GCSE Spanish (AQA)
This is a comprehensive course designed to fully prepare you for the AQA GCSE Spanish (9-1) examination. It covers every single topic, grammar point, and vocabulary item on the official AQA syllabus for both Foundation and Higher Tiers. By completing this course, you will build the knowledge and skills needed to excel in all four exam papers: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. The course is structured around the three official themes: 'Identity and culture', 'Local, national, international and global areas of interest', and 'Current and future study and employment'. We will also provide explicit instruction and practice for all exam formats, including the role-play, photo card, and translation tasks. To achieve the highest grades, you must supplement this course with independent practice. For example, regularly practicing past exam papers is essential for mastering exam technique, and you should find opportunities to practice your speaking skills with a teacher or partner. This course will give you all the tools you need to aim for a grade 9.
Decks in this Course
29 items
AQA GCSE Spanish: Nouns and Articles
Learn the rules for noun gender (masculine/feminine), how to form plurals, and how to use definite (el, la, los, las) and indefinite (un, una, unos, unas) articles correctly.
AQA GCSE Spanish: Adjectives
Learn how to make adjectives agree with nouns in gender and number, their typical position in a sentence, and how to form basic comparative and superlative statements in Spanish.
AQA GCSE Spanish: Present Tense Regular Verbs
Master the conjugation of regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in the present tense for all subject pronouns (yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ellos/ellas/ustedes).
AQA GCSE Spanish: Key Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense
Learn the present tense conjugations of the most important irregular verbs in Spanish: 'ser', 'estar', 'tener', 'ir', and 'hacer'. This deck covers their forms, the key difference between 'ser' and 'estar', and how to use them in essential sentences.
AQA GCSE Spanish: Pronouns
Learn to use subject pronouns, direct and indirect object pronouns (me, te, lo, la, le, etc.), reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, etc.), and possessive pronouns (mío, tuyo, etc.).
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Me, My Family and Friends Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing yourself, family members, friends, relationships, and personal characteristics.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Technology in Everyday Life Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary related to technology, including social media, mobile phones, the internet, and their advantages and disadvantages.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Free-Time Activities Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for talking about hobbies, music, cinema, TV, food, eating out, and sports.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Customs and Festivals Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing customs, traditions, and festivals in Spanish-speaking countries, including food, activities, and key dates.
AQA GCSE Spanish: The Preterite Tense
Learn to form and use the preterite tense to talk about completed past actions. This deck covers regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, and the key irregular verbs (e.g., ser, ir, dar, ver, hacer, tener, estar).
AQA GCSE Spanish: The Imperfect Tense
Learn to form and use the imperfect tense to describe ongoing or habitual past actions, descriptions, and settings. This deck covers regular conjugations and the three irregular verbs (ser, ir, ver).
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Home, Town, Neighbourhood and Region Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing your house, your room, your town, and your region, including amenities and what there is to do.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Social Issues Vocabulary
This deck covers the essential AQA GCSE Spanish vocabulary for Theme 2, focusing on social issues. You'll learn words and phrases to discuss healthy living, charity work, and major social problems like poverty and homelessness, enabling you to express your opinions on these topics.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Global Issues Vocabulary
Learn the essential AQA GCSE Spanish vocabulary for discussing global issues. This deck covers key terms for environmental problems like pollution and climate change, solutions like recycling, and social issues such as poverty and unemployment.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Travel and Tourism Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for talking about holidays, destinations, transport, accommodation, and typical holiday activities.
AQA GCSE Spanish: The Future and Conditional Tenses
Learn to form and use the simple future tense (e.g., 'hablaré') and the conditional tense (e.g., 'hablaría'), including regular forms and common irregular stems (e.g., 'tendr-', 'podr-', 'har-').
AQA GCSE Spanish: The Perfect and Pluperfect Tenses
Learn to form and use the present perfect tense (e.g., 'he hablado') to talk about recent past events, and the pluperfect tense (e.g., 'había hablado') to talk about what had happened before another past event. Covers 'haber' and past participles.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: My Studies Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for talking about school subjects, teachers, opinions on subjects, and what you do in different lessons.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: Life at School and College Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing your school, the school day, rules, uniform, and pressures or problems.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: Education Post-16 Vocabulary
Learn the essential AQA GCSE Spanish vocabulary for discussing post-16 options like A-levels, university, and apprenticeships. This deck covers key terms for plans, advantages, disadvantages, and using the future tense to express intentions.
AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: Jobs and Careers Vocabulary
Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for discussing part-time jobs, work experience, career ambitions, and what is important in a job.
AQA GCSE Spanish: Imperatives and Gerunds
Learn to form and use commands (imperatives) for 'tú' and 'ustedes' in both positive and negative forms. This deck also covers forming the gerund ('-ando' / '-iendo') and using it with the verb 'estar' to describe actions in progress, a key skill for the AQA GCSE Spanish exam.
AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier: The Present Subjunctive
This deck covers the formation and use of the present subjunctive in Spanish, a key topic for AQA GCSE Higher Tier candidates. You'll learn how to form the subjunctive for regular and irregular verbs, and when to use it with expressions of will, emotion, doubt, and more (WEIRDO).
AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: The Speaking Role-Play
Master the AQA Speaking exam role-play task. Learn key transactional phrases, how to respond to prompts, how to ask a question, and strategies for dealing with unexpected elements.
AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: The Speaking Photo Card
Develop the skills needed for the AQA Speaking exam photo card task. Learn how to describe a photo, answer the follow-up questions, and structure your responses to include opinions and different tenses.
AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: The General Conversation
Prepare for the general conversation part of the Speaking exam. This deck provides key phrases and vocabulary covering all twelve GCSE topics, helping you build answers using varied tenses and opinions.
AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: Translation into Spanish
Practice and refine the skill of translating sentences from English into Spanish. This deck focuses on common grammatical structures and vocabulary that frequently appear in the translation section of the Writing exam.
AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: Reading and Listening Strategies
Learn effective techniques for the AQA GCSE Spanish Reading and Listening exams. This deck covers understanding question types, identifying keywords, dealing with unknown vocabulary, and managing time effectively to help you succeed.
AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier: Approaching Literary Texts
Develop the skills to understand and answer questions on short, authentic literary texts as required for the Higher Tier Reading paper. This deck focuses on identifying key information, understanding literary vocabulary, and interpreting meaning.
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