SPANISH Details of exam Reading and Writing: 1 hour – for the writing you will have some short exercises where you will have to include a variety of tenses including present, near future and preterit tenses. You will also have to translate some short texts from Spanish into English and English into Spanish. Make sure you answer the questions for the reading in the language stated in the instructions.
Topics to revise Relationships with family and friends
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My studies
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Free-time activities
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Talk about and describe family members and friends Describe how you get on with family members and friends Talk about your ideal future partner Talk about future plans – marriage/ children
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Describe your house and the rooms in it Say what your house is like Say what you can/can’t do in your town/region Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of where you live Say where you would like to live in the future
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Hay Prepositions Poder + infinitive Irregular verbs ir and hacer Conditional tense
Give and understand opinions about different subjects Talk about your studies Talk about your school and daily routines
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Tener que/deber que + infinitive Porque to justify and express reasons Comparatives and superlatives Using past, present and future tenses
Describe what you like and dislike doing Talk about your freetime and plans for the weekend Buying food and drink Talking about eating out and special occasion meals Talking about sport
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Verbs ser, tener and estar Adjective agreement Possessive adjectives Reflexive verbs casarse/enfadarse/ llevarse Present tense Near future tense (voy a + infinitive)
Perfect tense Present tense consolidation including irregulars – salir, querer, preferer, ver, dar Adverbs of frequency Using three tenses
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Speaking questions to be prepared using the speaking mats provided Go through the grammar and vocabulary in your exercise books
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Ensure you are revising little and often Try to do 5-10 minutes of Quizlet / vocab revision a day Ensure you are doing ‘active’ revision – writing things out, repetition, using flashcards, getting someone to test you, recording and listening to yourself. Use the Topics folder on Sparkjar. 24
