Entertainment (AQA GCSE Spanish): Revision Note
Exam code: 8692
Entertainment
To give and understand information about entertainment, you need to be able to:
use key verbs in the present tense to say what you read, watch and listen to
use different tenses to say what you have or will read, watch and listen to
use opinion phrases to discuss TV, books, films and music
use the adjective ‘favourite’ to describe TV, books, films and music
use a relative pronoun to give more information about something or someone you have already mentioned
Entertainment: vocabulary
Some useful words and phrases for the topic of entertainment are:
Category | Spanish | Part of speech | English |
Music | canción | n (f) | song |
cantante | n (m, f) | singer | |
concierto | n (m) | concert | |
letra | n (f) | lyrics | |
música | n (f) | music | |
cantar | v | to sing | |
Reading | artículo | n (m) | article |
ficción | n (f) | fiction | |
historia | n (f) | story | |
libro | n (m) | book | |
novela | n (f) | novel | |
personaje | n (m) | character | |
periódico | n (m) | newspaper | |
revista | n (f) | magazine | |
TV | serie | n (f) | series |
tele, televisión | n (f) | TV | |
telerrealidad | n (f) | reality TV | |
temporada | n (f) | season | |
Film | cine | n (m) | cinema |
escena | n (f) | scene | |
papel | n (m) | role | |
película | n (f) | film |
Flamenco is a style of dance and music which comes from the south of Spain
There are many different styles of flamenco and it is an important part of Spanish culture
Dancers clap their hands and stamp their feet to convey the emotion of flamenco
There are other types of dance and music from different regions in Spain, e.g. aurresku, jota and Sevillanas
Use opinion phrases to say what you like and dislike
In English we can use the -ing form of the verb or the infinitive after opinion phrases (‘I like watching’, ‘I like to watch’), but in Spanish we always use the infinitive:
Me gusta ver la televisión
I like watching TV
Me encanta leer las novelas
I love reading novels
No me gusta escuchar música
I don’t like listening to music
Odio cantar
I hate singing
Prefiero ir al cine
I prefer going to the cinema
Use the adjective favorito to mean ‘favourite’, and make sure it agrees with the noun:
masculine singular | Mi libro favorito es … | My favourite book is … |
feminine singular | Mi película favorita es … | My favourite film is … |
masculine plural | Mis personajes favoritos son … | My favourite characters are … |
feminine plural | Mis escenas favoritas son … | My favourite scenes are … |
Leer (to read), ver (to watch) and escuchar (to listen) are very important verbs for this topic
Use them in different tenses to talk about entertainment, and remember there are some irregular forms:
past | present | future | |
ver | vi | veo | voy a ver |
leer | leí | leo | voy a leer |
escuchar | escuché | escucho | voy a escuchar |
Higher tier only
These words are only required for Higher tier.
Category | Spanish | Part of speech | English | Examples | |
Music | banda | n (f) | band | Toco la guitarra en una banda. | I play the guitar in a band. |
orquesta | n (f) | orchestra | La orquesta del colegio es muy buena. | The school orchestra is very good. | |
sonido | n (m) | sound | Me encanta el sonido de este instrumento. | I love the sound of this instrument. | |
Reading | literatura | n (f) | literature | Le gusta leer literatura moderna. | He likes reading modern literature. |
obra | n (f) | work, book, play | Estudiamos esta obra en el clase de español. | We study this work in Spanish class. | |
TV | telenovela | n (f) | soap opera | Las telenovelas siempre son emocionantes. | Soap operas are always exciting. |
documental | n (m) | documentary | ¿Te interesan los documentales sobre animales? | Are you interested in documentaries about animals? | |
Film | actuación | n (f) | acting, performance | La película tiene muy buena actuación. | The acting in the film is very good. |
protagonista | n (m, f) | main character | La protagonista tiene un papel muy importante. | The main character has a very important role. | |
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