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Year 9 Spanish Spring Term Homework Pack
Due on [day of class]:
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Is there help?
Where can I find it?
Week
#1
Homework 1:
¿Qué tal los estudios? 30 minutes Exercise book
Week
#2
Homework 2:
Mi nuevo instituto 60 minutes Exercise book
Week
#3
Homework 3:
Está prohibido 40 minutes Exercise book
Week
#4
Homework 4:
Destino Zaragoza 30 minutes Exercise book
Week
#5
Homework 5:
Mis clubs y mis exitos 30 minutes Exercise book
Week
#6 -
Half
Term
Homework 6:
Revision 30 minutes Exercise book
Week
#8
Homework 8:
Reteach – Exam Practise 30 minutes Exercise book
Week
#9
Homework 9:
Possessive Adjectives 15 minutes Exercise book
Week
#10 Homework 10:
Grammar - Past, Present and
Future Tenses 30 minutes Exercise book
Week
#11
Homework 11:
Describiendo la gente 40 minutes Exercise book
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Homework #1. DUE: [Date]
¿Qué tal los estudios?
TASK #1: Your Spanish friend Rosa emails you about her subject choices next year.
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Homework #2. DUE: [Date]
Mi nuevo insti
TASK #1: Read both extracts once, without stopping for unfamiliar words, sounding
out difficult words in your head without vocalising them.
Josefina R. Aldecoa was a Spanish writer and teacher who was born in 1926 and died in 2011.
She wrote as part of a literary movement that aimed to weaken the censorship of the Franco
dictatorship. The extract below is from the book Historia de una maestra, written in 1990, which
tells the story of Gabriela, a young teacher, who goes to work in different villages in Spain in
1923, and the challenges she faces. She will move to Equatorial Guinea, a country in central
Africa and a Spanish colony at that time. The extract describes how she taught the children in her
new school there.
Ningún niño sabía español suficiente para entender la explicación. Yo dibujaba en la pizarra las cosas con sus nombres e intentaba que ellos reconocieran las palabras cuando borraba los dibujos. Una pizarra gris y rota, apoyada en el suelo, era la única ayuda.
Más tarde, de mi caja salieron libros, cuadernos, lápices y mapas. Al ver los objetos los alumnos mostraban precaución. Luego se acercaban y tocaban las nuevas cosas para demostrar su inocencia.
Source: Josefina R. Aldecoa, Historia de una maestra, Punto de Lectura, S.L.
TASK #2: Skim both extracts again and highlight all the words related
to a classroom that you can find.
TASK #3: Write the Spanish translations of the words below.
1 Spanish ________________________________
2 Blackboard _____________________________
3 Words _________________________________
4 Drawings _______________________________
5 Books _________________________________
6 Exercise books __________________________
7 Pencils ________________________________
8 Maps _________________________________
9 Students _______________________________
Ningún is a negative word, which means ‘no’/‘not one’.
Remember, ‘skimming’ an extract is to read it quickly to get an overall idea without stopping at difficult words.
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TASK #4: Underline all the verbs in the extract and then match them to the following
English translations. The verbs appear in this order.
1 (they) knew ___________________________
2 to understand _________________________
3 I drew _______________________________
4 I tried _______________________________
5 they recognised _______________________
6 I rubbed out __________________________
7 it was _______________________________
8 (things) came out ________________________
9 to see _________________________________
10 they showed ____________________________
11 they got closer __________________________
12 they touched ____________________________
13 to show ________________________________
TASK #5: Read the extract again, more closely, and answer the questions in English,
using full sentences.
1 Why could students not understand the teacher’s explanations?
_____________________________________________________________________________
2 What did the teacher put on the board? Mention two things.
_____________________________________________________________________________
3 How would she try to help them to understand the vocabulary?
_____________________________________________________________________________
4 What was the blackboard like? Mention two things.
_____________________________________________________________________________
5 What did the teacher take out of the box?
_____________________________________________________________________________
6 When were the students nervous?
_____________________________________________________________________________
7 How did they show that they weren’t nervous anymore?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Use what you know about verbs to help you to complete this task. For example, infinitives will always end in -ar, -er or -ir and mean ‘to’ in English.
You do not need to understand every word of a literary extract in order to understand the gist of it, or to accurately answer questions on it. Focus on the language you do know first of all and begin to build a picture of what the extract is about.
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Homework #3. DUE: [Date]
Está prohibido
TASK #1: Read what Enrique thinks about his school rules and answer the questions.
Creo que las normas son bastante severas pero necesarias. Se debe ser puntual y no se permite salir durante el día escolar. Está prohibido llevar piercings y no se debe ser agresivo.
1 How many words can you find that are similar to English words and help you
understand the text? Underline them.
2 What do you think Enrique’s opinion of his school rules is? (Answer in English.)
TASK #2: Match the Spanish expressions used for talking about what is allowed and
not allowed with the correct English translation.
1 se debe a. you are/one is not allowed
2 está prohibido b. you/one must not
3 no se permite c. you/one must
4 no se debe d. (it) is forbidden
TASK #3: Complete the translation of the text in activity A.
Creo que las normas son bastante severas pero necesarias. Se debe ser puntual y no se permite salir durante el día escolar. Está prohibido llevar piercings y no se debe ser agresivo.
___ ________ ________ the rules are quite _________ but necessary. ______ _______
___ be on ________ and _______ _______ ______ ______________ to ________ during
the ________ day. ____________ piercings ____ _______________ and _______ _______
______ be aggressive.
It’s possible to use ‘one
must’ etc. when translating
these but it sounds more
natural and less formal to
use ‘you’.
Think about the context of a text to help you to find the correct English words. For example, the Spanish word severas is similar to the English word ‘severe’ but this is not the word we use in English when talking about school rules.
The verb used to talk about piercings in Spanish (llevar) is not the one we would usually use in English.
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Homework #4. DUE: [Date]
Destino Zaragoza
TASK #1: Asking different classmates, use the model conversation below to
complete the table of question words. Translate as many as you can before you
begin.
• ¿Tienes “what?” en español?
• Sí, “what?” significa ….
• ¡Gracias!
• ¡De nada! ¿Tienes “why?” en español?
• No, no tengo …
English Spanish
What?
Why?
How?
When?
Where?
Who?
Which?
At what time?
TASK #2: Imagine that you are talking to a Spanish
exchange student about tomorrow. Read the following
conversation out loud with a partner, choosing the
correct question word. Then swap roles.
¿A qué hora/Dónde/Cómo empieza el colegio?
■ Empieza a las nueve.
● ¿Cómo/Cuándo/Qué ropa vas a llevar?
■ Tengo que llevar el uniforme escolar. Voy a llevar una falda gris, una blusa blanca y un jersey azul.
● ¿Cuándo/Cómo/A qué hora vamos a ir al insituto?
■ Vamos a ir a pie.
● ¿Cuándo/Dónde/Cuál vamos a comer?
■ Vamos a comer en la cantina.
Depending on how much you can fill in first will guide your conversation.
You will either need to ‘give one’ (dame una) or ‘get one’ (toma una).
If you can understand key question words, you will be able to answer questions confidently.
Use the vocabulary and the main verb in the original question to help you create your own answers.
Pay close attention to the answer as this will guide you to choose the correct question word.
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Homework #5. DUE: [Date]
Mis clubs y mis exitos
TASK #1: Notice the different verbs that are used to talk about activities.
1 I play the trumpet. Toco la trompeta.
2 I do judo. Practico el judo.
3 I’m a member of the Soy miembro del basketball club. club de baloncesto.
4 I dance salsa. Bailo salsa.
5 I sing in a choir. Canto en un coro.
TASK #2: Now complete these translations by choosing the correct verb from
activity A.
1 I play the violin. – _______________ el violín.
2 I sing in a group. – ______________ en un grupo.
3 I do gymnastics. – ________________ gimnasia.
4 I dance Zumba. – _____________ Zumba.
5 I’m a member of the athletics club.
– __________ miembro del club de atletismo.
It’s important to remember that the verb ‘to play’ is translated in two different ways. Tocar means ‘to play a musical instrument’ and jugar ‘to play a sport’.
Notice how all the verbs except this one end in -o – the present tense verb ending for ‘I’. This verb is an irregular verb so you have to learn it separately. (I am - soy)
In Spanish you can use the verb practicar to say ‘to do’ a sport. In English ‘to practise’ usually means to do something so that you get better at it, but in Spanish practicar can also just mean ‘to do’ when you are talking about doing a sport.
Remember from Module 1 that you do not usually need to use the subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, etc.) in Spanish. Can you remember why?
Remember that Spanish verbs have different endings depending on who the subject is (the person doing the action) and the tense it is in (present, past, future, etc).
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Homework #6. DUE: [Date]
Revision
TASK #1: Read the survey and answer the questions on the next page.
Las preocupaciones de los estudiantes
Aquí están los resultados de un sondeo realizado con un grupo de estudiantes
españoles entre 14 y 16 años:
Problema Porcentaje afectado
Exámenes / evaluaciones 79%
Deberes 62%
Comportamiento de compañeros 47%
Acoso escolar 39%
Padres 30%
Profesores 29%
Ropa 22%
Castigos 12%
Falta de libertad 7%
Es evidente al observar este sondeo que a los estudiantes les preocupan sobre todo
los asuntos relacionados con el trabajo escolar. La presión de sacar buenas notas es
cada vez más importante hoy en día tanto para aquellos estudiantes que buscan
empleo como los que siguen con sus estudios.
Gran número de estudiantes estaban a favor de un nuevo sistema de evaluación
continua en vez de los exámenes, porque estos causan mucho estrés.
Con respecto al comportamiento había dos problemas para los estudiantes
encuestados. En primer lugar, les enfadaba que muchos compañeros se comportan
mal y eso causa problemas en clase tanto para los profesores como los estudiantes.
La presión por parte de los adultos (padres y profesores) afecta a ciertos estudiantes,
aunque en general reconocen que esta puede ser beneficiosa.
La ropa es algo que causa problemas en colegios donde no hay uniforme, porque
resulta caro comprar ropa de última moda. A aquellos estudiantes que sí tienen un
uniforme no les gusta tampoco porque hay una falta de identidad.
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1. Who took part in the survey?
................................................................................................................................(1)
2. What has become more important for those students who want to find a job?
.......................................................................................................................... (1)
3. Why were a lot of students in favour of continuous assessment?
................................................................................................................(1)
4. What are the two consequences of bad behaviour by students?
............................................................. .............................................................(2)
5. How can not having a uniform be a problem?
..............................................................................................................................(1)
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Homework #8. DUE: [Date]
Reteach – Exam Practise
TASK #1: Read the opinions about school facilities on a website forum.
Who says what about their school facilities? Write Vincente, Regina, Iván or Alma.
TASK #2: Read the text about school uniform. Then use the table below to help you fill
in the gaps.
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Homework #9. DUE: [Date]
Possessive Adjectives
TASK #1: Translate into Spanish
1). My brothers ____________________________
2). My houses _______________________
3). My bed ________________________
4). Your (singular) cat ___________________________
5). Your (singular) computer ________________________
6). Your (singular) books _________________________
7). His tortoise __________________________
8). His homework (plural.) ________________________
9). Her parents _________________________
10). Her school
11). Our subjects
12). Our sandwiches
_____________________________ __________________________ ____________________________
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Homework #10. DUE: [Date]
Grammar - Past, Present and Future Tenses
TASK #1: Which tense do these words indicate? Write the numbers in the table
1. ahora 5. el año pasado
2. ayer 6. mañana
3. el año que viene 7. en este momento
4. el sábado pasado 8. hoy
Present Past Future
TASK #2: Circle the correct form of the verb
1. Mañana, hago/ hice/ voy a hacer surf.
2. Ayer, veo/ vi/ voy a ver una serie policíaca.
3. El verano que viene voy/ fui/ voy a ir a España
4. En este momento leo/ leí/ voy a leer el nuevo Harry Potter.
TASK #3: Change the present tense verbs to the preterite and immediate future
El presente El pretérito El futuro inmediato
1. voy
2. compro
3. como
4. vivo
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#4. Match the adjectives
1. active =e a) friendly
2. alegre b) kind
3. simpático c) understanding
4. generoso d) intelligent
5. responsable e) activo
6. amable f) aggressive
7. comprensivo g) selfish
8. hablador h) lazy
9. inteligente i) sensitive
10. agresivo j) unfriendly
11. perezoso k) shy
12. sensible l) happy
13. tonto m) polite
14. egoísta n) chatty
15. nervioso o) funny
16. antipático p) naughty
17. travieso q) generous
18. tímido r) nervous
19. gracioso s) crazy
20. cortés t) responsible
Homework #11. DUE: [Date]
Describiendo la gente
TASK: Complete all tasks in the boxes.
#1: Unscramble each of the words below to
find the Spanish translations
e.g. mum rdame madre
dad preda _________
brother mnaheor _________
sister haamrne _________
grandma buleaa _________
grandad uloeab _________
cousin rimop _________
auntie íat _________
uncle oít _________
friend goima _________
dog operr _________
cat toga _________
horse ballaco _________
rabbit joneoc _________
fish pze _________
#2. Draw a line between the Spanish and the
English phrase
soy I would like
tiene he/she is
es I love
tengo we have
tenemos I am
puede ser I like
me gusta he/she has
me gustaría I hate
me encanta I have
odio he/she can be
#3. Fill in the gaps below
hair - _ e_o
eyes - _j_s
glasses – ga_ _ s
black – n_ _ r_
blonde – r_b_ _
brown – cas_a_o
long – l_ _g_
short (hair) – c_r_ _
tall – a_ _o
short (height) - _a_o
fat – g_r_ _
slim – d_lg_ _ _
