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Free OCR GCSE Spanish
Practice Paper

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

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What the real OCR 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

You hear 'Hace viento'. What is the weather like?

  1. Sunny
  2. Windy
  3. Raining
  4. Snowing
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✓ Answer: B — Windy
Weather expressions with 'hace' describe conditions: hace viento (windy), hace sol (sunny), hace frío (cold).
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

'La basura' means:

  1. The bus stop
  2. Rubbish
  3. The fountain
  4. The bakery
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✓ Answer: B — Rubbish
Award 1 mark. 'La basura' is rubbish or litter, and 'el cubo de la basura' is the bin. A bus stop is 'la parada', a fountain 'la fuente' and a bakery 'la panadería'.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

'Ahorrar energía' means:

  1. To waste energy
  2. To produce energy
  3. To save energy
  4. To buy energy
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✓ Answer: C — To save energy
Award 1 mark. 'Ahorrar' means to save, used for both money and energy. Wasting is 'malgastar', producing 'producir' and buying 'comprar'.
Q4 · 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'.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3

'Las afueras' of a town are its:

  1. Main streets
  2. Outskirts
  3. Old quarter
  4. Town walls
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✓ Answer: B — Outskirts
Award 1 mark. 'Las afueras' are the outskirts, from 'afuera', outside. The main streets are 'las calles principales', the old quarter 'el casco antiguo' and walls 'las murallas'.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3

You hear 'el lunes'. Which day is this?

  1. Tuesday
  2. Friday
  3. Monday
  4. Sunday
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✓ Answer: C — Monday
'Lunes' is Monday. Spanish days are not capitalised, and 'el lunes' means on Monday.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

To write 'my friends' you use:

  1. mi amigos
  2. mis amigos
  3. mi amigo
  4. mío amigos
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✓ Answer: B — mis amigos
Possessive adjectives agree in number with the thing possessed, so 'mi' becomes 'mis' before a plural noun.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3

On a campsite, 'una tienda de campaña' is a:

  1. Camp shop
  2. Country store
  3. Campervan
  4. Tent
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✓ Answer: D — Tent
Award 1 mark. 'Una tienda de campaña' is a tent, even though 'tienda' alone usually means shop. A campervan is 'una autocaravana'.
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OCR GCSE Spanish FAQ

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