KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
Entre amigos: extended reading (Edexcel)
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Your learning goal
I can read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions on the topic of friends and family.
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Entre amigos: extended reading (Edexcel): slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
The original illustrated PowerPoint is available as well as the IllumED text slides. It retains the publisher’s design and credits.
Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions on the topic of friends and family.
Key learning points
- It is important to have a good knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences to accurately read aloud in Spanish.
- It is important to spot tricky sounds and cognates, and mentally rehearse before reading aloud in Spanish.
- 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.
Words to know
- sound-symbol correspondence
- relationship between letters and their sounds
- distractor
- incorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
- synonym
- word that has the same or very similar meaning to another word
Common mistakes
There is not much I can do to prepare for Spanish reading exams.
You can prepare for Spanish reading exams by revising vocabulary to make sure you can understand as many words as possible.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Slide 8 contains only Higher-tier words. Task A1 can be easily adapted to focus on words that are relevant to your students' tier and exam board.