Preparing for Spanish at A level
Get a folder and file dividers and label each one with the following:
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Gramática
Escuchar
Hablar
Leer
Ensayos (essays)
Hojas de trabajo (worksheets)
Buy the following textbooks:
Practise Makes Perfect Complete Spanish Grammar (ISBN-13:
Edexcel A level Spanish (includes AS)
978-0071763431)
(ISBN-13: 978-1471858314)
(Due to be published in August but is available to pre-order on Amazon).
Preparation work
Know all of the verbs on the verbs list (English into Spanish)
Using the grammar book complete the following work to prepare you for the start of the
course. For each tense, make notes to hand in on how and when to use each tense
(this will go in your grammar folder afterwards) and learn the endings.
Present Tense - pages 3-7
Preterite Tense - pages 37 – 42
Imperfect Tense - pages 51 – 59
Future/Conditional Tense - pages 69-74
Subjunctive Mood - This is a new concept that you haven’t seen at GCSE. Just read
and take notes on pages 139-140.
Extension: Listen to Spanish radio regularly from http://tunein.com/ or the app ‘Tune In’