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Free Edexcel GCSE Spanish
Practice Paper

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

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What the real Edexcel 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

A hotel notice reads 'El desayuno se sirve de 7 a 10'. It gives the times for:

  1. Breakfast
  2. Lunch
  3. Dinner
  4. Check-out
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✓ Answer: A — Breakfast
'Desayuno' is breakfast. 'Almuerzo' or 'comida' is lunch, and 'cena' is dinner.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

'La semana que viene' means:

  1. This weekend
  2. Every week
  3. Last week
  4. Next week
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✓ Answer: D — Next week
'Que viene' means coming or next. 'La semana pasada' would be last week.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

In Spain, 'el santo' is a person's:

  1. Wedding anniversary
  2. Christening
  3. Saint's day
  4. Retirement party
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✓ Answer: C — Saint's day
Award 1 mark. Many Spaniards celebrate 'el santo', the feast of the saint they are named after. An anniversary is 'un aniversario' and a christening 'un bautizo'.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3

'El centro comercial' is:

  1. The town centre
  2. The sports centre
  3. The health centre
  4. The shopping centre
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✓ Answer: D — The shopping centre
Award 1 mark. 'Comercial' refers to shops. The town centre is 'el centro de la ciudad' and the sports centre 'el polideportivo'.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3

'Se prohíbe fumar' means:

  1. Smoking is permitted
  2. No smoking
  3. Fire exit
  4. Please queue here
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✓ Answer: B — No smoking
'Se prohíbe' means it is forbidden, and 'fumar' means to smoke.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3

'El cumpleaños' is a person's:

  1. Birthday
  2. Name day
  3. Wedding anniversary
  4. Leaving party
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✓ Answer: A — Birthday
Award 1 mark. 'Cumpleaños' comes from 'cumplir años', to complete years. A name day is 'el santo', an anniversary 'el aniversario' and a leaving party 'una fiesta de despedida'.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

On a menu, 'el pescado' is:

  1. Chicken
  2. Beef
  3. Fish
  4. Fried eggs
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✓ Answer: C — Fish
Award 1 mark. 'El pescado' is fish as food; a live fish is 'un pez'. Chicken is 'el pollo', beef 'la carne de vaca' and fried eggs 'huevos fritos'.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3

'La cocina' is the:

  1. Bathroom
  2. Garden
  3. Kitchen
  4. Living room
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✓ Answer: C — Kitchen
Award 1 mark. 'Cocina' is the kitchen (and also cooking). The bathroom is 'el cuarto de baño' and the living room 'el salón'.
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Edexcel GCSE Spanish FAQ

What does the Edexcel GCSE Spanish exam look like?
The Edexcel 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 Edexcel GCSE Spanish past paper?
Real Edexcel past papers are published directly by Edexcel 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 Edexcel 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.