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.
Useful worksheet for intervention and revision of these 2 tenses that students can confuse easily as the endings are the same
Tense structure is explained and then exercise at the end.
These are cards with important verbs in major tenses - also key expressions such as "there will be"
students look at the English and say it in French or write on whiteboard.
They can work individually or in pairs/ groups. The cards have answer sheet that does not need to be cut up.
Suggest putting cards in groups of 10 - either mixed for a high-flying group or split according to tense for a set that needs more support.
has - perfect - conditional - future - imperfect - present tenses
students have found them very effective when working on verbs,
Revision game for imperfect tense, “venir de” and “holiday” problems useful for the writing exam…
Pupils can use the cards individually or in pairs/ groups - they translate the English into French.
there are answer sheets for all - usually "on " is used for "we"
Also some perfect tense cards.
They focus on quick recall needed and “drilling” in groups
Suggest that the cards are divided up into packs of 10 with clips and students can put them to one side when they have learnt all 10.
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.
A revision sheet with the present and the past tense clearly set out and with simple exercises at the bottom of the page.
useful for revision, cover, individual intervention and extra tense practice.
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 some German into English translation cards which have the essential tenses with key verbs for GCSE and KS3.
Students can use them as a sheet then check their answers, they can be cut up and bundled into 10s with clips for regular revision practice. Students can self-check against the answers. They can work in pairs - groups with these cards.
ideal as starter or plenary for grammar lesson.
My students have found them very useful in practising key verbs in both KS3 and 4
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.
Using the 2018 paper overlap questions - 90 words. There are 2 examples of a “foundation” performance, with many mistakes for pupils to identify, They can also grade the paper using the markscheme if required.
Pupils can then work in pairs or individually to improve the versions done to get higher Content and Language marks using more connectives and more accurate grammar.
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
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
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.
short questions with three words per gap. To practise this notoriously hard question type. Gaps can be filled using meaning and or grammar, especially adjective endings and word gender/ verb tense. Mainly higher level - vocab on 2014 spec and also on 2016 spec.
to practise a question type which is notoriously difficult - focus on meaning and gender for each gap. Vocab on 2014 spec and also on 2016 spec. Mainly higher level questions.
to practise reading gap fill questions which are notoriously hard for pupils, with three possible answers per question - for the 2014 spec but all vocabulary is on the 2016 spec too.
the first questions students have to identify the topic, then the rest they fill in the gap with a word from underneath.
verb 'ser' and 'tener' to go with people description in module 4 viva 1 - simple worksheet including bastante and other qualifiers - including he / she /we