My Family and Friends: Exam Skills (AQA GCSE Spanish): Revision Note

Which family members does each speaker mention? Write the two correct letters for each person.

1. Carla

2. Marcos

Answers:

1. Carla - D, B
   Mi hermana vive en España con mi padre. ¡Voy a España la semana que viene!

2. Marcos - C, E
   Vivo con mi hermano, pero me gusta visitar a mi tía cada fin de semana.

You can use the five minutes' reading time before the listening exam starts to note down the Spanish vocabulary for the English options in multiple-choice questions:

This will help you to listen out for key words, but beware of distractors!

Answer these questions in Spanish.

• ¿Cómo eres? 

• ¿Qué opinas de los animales?

• Háblame de tu familia.

• Describe a tu mejor amigo / tu mejor amiga.

Answers:

Here are some example responses.

• Tengo el pelo rubio y los ojos azules, y soy bastante delgado.

• ¡Me encantan los animales! Tengo un perro y me gustaría tener un pájaro.

• Hay siete personas en mi familia. Tengo una familia bastante grande.

• Mi mejor amiga se llama Freya. Tiene quince años.

• I have blond hair and blue eyes, and I am quite slim.

• I love animals! I have a dog, and I would like to have a bird.

• There are seven people in my family. I have a fairly large family.

• My best friend’s name is Freya. She is fifteen years old.

It is important to answer in sufficient detail - one-word answers are not enough! A well-developed answer includes at least three verb clauses.

Fátima and Mohamed are talking about their family and friends. Match the correct person with each question.

Write F for Fátima.
Write M for Mohamed.
Write F+M for Fátima and Mohamed.

Fátima - Vivo con mi marido y mi hija. ¡No tenemos una mascota porque no tengo tiempo! Mi madre y mi padrastro viven en Inglaterra.

Mohamed - Tengo un hijo que se llama Toni y un gato que se llama Cris. Visitamos a mi hermano cada verano porque vive en Inglaterra con mi padre.

1. Who is married?

2. Who has children?

3. Who has a pet?

4. Who has a brother?

5. Whose parent has remarried?

Answers:

1. Who is married?

   F - Fátima lives with her husband (mi marido).

2. Who has children?

   F+M - Fátima has a daughter (hija), and Mohamed has a son (hijo).

3. Who has a pet?

   M - They both mention pets, but Fátima says that she doesn’t have time for one.

4. Who has a brother?

   M - Mohamed mentions his brother (hermano).

5. Whose parent has remarried?

   F - Fátima mentions her stepfather (padrastro).

What is in this photo? Write five sentences in Spanish.

Answers:

Here are some example responses.

• Hay cuatro personas.

• Es una familia.

• Hay un perro pequeño.

• Hay dos padres, una niña y un niño.

• Están en la playa.

• There are four people.

• It is a family.

• There is a small dog.

• There are two parents, a girl and a boy.

• They are on the beach.

The phrase hay (‘there is, there are’) is very useful and can be repeated as a sentence starter. Keep your sentences short, simple and factual - they must accurately describe what is in the photo!

You are emailing your Colombian exchange partner about your family and friends.
Write approximately 90 words in Spanish.
You must write something about each bullet point.
Mention:

• a description of somebody in your family

• something you have done recently with a family member

• something you will do soon with a friend

Answer:

Here is an example response of 85 words.

Hay cinco personas en mi familia. Mi madre se llama Louise y tiene los ojos azules y el pelo negro. Es bastante alta y muy simpática. Mis padres son mexicanos.
Ayer jugué en el parque con mi padre, mis hermanos y nuestros perros, y fue muy divertido. Mis perros se llaman Bailey y Marco, y son pequeños y negros. ¡Les gusta comer y correr!
Mañana voy a ir al cine con mi mejor amigo. Se llama Noah y es alemán, pero vive aquí en Inglaterra.

There are five people in my family. My mother’s name is Louise, and she has blue eyes and black hair. She is quite tall and very nice. My parents are Mexican.
Yesterday, I played in the park with my father, my siblings, and our dogs, and it was a lot of fun. My dogs are called Bailey and Marco, and they are small and black. They like eating and running!
Tomorrow, I am going to go to the cinema with my best friend. His name is Noah and he is German, but he lives here in England.

This paragraph includes:

• different subjects - ‘I’, ‘he’, 'she', 'they'

• correct forms of the key verb ser

• a range of possessive adjectives - mi, mis, nuestro

Check that your answer includes a variety of language and that you have written something about each bullet point.