This is a worksheet which explains the main uses of the subjunctive (especially, the present subjunctive). The subjunctive in Spanish is widely used and can be quite complex when learning how to use it. This resource is a simple worksheet with everything they need to know on how to use it and how it’s formed. It also comes with an activity to check understanding. Includes the answers.

This game is based on “el juego de la oca” (the goose game). An old board game which is very popular in Spain. It has been adapted with past exam questions which have come up in role plays, photo cards and general conversations. The students will need a dice, and on every square they land, they will need to answer a question on the topic of friends and family. In some cases they will need to complete a sentence. The aim of the game is to encourage students to develop their answers in order to win. The game includes real exam questions from previous years, the rules explained and the board game adapted to practice speaking.

This PPT is to introduce the students the women’s role during the Franco’s dictatorship. Students learn about “La guía de la buena esposa”, a short book with 11 rules which dictated how women had to behave in Spain durign that period of time. Students read carefully the 11 rules and need to summarise them only describing the main idea. Using the worksheet students will help each other, each student will have to describe one rule with their own words and the others will write it down. Another way to complete the sheet can be displaying the rules around the class and students will choose to summarise some of them. This activity is very useful to practice writing skills when summarising texts and for students to learn how the women’s role has changed over the years in Spain.

A series of Mind Maps for Spanish A Level essay about Crónica de una Muerte anunciada. Students to know all the important characteristics of the book, from analysis of main characters and themes to narrative styles followed by a series of essay questions to practice.

A PPT and a reading activity about sexism in Hispanic countries. Students will discuss first some pictures about “micromachismos”, a type of sexism which is not very obvious and accepted by society. Students will discuss and compare the different types of sexism that they encounter in their daily life. The students will then read an article about this type of sexism which still exists in Spain and they will learn about real cases. These resources are for students to practice speaking and reading skills as well as learning more facts about the Spanish society and reflect on social issues such as sexism and chauvinism.

A good way to practise the present subjunctive with the song “A Dios le pido” from Juanes. Ideally this exercise should be done once the present subjunctive has been introduced, especially the subjunctive after verbs of request and wishes.

This fun and popular game is to practice speaking skills in Spanish going through the holiday vocabulary. It is well differentiated and students can choose the level of difficulty. How it works: in pairs, one student is looking at the screen (PPT) and the other one is looking away or with their eyes closed. The student looking at the PPT has to describe the word/s in Spanish within the time allowed. *** Differentiation:** The word with a green star has vocabulary to help to describe it, the word with a yellow star does not have any vocabulary to help and the word with a pink star has vocabulary that cannot be mentioned. Each colour has different points depending on its difficulty. The pair who guesses more words and accumulates more points within the time allowed wins. It’s a great game to practice and revise vocabulary and also helps them to improvise while they speak in Spanish. Students have to describe words on the spot and also helps them to revise what they have learned. This game can be adapted for other sub topics.