GCSE Spanish
Grammar patterns
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Tense endings and the verb pairs that decide whether a sentence is actually Spanish.
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Open guide Revision guideTranslation into SpanishStudents type: gcse spanish translation tips
Open guide Revision guidePresent progressiveStudents type: spanish present progressive gcse
Open guide Revision guideObject pronounsStudents type: spanish object pronouns gcse
Open guide Revision guideImperativeStudents type: spanish imperative gcse
Open guide Revision guidePassive voiceStudents type: spanish passive voice gcse
Open guide Revision guideConditional tenseStudents type: spanish conditional tense gcse
Open guide Revision guideRadical-changing verbsStudents type: spanish boot verbs
Open guide Revision guideSer vs estarStudents type: ser vs estar gcse
Open guide Revision guideFuture tenseStudents type: spanish future tense endings
Open guide Revision guideImperfect tenseStudents type: spanish imperfect endings
Open guide Revision guidePreterite tenseStudents type: spanish preterite endings
Open guidePresent tense
Regular -ar, -er and -ir endings, plus the irregulars that carry GCSE Spanish: ser, estar, ir, tener and hacer.
Preterite tense
The completed past: regular -ar and -er/-ir stamps, plus fui, hice, tuve and the accents examiners expect.
Imperfect tense
Used to, was doing, and what things were like: -aba and -ía, plus era, iba and había.
Future tense
Simple future endings on the infinitive, plus voy a, and the irregular stems ser-, har- and tendr-.
Ser vs estar
Who you are against how and where you are: identity, origin and time versus location, feeling and the -ando/-iendo form.
Radical-changing verbs
Boot verbs: e to ie, o to ue, e to i, plus jugar, with nosotros and vosotros left outside the boot.
Conditional tense
GCSE Spanish conditional: me gustaría, podría, irregular stems, polite requests, and -ía endings not confused with imperfect.
Passive voice
GCSE Spanish passive: ser + past participle, por + agent, se passive for they/one, and when active is safer in writing.
Imperative
GCSE Spanish imperative: tú, usted, nosotros, vosotros commands, -ar/-er/-ir patterns, negatives, and polite use in role-play.
Object pronouns
GCSE Spanish object pronouns: lo, la, los, las, me, te, le, les before verb; leísmo awareness; se before lo for le lo.
Present progressive
GCSE Spanish present progressive: estar + gerund (-ando/-iendo), right now versus habit, and irregular gerunds (leyendo, durmiendo).
Translation into Spanish
GCSE Spanish translation: tense markers, ser/estar, tener for age, gustar structure, accents on preterite, and calque avoidance.
Spanish listening strategies
GCSE Spanish listening: question-first reading, distractors, numbers, false friends, and using both hearings for detail.
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GCSE Spanish revision built around the patterns examiners mark: present, preterite, imperfect and future, ser versus estar, high-value opinions, the photo card and the 90-word writing task.
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