Entertainment: Grammar and Phonics (AQA GCSE Spanish): Revision Note
Exam code: 8692
To talk about TV, music, films and reading, there are a variety of verbs you can use. Many of these verbs are regular in the present tense. You can also use the relative pronoun que to add more information about what you watch, read or listen to. Let's look at these grammar points in more detail.
Regular verbs (present tense)
Use the present tense to say what you are doing now or what you do generally, e.g. ‘I watch TV’, ‘I am listening to music’
There are three types of Spanish verbs, organised by the ending of the infinitive: -ar verbs, -er verbs, and -ir verbs
The three types of verbs all have different endings in the present tense
Most Spanish verbs are regular, which means they follow a rule
Once you learn this rule, you can apply it to any other regular verbs
To use regular verbs in the present tense:
Step 1: remove the ending from the infinitive, leaving the part of the verb called the stem
Step 2: add the correct ending for each pronoun to the stem
-ar verbs, e.g. escuchar | -er verbs, e.g. leer | -ir verbs, e.g. escribir | |
I | escucho | leo | escribo |
you (singular) | escuchas | lees | escribes |
he / she / it | escucha | lee | escribe |
we | escuchamos | leemos | escribimos |
you (plural) | escucháis | leéis | escribís |
they | escuchan | leen | escriben |
examples | Escucha música clásica. | Leemos una revista de moda. | Escriben historias interesantes. |
He listens to classical music. | We read a fashion magazine. | They write interesting stories. |
Even if a verb is regular in the present tense, it might be irregular in a different tense, so always double check
Relative pronoun que
Que means ‘who’ or ‘which’
Use it to refer back to a person or thing which has already been mentioned
This is called a relative clause, so que is called a relative pronoun
Use it to give more information about things or people you are describing:
Una película que me gusta ...
A film which I like ...
El libro, que se llama …
The book, which is called …
Higher tier only
This grammar is only required for Higher tier.
Lo que is another relative pronoun
Use lo que to refer back to a general idea rather than a person or thing:
Escribe con humor, lo que me interesa
She writes with humour, which interests me
It can also mean ‘the thing that’:
Lo que me gusta es la música
The thing that I like is the music
Entertainment: phonics
In the Spanish sounds [ga], [go] and [gu], the [g] is a hard sound
a mi amiga le gusta el protagonista
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