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Free AQA GCSE Spanish
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real AQA GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real AQA GCSE Spanish paper looks like

Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Spanish syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

'Mi primo' is the writer's:

  1. Uncle
  2. Nephew
  3. Grandson
  4. Cousin
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✓ Answer: D — Cousin
Award 1 mark. 'Primo' (male) and 'prima' (female) mean cousin. An uncle is 'tío', a nephew 'sobrino' and a grandson 'nieto'.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

'El ayuntamiento' is the:

  1. Shopping centre
  2. Bus station
  3. Sports centre
  4. Town hall
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✓ Answer: D — Town hall
Award 1 mark. 'El ayuntamiento' is the town hall or local council. A shopping centre is 'un centro comercial', a bus station 'la estación de autobuses' and a sports centre 'el polideportivo'.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

'Ir de vacaciones' means:

  1. To go to work
  2. To go shopping
  3. To go on holiday
  4. To go home
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✓ Answer: C — To go on holiday
Award 1 mark. 'Ir de vacaciones' means to go on holiday. Going to work is 'ir al trabajo', shopping 'ir de compras' and home 'ir a casa'.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3

Escuchas: «La tienda abre de lunes a viernes, pero está cerrada los fines de semana.» ¿Cuándo está cerrada la tienda?

  1. los lunes
  2. los fines de semana
  3. los miércoles
  4. nunca
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✓ Answer: B — los fines de semana
Award 1 mark. The shop is closed at weekends ('los fines de semana') and open Monday to Friday.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3

'La playa' is:

  1. The square
  2. The beach
  3. The river
  4. The port
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✓ Answer: B — The beach
Award 1 mark. 'La playa' is the beach. Watch out for 'la plaza', the square; a river is 'un río' and a port 'un puerto'.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3

'Simpático' describes someone who is:

  1. Sympathetic and sad
  2. Nice and friendly
  3. Shy and quiet
  4. Lazy and rude
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✓ Answer: B — Nice and friendly
Award 1 mark. 'Simpático' is a false friend: it means nice or friendly, not sympathetic. Shy is 'tímido', lazy 'perezoso' and rude 'maleducado'.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

Escuchas: «El tren con destino a la capital sale del andén número cuatro a las nueve y cuarto.» ¿De qué andén sale el tren?

  1. Andén nueve
  2. Andén quince
  3. Andén dos
  4. Andén cuatro
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✓ Answer: D — Andén cuatro
Award 1 mark. The announcement states the train leaves from platform four ('andén número cuatro'). '9:15' is the time, not the platform.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3

When reading for gist you should:

  1. Get the general idea quickly
  2. Ignore the title
  3. Read only the last line
  4. Translate every word
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✓ Answer: A — Get the general idea quickly
Reading for gist means grasping the overall meaning.
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AQA GCSE Spanish FAQ

What does the AQA GCSE Spanish exam look like?
The AQA GCSE Spanish exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE Spanish past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE Spanish graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.