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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

'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.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

Which is a correctly written negative sentence?

  1. Me no gusta el café
  2. No me gusta el café
  3. Me gusta no el café
  4. No gusta me el café
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✓ Answer: B — No me gusta el café
'No' goes directly before the verb phrase, ahead of any object pronoun.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

You hear 'Son las siete y media'. What time is it?

  1. 7:30
  2. 6:30
  3. 7:45
  4. 7:15
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✓ Answer: A — 7:30
'Y media' means half past, so this is 7:30. 'Y cuarto' would be quarter past and 'menos cuarto' quarter to.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3

Which opening is appropriate for an informal message to a friend?

  1. Le saluda atentamente
  2. Muy señor mío
  3. Estimado señor
  4. ¡Hola!
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✓ Answer: D — ¡Hola!
'¡Hola!' suits an informal register. The other three belong to formal letters.
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

You hear 'Tengo dieciséis años'. How old is the speaker?

  1. 16
  2. 60
  3. 15
  4. 6
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✓ Answer: A — 16
'Dieciséis' is sixteen. Note that Spanish expresses age with 'tener', literally 'I have sixteen years'.
Q7 · 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.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3

You hear 'Vivo en el campo'. Where does the speaker live?

  1. In the city
  2. By the sea
  3. In the mountains
  4. In the countryside
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✓ Answer: D — In the countryside
'El campo' is the countryside. 'La ciudad' is the city and 'la costa' the coast.
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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.