I have created many GCSE resources in French German and Spanish specifically designed for the AQA exam.
I am a current examiner for GCSE and Alevel for AQA.
Some A level and KS3 resources - I am working on building these up.
Resources tried and tested on pupils!
Please contact me through TES to ask for a resource you want.
I have created many GCSE resources in French German and Spanish specifically designed for the AQA exam.
I am a current examiner for GCSE and Alevel for AQA.
Some A level and KS3 resources - I am working on building these up.
Resources tried and tested on pupils!
Please contact me through TES to ask for a resource you want.
tHIS IS THE SECOND DIFFERENT PAPER OF 4 WHICH CAN BE BOUGHT AS A BUNDLE
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THIS IS A REAL TIME SAVER FOR REVISION PRACTICE!!! 50 mins
useful for - cover, intervention/extra practice, , revision booklet, holiday homework, consolidation of 90 word questions.
This is a full GCSE practice writing paper using the AQA model.
There is a mark scheme
There is a photo, a 40 word question, translation sentences and 2x 90 word questions.
There is no mark scheme, but the photo question, 40 word and 90 word questions have their own markschemes in the AQA 2018 or specimen papers.
The level of difficulty has been carefully monitored for the translations - no subordinating clauses at Foundation level.
This is a model higher level writing answer which can be linked to speaking questions -
the aim is to show students that they can reuse language
They are NOT meant to learn the entire answer - rather make their own answers to the questions using the writing model - either simplifying it or adding other language.
They can use the writing to answer orally the questions at the top in pairs -
it is to highlight the higher level structures.
This is a set of translation sentences for each Theme and subsection for foundation level.
They are modelled on the Sample and 2018 papers translation sentence.
This resource can be used for revision, homework, intervention, support or consolidation
There are 10 sentences per sub-theme, and there are answers for self checking at the end.
The focus is on tenses and simple structures. - because is translated using “denn”
Theme 1 - Free time, music, sport, family/friends/relations, festivals, technology
Theme 2 - holidays, global problems (environment), social problems (poverty, charity work etc), healthy living, home, town/region
Theme 3 - Career and future plans , school life, my studies and post 16 education
This is a worksheet for students at foundation or higher level to help students focus on some key verbs.
There are very common verbs - e.g. spielen, and also less common (beschlossen)
included - we, he /she, they, regular, irregular, ver/be/zer starters, and -ieren verbs
some key foundation and higher verbs
**There is repetition across the topics to reinforce some key phrases. e…g es hat Spaß gemacht
** Each theme has examples divided up into sub themes, Students fill in and can peer assess or check with teacher version.
This can then be used to target revision for the writing as students can use these verbs to construct their answers to past tense bullet points on each theme. can be used as a series of starters when revising topics or as a revision of the past tense
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**Theme 2 - social problems, environment, healthy living, holidays, region
Theme 3 - school life, work, careers, work experience/ p-time jobs.
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included - answers for self-checking
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Good as intervention or cover lesson, homework, or as part of a revision pack - self study materials.
These can be stuck into exercise book and used as a reference guide when checked - can be highlighted into regular and irregular.
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This resource is for higher GCSE Students - for intervention for top grade students, self study, class work, cover work or homework.
The exercises can also be split and used separately or as part of a revision “pack”
it is a series of translation exercises practising key grammar points in sentences which -
This is really useful as the exercises drill key structures and practise them changing context and some key words.
Some sentences have vocabulary for support, and extension sections to put the example in a context.
Passive - variations on " I have been/was shocked when …"
Tenses -
Imperfect, with separate exercises on modal verbs - wanted to, could and should
also comparing I am going to / I was going to
Vouloir in perfect and imperfect - I have / had always wanted to …
I have/ we have just …
Pluperfect, with and without negatives for each theme
Depuis + present
Adverbs - from feminine adjectives, exceptions and some extension adverbial phrases e.g. avec soin
For accuracy - this / these, that / those etc with a range of useful vocabulary from the spec. which will familiarise students with feminine noun endings and the masculine “cet” before a vowel.
This resource does not teach the structures- students will need to research examples in the text book.
Worksheet which starts with a short exercise correcting common errors,
Second exercises are translation sentences on negatives in main tenses. - common negatives (e.g. pas, jamais) and less common (e.g. guère)
Topic social problems - unemployment, homelessness, charity work = grade 8/9 work
There are 2 Higher Writing *150 word questions with model answers
These answers are packed with a wide variety of structures, suitable for grade 8/9 - including subjunctive, pluperfect, relative clauses, ce qui, après ètre , infinitive constructions, and a passive .
They can be broken down with highilighters to answer the speaking questions on the same topics on the sheet.
Students can note the structures to help prepare for the speaking and try to construct their own answers orally as pair work
perhaps using cards with the questions and 1/2 key structures
translation into Spanish on Evo Morales and border between Bolivia and Argentina. Contains vocab from new Spec (2016+) specimen papers and past paper.
For A level students.
practices skill of taking phrases/words from a text.
A condensed worksheet to revise and practise the future and the conditional tenses including möchte and könnte.
the tenses are set out with an exercise next to them - translation into German of phrases that are useful for the GCSE exam.
The extensions are in brackets which involve changing word order and adding extras into the sentence such as Time or place phrases, or subordinate clauses.
Wenn + möchte phrases and könnte phrases for higher level.
Can be set as a homework or in class as revision.
Here are 18 pages of “Cards” for PC practice for GCSE - there are mostly 3 pictures to a page of A4 with the questions next to them in a text box, to save on copying. They can be printed and laminated, displayed on tablets, the whiteboard or downloaded onto phones, or used in a computer suite or with laptops for pair work or individual practice.
. They can be left as 3 to A4 or chopped up and circulated, pupils can do timed speed interviewing or prepare in class
They are ideal just before the speaking exam for extra practice.
****NB some questions are repeated in different pcs - feel free to change the questions if you want.
There is usually one past and one future/ “möchte” question on each card for the three tenses, and 2 present/ opinion questions.
Please look at my other resources - free and paid.
These are a sheet of cards that can be used for KS3 or KS4.
They are short sentences and verbs saying what someone has done at school or during a school year.
They can be used as translation exercises - bingo -
Another use is to match them to 8 made up exam bullet points on the board / on a sheet. they can then write the bullet points by adding opinions… They should add time phrases in to change the word order and sequence…
Some are higher level verbs.
These are useful GCSE sheets that focus students on how to revise effectively.
Each page has a section for key verbs, vocabulary, um … zu ,. phrases, wenn phrases and subordinate clauses.
There are over 20 pages based on the “writing” topics from the three themes - Theme 1 - friends / familly, marriage and future plans, festivals, free time , tech etc Theme 2 - holidays (past, ideal, preferences etc)- environment - town - home - social problems
They can be used to highlight higher or essential foundation vocabulary
Pupils can go through these and complete them using the text book or other resources collecting vocabulary.
pupils can then use the reverse of the sheet to write a "model "answer. for H or F
They can be copied or completed on the computer.
vocabulary grid changing noun - verb - adjective/adverb in preparation for the exercise following where students have to do the same with this vocab,.
practices skills of changing noun-verb etc as well as the translation.
focuses on the vocabulary and structures for the new A level June 2018 paper translation in a different context. for A level students
using as a basis the transcript from a Kerboodle listening activity
for Yr 12 but good revision for Yr 13 vocab.
worksheet with three translation exercises
1 x Sp to Eng
2 x Eng to Sp - using AQA technique of adapting text using vocabulary.
With mark-schemes broken down into below sentence level sections. - focus on accuracy of punctuation, vocabulary, register
and also grammar such as prepositions, tenses, singular to plural, use of statistics phrases, articles
Some tips given for checking Sp-Eng. translation
Differentiated with easier and harder (passive and subjunctive) translation into Sp.
Alternative translations suggested and rejections given.
Written by experienced examiner for AQA
4 x full GCSE self-compiled papers -
each with 2x90 words 2x150 words questions and a 6 key point translation with suggested answer.
the markschemes cant be reproduced here for copyright but they are on the past papers.
They are designed to look like the actual paper but have the lines for writing omitted - each practice paper can be printed onto a single A4 sheet.
there are 4 papers here - original
created by me based on AQA model
there is no mark scheme as they can be found for the photo question, 40 word, and 90 word questions on the AQA website.
there is a photo question, 40 word, translation and 2x90 words for each paper.
excellent time saving and useful as revision at the end of the year for year 10 and before the exams at year 11
overlap questions can also be used for higher students for exam technique and timed question practice
These are ready-to-go full practice papers - just download and print = save 40% not including free resource
an overlap healthy living answer which requires correction and and adjective exercise.
Topics and questions are from 2018+ GCSE AQA and are designed to look similar to the original.
They can be used for revision, intervention, consolidation in Y9, 10,11, or as cover.
90 word questions can be used for timed/accuracy/technique practice for Higher level students
Please note - There are no markschemes as the markschemes are on the AQA website for photo question, 40 word question and 90 word question. I cannot reproduce these for copyright reasons.
This is the 4 original GCSE German foundation papers - created myself.
a real timesaver - This can be set for intervention or revision, as cover or as extra timed-test practice. it can also be set as summer work for year 10 into year 11 .
Plus I have also included a translation worksheet of several sides with examples from all themes and subthemes with answers at the end for self study,
Bundle is a complete set of resources for GCSE German revision - working on key issues such as tenses and cases, comparative/superlative. There are key verb practice sheets and example questions for the overlap (90 words) and higher (150 words) questions