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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Grammar Spine Β· WJEC GCSE Spanish (3840QS)

The grammar spine

A language has no tidy modules β€” but its grammar does. These ten mini-lessons teach the whole grammatical backbone of WJEC GCSE Spanish in sequence, from the building blocks to the structures you need to recognise. The course is untiered (grades A*–G), so everyone works through the same ten β€” each one builds on the last.

1 Β· The teaching

Ten grammar mini-lessons β€” the graspable overview. Grammar drives the order of the course.

2 Β· The practice fuel

Theme vocabulary rides on top as drills and games, exercising each structure in context.

Core Β· clusters 1–8
1
🧱 Building blocks Core

Nouns, gender, articles and adjective agreement.

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2
πŸ—£οΈ The present-tense system Core

Regular verbs, stem-changers and the core irregulars; ser vs estar.

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3
πŸ‘₯ Talking about people Core

Subject, object and reflexive pronouns; negation; questions.

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4
πŸ’­ Plans & opinions Core

Near future (ir a), modals, gustar-type verbs, me gustarΓ­a.

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5
βͺ The preterite Core

The simple past for completed, specified events.

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6
πŸ“– Perfect & imperfect Core

Present perfect, imperfect, and the preterite-vs-imperfect contrast.

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7
⏩ Future & conditional Core

The inflectional future and conditional, with irregular stems.

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8
πŸ”— Joining ideas Core

Comparatives, adverbs, prepositions, por vs para and the personal a.

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Recognise & skills Β· clusters 9–10
9
🎯 Structures to recognise Recognise

Understand (don't produce) the subjunctive, passive, pluperfect, gerund and imperative β€” plus acabar de, seguir + gerund and desde hace.

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10
πŸ”Š Sounds & exam technique Skills

The alphabet, phonics & sound-symbol rules for reading aloud, and how the untiered 45% NEA course works (Oracy, set work, Listening, Reading & Writing).

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Built to the WJEC GCSE Spanish (3840QS) specification.
A single, untiered course (grades A*–G) with 45% Non-Exam Assessment, covering three broad themes: language for leisure and wellbeing, language for travel, and language for study and work.
Clusters 1–8 are the core you produce; cluster 9 gathers the structures you only need to recognise; cluster 10 is the alphabet, phonics and exam technique.