Summer Assessments – Beginning 23rd May 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:

Deberes para el 1 de noviembre

Learn the following verbs and pronouns off by heart and write a short text saying which sports you play (30-40 words):

Describir una foto – para el 15 de octubre

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 …………………

Deberes para miercoles, 13 de enero (Homework for 13th January)

Ex1.  Re-arrange the sentences in the correct order to make a text about someone going out for dinner (similar to the David Backham text we did in class).

Ex 2.  Look at the information in the table.  Use that information to complete the gaps in the text below the box.

Writing and Speaking Exam Preparation – for 4th December

This is what your written exam will look like, the questions in the speaking exam will be very similar!  Make sure that you prepare and memorise answers of at least 3 sentences for each question, you should give a statement, and opinion and a reason for your opinion.  Try to vary your vocabulary and use the future tense as well as the present tense.

 

The tick grid below is to remind you of the structures you should try to include, the ones that are shaded in you don’t need to use as we have not yet covered those in class – good luck!!

Deberes: La Comida para Martes, 18 de Noviembre

Ex1 – Look at the table in exercise 1 and then read the dialogues, who do you think is speaking?

Ex2 – Use the three paragraphs as models and write a short text about what you eat and drink on a normal day.

Comparativos – Comparatives

A comparative adjective is used when we want to compare two things.  In English we either add ‘-er’ to the adjective or use ‘more / less ….. than …‘ : 

e.g.  tall = taller,   beautiful = more beautiful

In Spanish the ‘-er’ form does not exist and we only use the ‘more / less …… than …….‘ way of comparing things.  Look at the examples below:

Now try to translate the following sentences into Spanish.  Click on the thumbnail to check your answers: