AQA AS Spanish Essay Questions Predictions 2016

The answer to number 1 a is that overly skinny models will no longer be allowed to be on the catwalk - "Modelos demasiadas flacas no permitirían participate en las pasarelas" - from what I remember!

Thank you ! we start A2 in June I hope it's interesting and not too analytical!

We started in June too! And A2 is honestly more interesting than AS and the vocab isn't that hard so don't worry

We started in June too! And A2 is honestly more interesting than AS and the vocab isn't that hard so don't worry

I am pretty sure it was "se van a comprometer", because that was the only sentence at the end that referred to them both. Also I looked up "comprometer" on spanishdict and amongst the range of translations, "to get engaged" was one. So makes the most sense to me imo

A2 Spanish is much better in my opinion, I just really hate the style of the essays in AS. Its much more flexible with the essays and with the translation too.

but do you remember seeing it in the article that it had se van a comprometer because i thought it only said 'se comprometer'
what you remember?

Listening:

Like 24/35 because I did the first part in Spanish and they were English questions. Anyone know how many marks exactly the first question was?

Reading:

I'd say 35/40. Lost two marks probably with all the VNF stuff and I wrote tuvieron, puso, and frío

Writing:

Like 32-34/35 I think I did quite well lots of points (question 10) wrote 3.5 pages with lots of different verbs and nice wide range of vocab

Overall as I said like 90-93/110. I am hoping for an A and then good marks in the speaking (went well). So it could JUST be an A. That bloody listening. That is what I get for working my ass off isn't it!! Amazing thanks a lot life.

1) Fashion
last season
they give a bad example to young girls and they promote eating disorders
all sizes must be exactly the same in all shops
not all shops follow the new law
dangerous machinery, few breaks and low salaries
in neighbourhoods in the outskirts of cities
read the labels well before buying an item

2) Adverts
portátil
cadena de radio
programa de televisión
seguro de coche
compañía financiera
vacaciones

3) Something to do with phones?
mejor cobertura
guarda tu información personal
no uses tu móvil en el cine
sólo envia mensajes importantes
no uses tu móvil mientras conduces
no descargues imágenes inadecuadas

4) Camping thing
esta primavera
nada - es gratuita
los padres deben ser en paro y el hijo debe ser minusválido
a los que lo pasan mal económicamente en este momento
una quincena
la vela y el senderismo
en zona cantábricas
después de mejorar sus instalaciones
a los niños incapacitados

5) David and Hugo
F - not his first boyfriend, said he has just broken up with someone
N - said birthday but didn't specify it was his birthday
V - something about meeting the next day
F - they'd already moved in together
V - question was about knowing what to wear to the wedding, it said they'd already bought their suits
N? - working in the hotel
N? - I think it said there were a hundred guests at the wedding but the extract didn't say numbers, can't remember the question that well tbh
V - boats and cruises

6) Prison guy
atraco -> robo
trató de -> intentó
enorme -> tremendo
noticiar -> informar, or vice versa
think there was another one?
una solicitud de amistad en Facebook
tenía acceso a sus datos personales
lamentó sus acciones
a través de cartas y llamadas telefónicas
se van a comprometer

7) Festivals
idk these answers sorry

8) Gap fill - order is completely wrong, sorry
madrugada
lata
ayude
aumentar
recomienda
venta
convertido
vez
problemas
there were some more

9) Grammar gap fill
tuvieran
conozco
descubierto
habrá
pusieron/ponían
dedicaba
demasiado
fría
ningún
vaya

It's a bit blank sorry and questions/answers might be in the wrong order, but hopefully others can contribute or something

for the 7th setence in question 9 the answer was not 'demasiado' but 'demasiada' im pretty sure because does it not change depending on the gender of the noun which was publicidad?

Do you think todays exam was easier or harder than last years?

Oh yeah it was indeed, typo. Thanks for pointing it out

Do you think todays exam was easier or harder than last years?

Ah no problem phew at least i know i got 1 mark in that paper haha, well done with the mark scheme btw

I can't remember most of it unfortunately but I had a go I'm sure you got plenty more marks too

1 thing i wanted to ask was what people thought about the first sentence on question 9. You see i had already revised my grammar well so i knew all tenses/moods but my teacher had mentioned that we don't need to know / use any subjunctive other than present subjunctive in year 1 yet tuvieran came up today. How can this be? Was there another option that people could have used or was aqa just feeling extra mean or something?