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Year 10
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Oportunidades: photo description and conversation practice

I can develop spoken responses when describing photos and answering conversation questions about work and education.

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Year 10
Edexcel

Oportunidades: photo description and conversation practice

I can develop spoken responses when describing photos and answering conversation questions about work and education.

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Key learning points

  1. The PALM acronym is a useful tool to include a range of information when describing photos.
  2. When describing photos in Spanish, it is important to plan extended answers to talk for a prolonged period of time.
  3. When responding to conversation questions in Spanish, it is important to develop answers with 2-3 clauses.

Keywords

  • PALM - acronym for photo description (people, action, location, mood)

  • Clause - a whole or part of a sentence that includes a subject and verb

Common misconception

When responding to conversation questions, it will suffice to give one-word answers.

Conversation answers should be consistently developed with 2-3 clauses. One-word answers are not enough.


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Learning Cycle 1 contains Higher-tier vocabulary. If students need more practice before saying their answers aloud in Task C2, they could practise writing their clauses beforehand on mini whiteboards.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'towards'?
además
antes
aún
hace
Correct answer: hacia
Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:cultural (m, f),cultural

cultural

Correct Answer:desconocido (m),unknown

unknown

Correct Answer:infantil (m, f),of children, children's

of children, children's

Correct Answer:numeroso (m),numerous

numerous

Correct Answer:suave (m, f),soft, gentle, mild

soft, gentle, mild

Correct Answer:justo (m),fair, just

fair, just

Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:aceite (m),oil

oil

Correct Answer:alimento (m),food

food

Correct Answer:discriminación (f),discrimination

discrimination

Correct Answer:fe (f),faith

faith

Correct Answer:justicia (f),justice

justice

Correct Answer:selección (f),selection

selection

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'the law will have a big impact'.
1 - la
2 - ley
3 - tendrá
4 - un
5 - gran
6 - impacto
Q5.
'A mis abuelos __________ encanta la música'. Choose the correct missing word.
me
te
le
se
Correct answer: les
Q6.
Write in English: '¿Cuál es tu objetivo?'.
Correct Answer: What is your objective?

4 Questions

Q1.
Conversation answers should be __________ long.
one word
one clause
2-3 words
Correct answer: 2-3 clauses
more than 3 clauses
Q2.
Order the phrases according to the acronym PALM.
1 - Veo cinco estudiantes.
2 - Están estudiando juntos.
3 - Están en la biblioteca.
4 - Creo que están preocupados.
Q3.
Which responses include two clauses?
En mi tiempo libre me gusta jugar al fútbol.
Correct answer: Me gustaría ir a la universidad porque quiero estudiar las ciencias.
Juego al baloncesto y me encanta porque paso tiempo con mis amigos.
Correct answer: Nunca trabajaría como enfermero, sin embargo pienso que es interesante.
Mi colegio es grande. Está en las afueras pero hay un autobús cada día.
Q4.
Write in Spanish: 'in the photo there are two people'.
Correct Answer: En la foto hay dos personas.

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