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A lively outdoor evening scene in a Spanish plaza, with a group of friends gathered around someone playing an acoustic guitar. Warm string lights illuminate the joyful atmosphere, capturing the essence of shared leisure and cultural enjoyment.
A lively outdoor evening scene in a Spanish plaza, with a group of friends gathered around someone playing an acoustic guitar. Warm string lights illuminate the joyful atmosphere, capturing the essence of shared leisure and cultural enjoyment.
CoursePublicCreated 08/04/2026

GCSE Spanish (AQA)

Every single grammar point and vocabulary list for the AQA GCSE Spanish exam, from Foundation right up to Higher Tier.

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A lively outdoor evening scene in a Spanish plaza, with a group of friends gathered around someone playing an acoustic guitar. Warm string lights illuminate the joyful atmosphere, capturing the essence of shared leisure and cultural enjoyment.
CoursePublicCreated 08/04/2026

GCSE Spanish (AQA)

29Total Decks
0%Complete
es-ES, en-GBAnswer Language

Every single grammar point and vocabulary list for the AQA GCSE Spanish exam, from Foundation right up to Higher Tier.

Decks in this Course

29 items
A warm-toned, close-up photograph featuring a single, well-worn leather-bound Spanish book resting on a rustic wooden table. In the softly blurred background, a collection of similar books and tables are visible, subtly illustrating the concepts of singular and plural forms within distinct categories.

AQA GCSE Spanish: Nouns and Articles

Learn the rules for noun gender (masculine/feminine), how to form plurals, and how to use definite (el, la, los, las) and indefinite (un, una, unos, unas) articles correctly.

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A vibrant street scene in a Spanish city, featuring a tall, elegant woman and a shorter, smiling man walking past a bright red vintage car. The golden hour light casts long shadows, highlighting their distinct appearances and the car's vivid color.

AQA GCSE Spanish: Adjectives

Learn how to make adjectives agree with nouns in gender and number, their typical position in a sentence, and how to form basic comparative and superlative statements in Spanish.

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A vibrant, wide-angle photograph of an outdoor Spanish plaza cafe filled with people enjoying tapas and drinks on a sunny afternoon. Groups of friends and families are seen laughing, conversing animatedly, and sharing food, with warm sunlight illuminating the lively scene.

AQA GCSE Spanish: Present Tense Regular Verbs

Master the conjugation of regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in the present tense for all subject pronouns (yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ellos/ellas/ustedes).

en-GB → es-ES
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A vivid, wide-angle photograph of a charming Italian piazza during golden hour, with people socializing, walking between historic buildings, and enjoying espresso at outdoor cafes. The scene subtly emphasizes the dynamic relationships and connections between people and their surroundings.

AQA GCSE Spanish: Key Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense

Learn the present tense conjugations of the most important irregular verbs in Spanish: 'ser', 'estar', 'tener', 'ir', and 'hacer'. This deck covers their forms, the key difference between 'ser' and 'estar', and how to use them in essential sentences.

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A sun-drenched, high-angle photograph of two distinct, hand-painted Spanish ceramic bowls sitting on a rustic terracotta table in a Mediterranean courtyard. One hand is gently pulling a vibrant blue bowl closer, emphasizing ownership and personal choice under the warm, golden afternoon light.

AQA GCSE Spanish: Pronouns

Learn to use subject pronouns, direct and indirect object pronouns (me, te, lo, la, le, etc.), reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, etc.), and possessive pronouns (mío, tuyo, etc.).

en-GB → es-ES
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A vibrant, candid photograph of a diverse group of Spanish friends laughing and sharing tapas at an outdoor cafe on a sunny afternoon in a bustling Spanish city. The warm light highlights their joyful expressions and close interactions, composed for a 3:2 landscape frame.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Me, My Family and Friends Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing yourself, family members, friends, relationships, and personal characteristics.

en-GB → es-ES
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A vibrant wide-angle photograph of young people in a bustling Spanish city square, bathed in warm afternoon sunlight. They are gathered around a table at a cafe, laughing and actively engaged with their smartphones and tablets, sharing moments and connecting online, blending modern technology with traditional social life.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Technology in Everyday Life Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary related to technology, including social media, mobile phones, the internet, and their advantages and disadvantages.

en-GB → es-ES
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A lively outdoor evening scene in a Spanish plaza, with a group of friends gathered around someone playing an acoustic guitar. Warm string lights illuminate the joyful atmosphere, capturing the essence of shared leisure and cultural enjoyment.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Free-Time Activities Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for talking about hobbies, music, cinema, TV, food, eating out, and sports.

en-GB → es-ES
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A vibrant, wide-angle photograph capturing the joyful atmosphere of a Los Reyes Magos (Three Wise Men) parade in a Spanish city. People in elaborate, colorful costumes on a festive float are throwing candies to excited children lining a sunlit historic street, showcasing a lively cultural celebration in a 3:2 landscape.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 1: Customs and Festivals Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing customs, traditions, and festivals in Spanish-speaking countries, including food, activities, and key dates.

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The image captures a warm, academic ambiance. A well-worn Spanish textbook, heavily annotated and showing signs of age with ripped pages and water stains, lies open on a wooden desk. The warm tones of the wood are accented by bright, natural light streaming in from a nearby window. A steaming mug of cappuccino sits to the side, suggesting a moment of study break. Several pencils are scattered around the book and mug, implying a workspace in use. The composition is intimate, focusing on the book and surrounding elements, giving a sense of focused study and reflection.

AQA GCSE Spanish: The Preterite Tense

Learn to form and use the preterite tense to talk about completed past actions. This deck covers regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, and the key irregular verbs (e.g., ser, ir, dar, ver, hacer, tener, estar).

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A warm, sun-drenched photograph of a tranquil cobblestone plaza in a small Spanish town. The scene captures everyday routines unfolding gently, like children playing or friends conversing at a cafe, evoking a sense of cherished memories and what "used to happen" long ago.

AQA GCSE Spanish: The Imperfect Tense

Learn to form and use the imperfect tense to describe ongoing or habitual past actions, descriptions, and settings. This deck covers regular conjugations and the three irregular verbs (ser, ir, ver).

en-GB → es-ES
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A narrow, sun-drenched cobblestone alley in a historic Spanish town, with a subtle, shimmering light emanating from around a distant corner, hinting at an imagined or hypothetical path.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Home, Town, Neighbourhood and Region Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing your house, your room, your town, and your region, including amenities and what there is to do.

en-GB → es-ES
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A wide, dramatic aerial photograph captures a sprawling megacity at dusk in Southeast Asia or Africa, with new, modern high-rises emerging from a dense, older urban fabric, all bathed in warm, golden light. A busy highway or river snakes through the foreground, leading towards the glowing cityscape in the horizontal frame.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Social Issues Vocabulary

This deck covers the essential AQA GCSE Spanish vocabulary for Theme 2, focusing on social issues. You'll learn words and phrases to discuss healthy living, charity work, and major social problems like poverty and homelessness, enabling you to express your opinions on these topics.

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A wide, dramatic photograph of a parched, cracked earth landscape stretching towards the horizon in a rural Spanish region, with a few struggling, dry olive trees silhouetted against a harsh, clear sky. The scene conveys intense heat and drought.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Global Issues Vocabulary

Learn the essential AQA GCSE Spanish vocabulary for discussing global issues. This deck covers key terms for environmental problems like pollution and climate change, solutions like recycling, and social issues such as poverty and unemployment.

en-GB → es-ES
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A close-up, eye-level photograph of a hand receiving a classic, ornate hotel room key from an unseen person at a warm, inviting hotel reception desk. The scene is bathed in soft, golden light, evoking a sense of welcome and the start of a journey.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 2: Travel and Tourism Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for talking about holidays, destinations, transport, accommodation, and typical holiday activities.

en-GB → es-ES
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A beautiful photograph of a winding, ancient stone path in the French countryside, forking into two distinct directions. One path leads clearly towards a bright, sunlit horizon, while the other diverges into a slightly more shadowed, intriguing area, suggesting choices and possibilities.

AQA GCSE Spanish: The Future and Conditional Tenses

Learn to form and use the simple future tense (e.g., 'hablaré') and the conditional tense (e.g., 'hablaría'), including regular forms and common irregular stems (e.g., 'tendr-', 'podr-', 'har-').

en-GB → es-ES
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A close-up, high-detail photograph of a person's hands gently holding a vintage, slightly faded photograph. The photograph within the photo shows a solitary figure walking along a misty, winding path, suggesting past actions and hypothetical journeys. Soft, contemplative lighting illuminates the scene.

AQA GCSE Spanish: The Perfect and Pluperfect Tenses

Learn to form and use the present perfect tense (e.g., 'he hablado') to talk about recent past events, and the pluperfect tense (e.g., 'había hablado') to talk about what had happened before another past event. Covers 'haber' and past participles.

en-GB → es-ES
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A dramatic photograph of a young Spanish student, mid-twirl in a flamenco pose, her vibrant dress flowing dynamically, bathed in warm, directional light within a rustic, sun-drenched Andalusian courtyard. The scene captures the energy of learning and cultural expression in a 3:2 landscape.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: My Studies Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for talking about school subjects, teachers, opinions on subjects, and what you do in different lessons.

en-GB → es-ES
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A wide, sun-drenched photograph of a bustling school courtyard (`el patio`) in a traditional Spanish school during break time. Teenage students are seen chatting, laughing, and walking, capturing the vibrant energy of daily school life, framed by old stone arches and terracotta details with warm, natural lighting.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: Life at School and College Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for describing your school, the school day, rules, uniform, and pressures or problems.

en-GB → es-ES
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A wide, sun-drenched photograph of a historic Spanish university courtyard, bustling with young adults in their late teens and early twenties. Students are walking purposefully and gathered in small groups, chatting and looking thoughtful, symbolizing future educational paths and choices. The ornate, distinctly Spanish architecture is bathed in warm, natural light, conveying a sense of opportunity and vibrancy.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: Education Post-16 Vocabulary

Learn the essential AQA GCSE Spanish vocabulary for discussing post-16 options like A-levels, university, and apprenticeships. This deck covers key terms for plans, advantages, disadvantages, and using the future tense to express intentions.

en-GB → es-ES
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A vibrant, wide-angle photograph of a bustling, sunlit modern office. Diverse professionals, dressed in business casual attire, are actively collaborating in small groups and individually at sleek workstations, conveying a sense of purpose and dynamic teamwork.

AQA GCSE Spanish Theme 3: Jobs and Careers Vocabulary

Learn and memorise the essential AQA vocabulary for discussing part-time jobs, work experience, career ambitions, and what is important in a job.

en-GB → es-ES
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A dramatic, close-up photograph of a flamenco dancer captured mid-twirl, with her flowing dress creating a dynamic blur. Soft, warm stage lighting illuminates her passionate expression, emphasizing the temporary state of movement and emotion.

AQA GCSE Spanish: Imperatives and Gerunds

Learn to form and use commands (imperatives) for 'tú' and 'ustedes' in both positive and negative forms. This deck also covers forming the gerund ('-ando' / '-iendo') and using it with the verb 'estar' to describe actions in progress, a key skill for the AQA GCSE Spanish exam.

en-GB → es-ES
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A dramatic close-up photograph of hands gracefully tossing several shimmering coins into a grand, ornate traditional Spanish fountain. The water is illuminated by the warm, golden light of a setting sun, creating sparkling reflections. The background is a softly blurred, atmospheric Spanish plaza, composed for a 3:2 landscape frame.

AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier: The Present Subjunctive

This deck covers the formation and use of the present subjunctive in Spanish, a key topic for AQA GCSE Higher Tier candidates. You'll learn how to form the subjunctive for regular and irregular verbs, and when to use it with expressions of will, emotion, doubt, and more (WEIRDO).

en-GB → es-ES
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A wide-angle, vivid photograph of a bustling outdoor market in Spain, where a friendly Spanish vendor animatedly presents a vibrant, colorful item to a customer, whose expression shows a mix of curiosity and slight surprise, as if in a lively, conversational exchange.

AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: The Speaking Role-Play

Master the AQA Speaking exam role-play task. Learn key transactional phrases, how to respond to prompts, how to ask a question, and strategies for dealing with unexpected elements.

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A vivid, wide-angle photograph of a bustling traditional Spanish outdoor market on a sunny day. Colourful awnings cast dynamic shadows over stalls brimming with fresh produce, vibrant flowers, and local crafts, where people are seen animatedly conversing and enjoying small bites. Historic architecture forms a picturesque backdrop, all composed for a dramatic 3:2 landscape frame.

AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: The Speaking Photo Card

Develop the skills needed for the AQA Speaking exam photo card task. Learn how to describe a photo, answer the follow-up questions, and structure your responses to include opinions and different tenses.

en-GB → es-ES
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A vibrant, candid photograph of a group of Italian friends laughing and conversing animatedly at an outdoor café or trattoria in a picturesque Italian piazza during golden hour, with plates of pasta and glasses of aperitivo on the table, capturing the joyful essence of daily life and shared hobbies.

AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: The General Conversation

Prepare for the general conversation part of the Speaking exam. This deck provides key phrases and vocabulary covering all twelve GCSE topics, helping you build answers using varied tenses and opinions.

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A vibrant, sun-drenched photograph of an ornate, traditional Spanish wooden door or archway in a picturesque old town, slightly ajar, revealing a glimpse of a lively, colorful courtyard or a bustling street with people beyond, inviting the viewer into the scene.

AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: Translation into Spanish

Practice and refine the skill of translating sentences from English into Spanish. This deck focuses on common grammatical structures and vocabulary that frequently appear in the translation section of the Writing exam.

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A close-up, dramatic photograph of an archeologist's hands carefully brushing sand from an intricately carved ancient Roman or Moorish artifact unearthed in a sun-drenched Spanish excavation site. The focus is on the delicate process of revealing complex patterns and symbols, with sunlight highlighting dust particles and the textured surface of the artifact, composed for a 3:2 landscape frame.

AQA GCSE Spanish Exam Skills: Reading and Listening Strategies

Learn effective techniques for the AQA GCSE Spanish Reading and Listening exams. This deck covers understanding question types, identifying keywords, dealing with unknown vocabulary, and managing time effectively to help you succeed.

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A wide-angle, dramatic photograph of a winding, dusty road stretching across sun-drenched, rolling hills in a classic Spanish landscape. In the distance, a few historic windmills stand against a clear blue sky, evoking a sense of an unfolding journey and an 'once upon a time' story. A lone, silhouetted figure walks along the road, looking towards the horizon, symbolizing a protagonist embarking on a narrative.

AQA GCSE Spanish Higher Tier: Approaching Literary Texts

Develop the skills to understand and answer questions on short, authentic literary texts as required for the Higher Tier Reading paper. This deck focuses on identifying key information, understanding literary vocabulary, and interpreting meaning.

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