spanish
These are made in line with the new AQA GCSE Spanish syllabus vocabulary for the topic ‘The enviornment and where people live’.
The worksheets are intended for vocabulary introduction / retrieval and help students to work out meanings of words from context / previous knowledge.
Answers are included.
A worksheet for practising parts of the body and the verb ‘doler’ in the 1st person present.
Label the picture
Find out what parts of the body these are and write the English (could be taught or done as a dictionary activity)
Choose me duele or me duelen (explanation included)
Created in 2024.
Two worksheets with explanation pages and answers for teaching the use of passive with ‘ser’ and ‘se’.
Worksheet 1: using ser + partiple versus using ‘se’ + 3rd person verb
Worksheet 2: recognising use of passive with ser / se versus the active. Changing sentences from passive to active / use of se.
Most suitable to a high ability GCSE class or A-Level students, although the tenses used do not go beyond present and preterit tense.
A set of four worksheets to practise the vocabulary linked to the new topic of ‘Celebrity Culture’ for AQA GCSE Spanish.
Exercises include:
Vocab matching / Vocab into Spanish and English
Gap fills
Translation into Spanish and English
Reorder the sentences.
Could be used for lesson content when teaching the topic or could be ideal for revision packs for vocabulary retrieval.
Tenses used are present tense, preterit, present perfect and near future with the idea that the focus remains on vocabulary practice - the exercises could be easily adapted to include further tenses.
A series of four worksheets to introduce key vocabulary for the topic of ‘La tecnologia’.
These are intended for vocabulary practice - the grammar does not go beyond present, preterit and future so that it does not introduce more complex tenses.
Worksheet activities include:
Match Spanish / English vocabulary
Translations of sentences into Spanish and English (using present, preterit and near future tenses)
Gap fills
Work out the word from the descriptions.
Translate a paragraph.
Vocab based on the Unit 7 Media and Tech topic for AQA Spanish GCSE.
A worksheet to introduce demonstrative adjectives in Spanish with two exercises.
Intended for a general grammar lesson so vocabulary included is from a range of topics.
Exercise 1: Fill in the missing demonstrative adjective to complete the sentence.
Exercise 2: Choose the correct demonstrative adjective from two options.
Could be adapted for more advanced students by removing the scaffolding in both exercises ( translations )
Answers included.
A worksheet for introducing and practising question words in Spanish.
Two activities:
Fill in the missing question word
Match the question to the answer
Could also be adapted for translation practice with exercises too.
Question words:
¿qué?
¿cómo?
¿cuándo?
¿dónde?
¿adonde?
¿por qué?
¿quién?
¿cuál?
¿cuánto/a?
¿A quién / quiénes?
¿De quién / quiénes?
¿Cuántos/as?
A set of differentiated worksheets for practising regular and key irregular verbs in the preterit tense.
Introduces and practises regular verb endings (AR / ER / IR)
Introduces and practises irregular verbs (Tener / Estar / Ser / Ir / Hacer)
A worksheet that summarises use of both with correct the errors, gap fill, and write sentences.
MFL teaching suggestions for in class activities useful for improving student engagement and enjoyment in lessons.
Can be used for KS3 / 4 classes.
Important: These are not all my own original ideas but collected from various CPD sessions, textbooks and other resources and collated to help other MFL teachers to broaden the activities they offer in lessons.
A worksheet that most suits KS3 students - they will either need to be taught the key vocabulary or could be used a vocab finding worksheet using iPads to help them.
Ideal for cover lesson close to Christmas or a bit of fun at the end of term.
Two worksheets (adapted for learning abilities) to practise vocabulary for places in the town, and saying what is and is not in your town / city.
Can be used alongside powerpoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13150018
A powerpoint with 22 slides to introduce and practise places in the town and describing words for where you live.
Includes information in the notes for each slide on how to use them.
Vocabulary for 20 places in the town (masculine and feminine)
Sentence practice for saying what is and is not in your town.
3.12 adjectives for describing your town (eg. big / small / noisy / pretty)
Practice for adjective agreement (mi pueblo es moderno / mi ciudad es moderna)
Correct the sentences activity.
Translation into Spanish.
Choose the correct phrase listening activity.
Trapdoor speaking activity.
Read-aloud paragraph for pronunciation practice.
Two worksheets to practise the use of simple comparative and superlative phrases for school subjects (eg. La música es mejor que la física. / Las mates son las más difíciles.)
Aimed at GCSE students.
Exercises include choosing the correct article, translating into Spanish and English, complete the missing parts of the sentence.
A PowerPoint with 12 slides for introducing and practising simple opinion giving for free-time activities (I like to play football at the weekend because it is fun).
Slides include:
Introductory slides for practising infinitives linked to free-time
Phrase construction to give opinions and reasons.
Translations into Spanish and English
Template for Battleships game
Read aloud task
Phrases for practising faulty listening / which phrase am I reading,
Made in-line with new AQA GCSE syllabus.
Matching worksheet available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13115601