May 6, 2011
The summer assessments will cover the following topics:
Travel and transport
Holiday activities
Countries
Places (in town / compass points)
You will also need to revise the past and future tense.
Use the following links to help you revise:
www.linguascope.com – beginner – el tiempo, los paises, el transporte, en la ciudad
www.languagesonline.org.uk – spanish – caminos 2 – unidad 1, unidad 8
www.espanol-extra.co.uk – core – weather, countries, holidays, language and grammar (the preterite)
www.vocabexpress.com – mis vacaciones (all the topics in that folder)
Below is your speaking and writing assessment to prepare for after half-term:
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December 3, 2010
The assessments next week will cover the topics of:
– describing what people look like
– describing people’s personalities
– comparing people
– sports and hobbies
– future tense and opinions
– food and drink
Use the following links to revise:
www.linguascope.com – beginner – las pasatiempos / los deportes / las frutas / las verduras / desayuno / los snacks
www.languagesonline.org.uk – caminos 1 – unidad 7 (nueva edicion) / unidad 8 / unidad 11 (nueva edicion) / unidad 12 /
Below is your speaking test, make sure that you know answers to the questions off by heart. Go back through your exercise books to help you find the answers. Remember to get level 5 you must use:
– opinions
– accurate verb endings
– future tense
– a variety of vocabulary
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November 29, 2010
Read the text below and then decide whether the sentences are true, false or not in the text.
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October 21, 2010
Learn the following verbs and pronouns off by heart and write a short text saying which sports you play (30-40 words):
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October 12, 2010
Don’t forget to choose a photo of your own or download one from the web and write a description in Spanish about it (approx. 100 words). Below are some phrases that you might want to use:
Se llama ………. – He / She / It is called ………….
Tiene ……..años – He / She / It is ……………. years old
Es ……..y ……..y tiene el pelo …… y …….. – – He / She / It is …… and ……….. and has ……….. and ………… hair
Es …………. pero muy …………….. – He / She / It is …………… but very ………………
Tiene ……………… – He / She / It has …….(family / pets)
Vive en …………… – He / She / It lives in …………..
Trabaja en ………. – He / She / It works in ……………..
Le gusta …………… – He / She / It likes ……………….
No le gusta ………… – He / She / It doesn’t like …………………
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September 25, 2010
Read the information about Venus and Serena Williams below and then complete the sentences 1-5 with the name of the correct sister! Once you have done this, you need to translate each sentence into English. Any problems, send me a comment or come to see me in ML7.
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September 9, 2010
Complete the answers to the worksheet below in your books. You may need to use a dictionary to look up some of the words, if you don’t have a dictionary, use www.wordreference.com – this is a good online dictionary.
You can download the worksheet here:
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September 2, 2010
Welcome to the Year 8 Spanish blogsite. This is where you will find helpful information, summaries of what we did in class, homework sheets and extra revision exercises (for those of you who feel very keen!). I will also post a list of links to other websites that will help you with your learning.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to send me a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Remember to keep checking the blog, especially if you have missed any classes – this will stop you from getting behind. Finally, I’m very pleased to be teaching your class this year, so let’s work hard and make the most of it!
Sra. D
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April 28, 2010
Below is the verb ‘ir’ (to go), this is a key verb as we also use it to form a future tense. Try to memorise it to the tune of Baa Baa Black Sheep until it is imprinted on your brain. Remember we always learn verbs in the same order:
yo – I tu – you el – he ella – she nosotros – we vosotros – you (pl) ellos / ellas – they (m/f)
modes of transport Click to download a Pdf of the modes of transport.
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