GCSE Spanish Writing (Higher): Complete Walkthrough

In this video I go through all 3 questions of the AQA/Edexcel higher tier writing paper, giving examples of how to answer the questions and tips along the way!
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[@AStarSpanish]

I made this video ages ago & left in a few mistakes (apologies): 2:42 mi casa es muy limpiA y modernA (adjective agreement oopsie) My writing paper playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL6o0h5mgHmGUolNdPRvJHY6G3HgTlZzpC

[@zararattonsey9297]

gracias! este video es muy util! por los esudiantes en 2024, buenas suertes!!!

[@lunalovegood8155]

gracias! buenas suertes!

[@ian_wallace]

Cant believe I didn't comment on this but I got an overall grade 9 for spanish, tysm for the help

[@AStarSpanish]

A 9 this year was so difficult so I am so happy for you! Well done!!

[@coralhughes1920]

What were the topics 😭 sitting the writing tmr and never done higher

[@AStarSpanish]

for writing it won’t help you too much if you know last years questions lol! memorise some nice phrases to use and use them in the paper! good luck!

[@coralhughes1920]

​@AStarSpanish I'm sitting the 2023 paper as a mock 😅

[@AStarSpanish]

@coralhughes1920 oh yeah I know haha. But even with how the writing paper works, knowing the questions on the paper won’t help you too much. each question is usually so broad that it doesn’t matter. And there’s 2 options for the first 2 questions. I’d recommend watching some of my writing videos and revising for tomorrow! the translation at the end can be especially tricky!

[@wookiedogz4082]

Thank you so much for this video! I have my GCSE tomorrow! At first I was worried about the exam but after watching this video I feel much more confidant:)) muchas gracias

[@AStarSpanish]

Glad it helped!

[@wookiedogz4082]

@@AStarSpanish I just had my exam and i feel it went so well! thank you so much for the help :))

[@Judith-io3it]

Wow im so shocked because the first 90 word question you did literally came up in the exam today as the first question and i knew exactly what to say thanks to your video 😊

[@sarah-zw3lc]

just finished spanish writing! it was actually really good and question 1 and 2 were basically a mix of question 1.2 in this video! so glad I watched this last night, Thank you so much!!

[@AStarSpanish]

That's great!

[@xxn_hxx245]

Could you do a video on the different tenses and how to use them? Thank you!

[@AStarSpanish]

Great suggestion however there are loads of other videos on KZbin about tenses (both GCSE specific and non-GCSE specific) so I don't think I'll be doing a whole video on tenses! if you have any specific questions though just let me know and of course I can answer them! (I recommend The Language Tutor's videos about tenses. Main ones at GCSE are present, preterite, imperfect, future & conditional - you need to know a few more at higher tier but those are the main ones)

[@emilijaivanova6259]

Sooo helpful, gracias!

[@a123-n3s]

hii what would you say is the best way to revise wriitng instead of writing practice answers because i feel like i dont even know the basic vocab for each theme and i feel like its so late and idk what to do

[@AStarSpanish]

Have a look at the knowledge organiser linked in the description of my most recent video!

[@a123-n3s]

@@AStarSpanish omg tysm

[@revisonator1578]

Hello, do you have any advice for improving at the listening exam? Thanks.

[@AStarSpanish]

Listening is usually the skill people find toughest! I would say right now, keep learning vocabulary and practise listening (with Spanish podcasts/YT channels) to get yourself used to the language and speed of native speakers. You can also just practice with past exam papers (and use those from other exam boards too).

[@danielkwon4236]

for 3:01 for the first bullet point, i though you said to write in present tense, however in the first paragraph you have done past as well. So they still give to the "correct tense" mark even though you only did one line of present tense and the rest was past?

[@AStarSpanish]

yeah so I started off with the present, and then to get "extra" marks, I tied in the imperfect tense!

[@danielkwon4236]

@@AStarSpanish would the example you gave for the 90word question be roughly full marks?

[@AStarSpanish]

yep!

[@danielkwon4236]

@@AStarSpanish ok thanks

[@20guinip]

Sir, ''mi cas(a) is a feminine word, ''mi casa'' can not be ''mi casa es muy limpio'', it has to be ''mi cas(a) es muy limpi(a)'' 3:09 Sir, I don't want be rude but but you made this video to help students like me pass their Spanish GCSEs, things like this cause us to lose points. I give you some advice, always pay attention to what you are going to do and check if what you are saying is correct. Don't take what I am saying as a bad thing take this as something you can be aware in the future.

[@Codie-pl9te]

so helpful Tysm

[@void2078]

graciass!!

[@MaxYan-bi4jm]

Para decir la verdad estoy cocinado

[@aiqi-ot2gs]

Is that all you need to write to get top marks? I always thought we needed to write two pages

[@AStarSpanish]

no it’s not about quantity! 90 words and 150 words is enough (depending on if it’s q1 or q2)

[@pythonian9977]

When I search up 'A mi jucio' I get 'A mi juicio'? It's 'juicio' then right?

[@kittytube518]

juicio is correct he made a mistake

[@lexylashes1]

You’ve made a major basic mistake in the first line! “…mi casa es muy limpio y moderno???!!! Casa is feminine yet you have used masculine adjectives! Line 3 “…se aburrò???” Surely you know it’s se aburrió? Please correct!

[@AStarSpanish]

I am so sorry I've never noticed this and you're the first person to point it out to me! Thanks!

[@gurnoorkaur4583]

@@AStarSpanishshould there be a ¡ at 8:31 in the final line where it says Que interesante! or is it not necessary

[@AStarSpanish]

@gurnoorkaur4583 Upside down question marks aren’t super important especially at GCSE, definitely won’t be marked down for that!

[@carterfridd7070]

is there always 3 options for the 90/150 words?

[@AStarSpanish]

I'm 99% sure it will only be 2 options for this year but the last 2 years there were indeed 3.

[@carterfridd7070]

@@AStarSpanish ok thanks

[@omos7868]

​@@AStarSpanish are the two options each covering one theme?

[@AStarSpanish]

they usually cover 2 different themes

[@frostfnbr]

have u got a seperate video about the spicy phrases

[@AStarSpanish]

YES

[@reqssss]

How did you get these papers?

[@AStarSpanish]

From the AQA website! Bear in mind this video was filmed earlier this year. I know recently AQA have removed a lot of papers from their site, but they are still available from other sites (like Revision World and Save My Exams etc) and on the web archive!

[@20guinip]

3:24 is not ''aburro'' is ''aburrió''

[@anniegill241]

what does estar como una cabra mean?

[@jasonnong3305]

Mocks in 10 minutes

[@AStarSpanish]

Buena suerte!

[@AndrewJordan-c6h]

the red squiggles annoys me ngl

[@AStarSpanish]

Sorry!

[@frostfnbr]

im cooked

[@AStarSpanish]

YOU'RE NOT ALONE