GCSE Spanish — Hillside High School

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The AQA spec — grammar + three themes

The AQA GCSE Spanish specification is built around three themes, each with three topics — plus all the grammar structures that hold them together. Pick a card below to drill into the topic-specific vocab, sentence builders, and exam-style practice. Grammar is shared across every theme.

📐 Grammar

Grammar — tenses + structures

All eight GCSE tenses in one hub — present, preterite, imperfect, near future, future, conditional, plus stretch tenses (present perfect, subjunctive). Conjugation tables, drills and games.

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Theme 1 · 👥 People & lifestyle

People & lifestyle

Topic 1: Identity and relationships with others · Topic 2: Healthy living and lifestyle · Topic 3: Education and work.

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Theme 2 · 🎉 Popular culture

Popular culture

Topic 1: Free-time activities · Topic 2: Customs, festivals and celebrations · Topic 3: Celebrity culture.

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Theme 3 · 🌍 Communication & world

Communication & the world around us

Topic 1: Travel and tourism, including places of interest · Topic 2: Media and technology · Topic 3: The environment and where people live.

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Reading Exam — AQA practice pack

A two-resource set for the AQA Spanish Reading paper. The PowerPoint walks through exam-style questions in class and the workbook lets pupils practise the same question types independently. Use them together: deck first, workbook for follow-up.

PDF · Class deck

Y11 AQA Reading — exam practice (slides)

Slide-by-slide walkthrough of AQA Reading question types: short answer, multiple choice, translation and inference. Designed for class use with the workbook as the follow-on task. PDF — opens in any browser.

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Workbook · Word doc

Y11 AQA Reading — practice workbook

The companion workbook to the slides. Print it out or fill it in on screen — same AQA question styles, this time for independent practice. Use after working through the deck.

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Listening Exam — AQA practice pack

A five-resource set for the AQA Spanish Listening paper covering Themes 1 and 2. The exam-guidance deck walks through structure, timing and technique; the zipped MP3s and the student / teacher booklets give pupils sixty real listening tasks to practise on. Built for offline classroom use too.

PowerPoint · Class guidance

Paper 1 Listening — exam guidance deck

Fifteen-slide walkthrough of the AQA listening paper: how Foundation and Higher are structured, what each section is worth, the three-pass dictation routine, ten tips that score, and the eight mistakes that don't. Drawn from the latest AQA 8692 spec.

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PDF · Class guidance

Paper 1 Listening — exam guidance (PDF)

The same fifteen slides as a PDF — easier to project on a locked-down classroom computer or hand to pupils for home revision.

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PDF · Student booklet

Y11 Listening — practice booklet (student)

Sixty Themes-1-and-2 listening tasks (Foundation and Higher tiers, organised by topic). Print double-sided, A4. Each task is labelled with its MP3 filename so pupils can find the track on the offline bundle.

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PDF · Answer booklet

Y11 Listening — answer booklet (teacher)

The teacher mark-scheme companion. Same layout as the student booklet with correct answers highlighted green and the full Spanish transcript collapsible under every lesson. For staff use only.

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Zip · 60 MP3s

Listening tracks — sixty MP3s (offline use)

Every Foundation and Higher listening MP3 from Themes 1 and 2 in one zip. Filenames follow Topic-LessonNumber-Tier.mp3. Drop on a USB stick or shared drive and play in class even when the website is blocked. About 23 MB.

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More coming soon…

Speaking, listening and writing packs will land here next. In the meantime, BBC Bitesize GCSE Spanish is excellent for revision, and SpanishDict / WordReference will get you through any tricky vocabulary.

BBC Bitesize GCSE All useful links