Spanish translation: free time

Spanish translation: free time
A. Starter
Match the expressions of frequency by writing the letters in the grid below.
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Spanish
English
1. siempre
a. sometimes
2. con frecuencia / frecuentemente
b. rarely
3. todos los días
c. often
4. a menudo
d. occasionally / now and again
5. a veces
e. normally / usually
6. alguna que otra vez / ocasionalmente
f. never
7. muchas veces
g. many times
8. cada año
h. frequently
9. nunca
i. every year
10. casi nunca
j. every day
11. normalmente
k. always
12. raramente
l. almost never / hardly ever
12 =
B. Scrambled sentences
Unjumble the Spanish words to give the correct translation of the sentences.
1. I usually go out with my friends. (mis con salgo normalmente amigos)
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2. I love going to the theatre on Saturdays. (ir los sábados me teatro encanta al)
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3. Do you prefer to watch TV or surf the internet? (navegar TV prefieres por ver o internet)
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4. Yesterday afternoon I visited my cousin. (mi tarde ayer la a prima por visité)
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5. Wouldn’t you like to rest one day a week? (la un descansar día no te semana gustaría a)
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C. Translate into English (Foundation)
1. Los domingos escucho música clásica y leo en mi casa.
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2. Cuando celebramos algún cumpleaños siempre cocino porque me encanta.
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3. ¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?
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4. Siempre chateaba con mis amigos en Facebook o Skype antes de dormir.
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5. Aprenderé a esquiar para ir a la excursión de esquí con el instituto.
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D. Translate into Spanish (Foundation)
1. Every day I get up early and run in the park.
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2. Last week I went to a concert and I enjoyed it a lot.
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3. Occasionally I go to the swimming pool with my neighbour.
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4. Are you a member of any club or any organisation in your city?
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5. Sometimes I go to my father’s tennis club.
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E. Checklist
1. Have you added the right accents?
2. Check spellings and gender of nouns.
3. Check you have the right expressions of frequency.
4. Check your verbs and tenses.
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C. Translate into English (Higher)
Vicente es muy activo. Los domingos juega al fútbol. Se reunía dos veces por semana con una
banda musical y ahora toca el saxo antes de dormir. Antes del desayuno sale a correr y luego
nada en la laguna cerca de su casa. En sus vacaciones tendrá más tiempo libre y ayudará a su
padre en el jardín. Raramente va al cine pero ve películas por internet.
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D. Translate into Spanish (Higher)
I’m Norma and I’m 16 years old. I love playing with the local volleyball team. After doing my
homework and a bit of reading, I like to surf the net. I’m also learning my part for the school
play. I sing and dance with a band and two days ago I did my piano exam. I also play with my
little sister!
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E. Checklist
1. Have you added the right accents?
2. Check spellings and gender of nouns.
3. Check if you’ve used the definite/indefinite articles correctly (‘the’ or ‘a’).
4. Check adjective agreements.
5. Check your tenses.
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Teaching notes
This resource is designed to develop translation skills with a focus on grammatical accuracy and
contains similar tasks to the new GCSE exam questions for all boards.
The resource is differentiated: all students complete the tasks on p.1 and then you can give
Foundation students p.2 while Higher students move straight onto p.3.
Translations below are suggestions only – there may be other possible correct translations. By
using the mark scheme suggested below, students can track their progress as they practise their
translation skills using our other similar worksheets on different topics.
For Foundation translations (individual sentences), allow two marks per sentence: one for
communicating the key message and one for grammatical accuracy, giving a total out of 10.
For Higher translations (short paragraphs), the answers are broken into six sections. Each
section can be given one mark for communication and one mark for grammatical accuracy, to
give a total out of 12.
Answers
A. Starter
1=k
2=h
3=j
4=c
5=a
6=d
7=g
8=i
9=f
10 = l 11 = e 12 = b
B. Scrambled sentences
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Normalmente salgo con mis amigos.
Me encanta ir al teatro los sábados.
¿Prefieres ver TV o navegar por internet?
Ayer por la tarde visité a mi prima.
¿No te gustaría descansar un día a la semana?
C. Foundation translation into English
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2.
3.
4.
5.
On Sundays I listen to classical music and read at home.
When we celebrate a birthday I always cook because I love it.
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I always used to chat with my friends by Facebook or Skype before going to bed.
I’ll learn to ski to go on the ski trip with school.
D. Foundation translation into French
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Todos los días me levanto temprano y corro en el parque.
La semana pasada fui a un concierto y me lo pasé muy bien.
Ocasionalmente voy a la piscina con mi vecina/o.
¿Eres miembro de algún club u organización de tu ciudad?
A veces voy al club de tenis de mi padre.
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C. Higher translation into English
Vicente is very active. He plays football on Sundays. / He used to meet up twice a week
with a musical group / and now he plays the saxophone before going to bed. / Before
breakfast he runs and swims in the lake near his house. / On his holidays he’ll have more
spare time and will help his dad in the garden. / He hardly ever goes to the cinema but
watches films on the internet.
D. Higher translation into Spanish
Me llamo Norma y tengo 16 años. Me encanta jugar con el equipo de voleibol de mi
localidad. / Después de hacer mis tareas y leer un poco, me gusta navegar por la red. /
También estoy aprendiendo mi papel para la obra de la escuela. / Canto y bailo en un
grupo musical y / hace dos días hice mi examen de piano. / También juego con mi
hermana pequeña!
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