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GCSE Spanish Revision

hii, i’m in year 11 and i take gcse spanish. it’s not necessarily a weak subject of mine but i’ve always struggled with how to revise for it and my teacher isn’t the best. does anyone have any tips or advice??
Original post by e2009
hii, i’m in year 11 and i take gcse spanish. it’s not necessarily a weak subject of mine but i’ve always struggled with how to revise for it and my teacher isn’t the best. does anyone have any tips or advice??

use quizlet for verbs and vocab, and memrise too. they are excellent. also use conjuguemos for verbs and just do both these little and often. i also suggest past papers too. good luck!
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Original post by iislip623
use quizlet for verbs and vocab, and memrise too. they are excellent. also use conjuguemos for verbs and just do both these little and often. i also suggest past papers too. good luck!

thank you so muchhh x
Original post by e2009
hii, i’m in year 11 and i take gcse spanish. it’s not necessarily a weak subject of mine but i’ve always struggled with how to revise for it and my teacher isn’t the best. does anyone have any tips or advice??

I found StudySmarter best for flashcards- can send you some if you dont have any?
Duolingo is good for consistent practice and make sure to frequently practice your tenses.
I found the viva grammar question book really helpful for exam questions- if you do aqa then id highly recommend it. Active learn is also a fantastic resource as it has a listening, reading, tenses and several vocab activities per lesson (with maybe 10 lessons per topic for 10 topics maybe so lots to do!)
Past papers are great, especially if you make words you didn’t know during the paper into flashcards afterward.
Hope that helps and happy to try to answer any questions if you have them 🙂
Original post by e2009
hii, i’m in year 11 and i take gcse spanish. it’s not necessarily a weak subject of mine but i’ve always struggled with how to revise for it and my teacher isn’t the best. does anyone have any tips or advice??

ahh im so happy I found this!!! GCSE Spanish was my absolute fav subject and I achieved a grade 9 this august!!
I feel like the most important thing to do is to immerse urself into the culture watch as many shows, movies and even YouTube videos to help you do well for listening and speaking, also for writing u should memorise a couple of top grade 9 phrases which you can absolutely always use for any essay like for example ' Cuando sea mayor/ Cuando era pequeňa to show your variety of tenses with minimal effort. don't listen to people who tell u to memorise every word in the spec bc its rlly not do-able but by revising it everyday u slowly end up learning the vocabs without doing it in such a monotone boring way. also I recommend the absolute loml on YouTube for Spanish revision: @astarspanish, hes absolutely heavenly and i remember binging his videos the day before my spanish exams loolll, any more Q's lmk because spanish is SO lovely and i so regret not choosing it for a levels ( cry about it til this day)
Original post by Gcsestudentof24
ahh im so happy I found this!!! GCSE Spanish was my absolute fav subject and I achieved a grade 9 this august!!
I feel like the most important thing to do is to immerse urself into the culture watch as many shows, movies and even YouTube videos to help you do well for listening and speaking, also for writing u should memorise a couple of top grade 9 phrases which you can absolutely always use for any essay like for example ' Cuando sea mayor/ Cuando era pequeňa to show your variety of tenses with minimal effort. don't listen to people who tell u to memorise every word in the spec bc its rlly not do-able but by revising it everyday u slowly end up learning the vocabs without doing it in such a monotone boring way. also I recommend the absolute loml on YouTube for Spanish revision: @astarspanish, hes absolutely heavenly and i remember binging his videos the day before my spanish exams loolll, any more Q's lmk because spanish is SO lovely and i so regret not choosing it for a levels ( cry about it til this day)

also I didn't rlly do much past papers until like April for Spanish because we did loads in class but since you said ur teachers not that great I say start now and u start learning that the papers are so repetitive and u can slowly predict what the questions are gonna be like by making essay plans but I only rly did 'hardcore' revision for Spanish April/may times but I revised loadsss for my dec mocks. but for now I say take it slowly and have fun w Spanish xxxxx
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Original post by DerDracologe
I found StudySmarter best for flashcards- can send you some if you dont have any?
Duolingo is good for consistent practice and make sure to frequently practice your tenses.
I found the viva grammar question book really helpful for exam questions- if you do aqa then id highly recommend it. Active learn is also a fantastic resource as it has a listening, reading, tenses and several vocab activities per lesson (with maybe 10 lessons per topic for 10 topics maybe so lots to do!)
Past papers are great, especially if you make words you didn’t know during the paper into flashcards afterward.
Hope that helps and happy to try to answer any questions if you have them 🙂


thank you so muchhh omd xx i found some flash cards on quizlet but would love if you could send me over the ones you have
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Original post by Gcsestudentof24
ahh im so happy I found this!!! GCSE Spanish was my absolute fav subject and I achieved a grade 9 this august!!
I feel like the most important thing to do is to immerse urself into the culture watch as many shows, movies and even YouTube videos to help you do well for listening and speaking, also for writing u should memorise a couple of top grade 9 phrases which you can absolutely always use for any essay like for example ' Cuando sea mayor/ Cuando era pequeňa to show your variety of tenses with minimal effort. don't listen to people who tell u to memorise every word in the spec bc its rlly not do-able but by revising it everyday u slowly end up learning the vocabs without doing it in such a monotone boring way. also I recommend the absolute loml on YouTube for Spanish revision: @astarspanish, hes absolutely heavenly and i remember binging his videos the day before my spanish exams loolll, any more Q's lmk because spanish is SO lovely and i so regret not choosing it for a levels ( cry about it til this day)


omd thank you so much and CONGRATS ON YOUR 9 x i hope your a-levels are going wellll
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Original post by Gcsestudentof24
also I didn't rlly do much past papers until like April for Spanish because we did loads in class but since you said ur teachers not that great I say start now and u start learning that the papers are so repetitive and u can slowly predict what the questions are gonna be like by making essay plans but I only rly did 'hardcore' revision for Spanish April/may times but I revised loadsss for my dec mocks. but for now I say take it slowly and have fun w Spanish xxxxx


ooh okayy, she told us there’s no need to do past papers right now?? we’re only up till module 5 but i’m just trying to find a revision technique that will work for me
Original post by e2009
thank you so muchhh omd xx i found some flash cards on quizlet but would love if you could send me over the ones you have

Will send you them 🙂 they’re on StudySmarter which i prefer to quizlet but depends on the person so feel free to use your ones if you prefer the platform!
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Original post by DerDracologe
Will send you them 🙂 they’re on StudySmarter which i prefer to quizlet but depends on the person so feel free to use your ones if you prefer the platform!


alright thank youu x i haven’t used studysmarter before so i’ll take it

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