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Free WJEC GCSE Spanish
Practice Paper

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

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What the real WJEC 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

'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.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

'Rebajas' displayed in a shop window means:

  1. Closed for holidays
  2. New stock
  3. Wet floor
  4. Sale
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✓ Answer: D — Sale
'Rebajas' are the sales, when prices are reduced. It appears constantly in authentic shop texts.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

You hear 'Me llamo Ana'. What is the speaker doing?

  1. Ordering food
  2. Giving their name
  3. Asking your name
  4. Saying goodbye
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✓ Answer: B — Giving their name
'Me llamo' literally means 'I call myself'. The question form would be '¿Cómo te llamas?'
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3

Which question word means 'where'?

  1. Cómo
  2. Por qué
  3. Cuándo
  4. Dónde
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✓ Answer: D — Dónde
'Dónde' means where, 'cuándo' when, 'cómo' how and 'por qué' why. All carry an accent when used as questions.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3

You hear 'Tengo dos hermanos'. What does the speaker have?

  1. Two brothers
  2. Two sisters
  3. Two children
  4. No brothers or sisters
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✓ Answer: A — Two brothers
'Hermanos' means brothers, or brothers and sisters together. 'Hermanas' would be specifically sisters.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3

A notice outside a cinema reads 'No hay entradas'. This means:

  1. Exit only
  2. Entry is free
  3. There are no tickets left
  4. The entrance is here
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✓ Answer: C — There are no tickets left
'Entradas' are tickets and 'no hay' means there are none. Note the false friend: 'entrada' can also mean entrance, so context decides.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

To write about what you did yesterday you would use the:

  1. Imperative
  2. Present tense
  3. Preterite tense
  4. Future tense
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✓ Answer: C — Preterite tense
The preterite describes completed past actions, as in 'ayer fui al cine'.
Q8 · 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.
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WJEC GCSE Spanish FAQ

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