AQA AS Spanish Essay Questions Predictions 2016

Original post by jenduds1234

It was the question where you had to choose which answer A,B or C was logic and made sense

Gracias! I'll stop freaking out now :tongue:

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joodaa

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Original post by tinkerbella~

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
aumentar
recomienda
venta
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 :h:

I think for number 8 vez and convertido may have been a couple answers?

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Original post by joodaa

I think for number 8 vez and convertido may have been a couple answers?

Just added vez like 15 seconds ago :lol:

and yeah convertido was there too so I'll add that! Thank you :h:

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Lozza98

Original post by chazer154

It's agua frío because agua is masculine

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No it is fria, because agua is feminine. The only reason it's not la agua, is because them it's a double a sound which the Spanish don't do, in conjugations and stuff, again is feminine.

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Guys does it look bad to retake next year? (for spanish and maths if anyone knows)
Also like how much does the AS count for the overall a level?
Does anyone advise starting to revise the a2 or aS syllabus in summer to improve my spanish /

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RainBear

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How many marks would you need for a C

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MMMMM22

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Original post by phantomspecialist

and for the last question of the prison guy, I got "se van a comprometer"

Do you remember if in the text, it said ' se van a comprometer' because i thought it said that like once he's done with jail 'se comprometen.'
did you include the van a yourself or was it in the text to copy directly?

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Original post by Wisteria_xo

Guys does it look bad to retake next year? (for spanish and maths if anyone knows)
Also like how much does the AS count for the overall a level?
Does anyone advise starting to revise the a2 or aS syllabus in summer to improve my spanish /

AS is 50% of the overall A-Level. 60 for AS speaking, 140 for AS writing, same again for A2.
I wouldn't really bother. I did some stuff on poverty and environment over summer that my teachers gave us as optional work and I never used it once this year. Maybe consolidate grammar and tenses, also possibly read/watch/research whatever you're doing for the culture topics, but in my opinion learning content isn't worth it so much.

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MMMMM22

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Original post by tinkerbella~

Oh yeah, I did that one :lol:

thanks!

you know for the first listening, will i get a mark if i wrote that the workers lived in the boroughs in the outskirt of the city. instead of in the neighborhood in the outskirt of the city

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Original post by tinkerbella~

AS is 50% of the overall A-Level. 60 for AS speaking, 140 for AS writing, same again for A2.
I wouldn't really bother. I did some stuff on poverty and environment over summer that my teachers gave us as optional work and I never used it once this year. Maybe consolidate grammar and tenses, also possibly read/watch/research whatever you're doing for the culture topics, but in my opinion learning content isn't worth it so much.

Thank you was so much appreciated !! I'll do that and practise my spoken spanish!
just out of curiosity have you applied for spanish related at uni?

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harry_tb

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Does anyone reckon the grade boundaries will be high this year because last year it was 91 for an A. Hoping that AQA lower the grade boundaries this year :s-smilie:

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Original post by MMMMM22

you know for the first listening, will i get a mark if i wrote that the workers lived in the boroughs in the outskirt of the city. instead of in the neighborhood in the outskirt of the city

Maybe? WordReference lists borough as a translation for barrio.
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Original post by harry_tb

Does anyone reckon the grade boundaries will be high this year because last year it was 91 for an A. Hoping that AQA lower the grade boundaries this year

I thought this years paper was harder, if that means anything.

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username1447874

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Original post by Wisteria_xo

Guys does it look bad to retake next year? (for spanish and maths if anyone knows)
Also like how much does the AS count for the overall a level?
Does anyone advise starting to revise the a2 or aS syllabus in summer to improve my spanish /

I would recommend doing some light spanish, for example learning the vocab

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carbs1999

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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!

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Yasdyxo

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for the prison reading bit ...
i only put "calling with telephones" or whatever it was in spanish because it only had (1mark) ... do you think you had to put writing letters ANNND calling with phones? Both the bits oooor? :frown:

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Original post by phantomspecialist

I would recommend doing some light spanish, for example learning the vocab

Thank you ! :smile:

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

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Original post by harry_tb

Does anyone reckon the grade boundaries will be high this year because last year it was 91 for an A. Hoping that AQA lower the grade boundaries this year :s-smilie:

Yeahhhh I think so , there was a lot of unknown vocab, in hindsight it wasn't as bad as I thought tbh ! And the essay's were very strange

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username1447874

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Original post by MMMMM22

Do you remember if in the text, it said ' se van a comprometer' because i thought it said that like once he's done with jail 'se comprometen.'
did you include the van a yourself or was it in the text to copy directly?

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

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