the bits of GCSE Spanish that cost marks
grammar
preterite or imperfect? the question that decides it
Use the preterite for something that happened and finished. Use the imperfect for what was going on around it. How long ago it was has nothing to do with the choice.
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ser or estar: one rule, and where it stops working
Both mean to be, and picking the wrong one changes what you said. Permanent versus temporary gets you most of the way there. Here is the rest of the way.
grammar
the nine Spanish tenses GCSE asks for, in one verb
Every tense you need for GCSE Spanish, shown with the same verb so you can see what actually changes. Nine forms, and three of them are barely conjugation at all.
revision
how to revise GCSE Spanish vocabulary so you remember it
Reading through a vocabulary list feels like revision and does almost nothing. What works is being made to produce the word, and being asked again at the right moment.
translation
how to translate a GCSE Spanish sentence without dropping marks
Translation marks go missing in the same three places every year: the tense, the agreement, and a word that was in the English and is not in the Spanish.
or stop reading about it and revise
Your board’s vocabulary list in full, all nine tenses and real translation practice, scheduled so each one comes back just before you forget it.
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