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Year 11 - Spanish

De viaje: extended reading and writing (Edexcel)

Communication and the world around us: Repaso - de viaje

Unit Summary

This unit covers the conditional and inflectional future including irregular stems, and pupils revisit impersonal verbs.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to complete a range of reading and writing tasks on the topic of holidays.

Key Notes

  • It is important to have a broad vocabulary to be successful at answering reading comprehension questions.
  • It is important to look out for synonyms and distractors when answering reading comprehension questions.
  • The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • synonym: word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word
  • distractor: incorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
  • BORDER: acronym used to repond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • To say 'when I am older I will work in a hospital', say 'cuando soy mayor trabajaré en un hospital'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

It is important to have a broad vocabulary to be successful at answering reading comprehension questions. It is important to look out for synonyms and distractors when answering reading comprehension questions.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'synonym'

word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: To say 'when I am older I will work in a hospital', say 'cuando soy mayor trabajaré en un hospital'. Correction: To say 'when I am older I will work in a hospital', say 'cuando sea mayor trabajaré en un hospital'. After 'cuando', use the subjunctive to talk about an event that hasn't yet happened.

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