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- Year 11
- Edexcel
Nos preparamos: reading practice (Edexcel)
I can confidently complete exam-style reading comprehension and translation questions.
- Year 11
- Edexcel
Nos preparamos: reading practice (Edexcel)
I can confidently complete exam-style reading comprehension and translation questions.
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Key learning points
- 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.
- When translating from Spanish to English, it is important to read the whole sentence before writing.
- When translating from Spanish to English, make sure your translations sound natural in English.
- When translating from Spanish to English, make sure to check the tense and subject of each verb.
Keywords
Synonym - word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word
Distractror - ncorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common misconception
When translating from Spanish to English, I should translate each word in the order it appears in the Spanish sentence.
When translating from Spanish to English, make sure your translations sound natural in English. This may mean you need to change the word order from the original Spanish sentence.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which verbs are in the past?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
library
money
knowledge
language
plate, dish, course
trip, journey
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
to learn, learning
to get married
to stay, staying
to try, trying
to ask for
to receive, receiving
Q4.Order the words to say: 'there are often exams in January'.
Q5.Write in English: 'ayer fuimos a la costa'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'it is difficult to speak English'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which adjectives are synonyms?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
help
cinema
war
room
mobile phone
swimming pool