Free-time activities (AQA GCSE Spanish): Model Answers
Your Spanish friend has asked you about your free time. Write to them about your interests and activities. [16 marks.]
Tu amigo español te ha preguntado sobre tu tiempo libre. Escríbele sobre tus intereses y actividades. Menciona: • música • deporte • cine • restaurantes. Escribe aproximadamente 40 palabras en español. [16 marks]
📖 Me encanta practicar los deportes. Nado cinco veces por semana y practico el remo en el rio weaver dos veces por semana. Me gusta ir al cine con mis amigos del instituto y a veces vamos a restaurantes comer la comida china o la comida rapida. El sabado pasado fui a Nandos con mi familia. Fue muy divertido y la comida fue delicioso. Voy a ir con mis amigos en las vacaciones. Me gusta escuchar la musica. Prefiero la musica pop porque es más rapida.
English Translation:
Your Spanish friend has asked you about your free time.
Write to them about your interests and activities.
Mention:
• Music
• Sport
• Cinema
• Restaurants.
Write approximately 40 words in Spanish.
📖 I love playing sports. I swim five times a week and practice rowing on the River Weaver twice a week. I like going to the cinema with my school friends, and sometimes we go to restaurants to eat Chinese food or fast food. Last Saturday, I went to Nando's with my family. It was very fun, and the food was delicious. I'm going to go with my friends during the holidays. I enjoy listening to music. I prefer pop music because it's faster.
🔍 Examiner Commentary
Content The student communicates clearly about all four of the points she is asked to mention and, at twice the required length, coverage of the points is certainly full. Minor errors and omissions (eg vamos a restaurantes comer…; la comida fue delicioso) do not hinder the communication of the intended messages. 10 marks.
Quality of language Vocabulary is appropriate and there is a fair variety (me gusta/prefiero; nado/practico el remo; divertido/delicioso; etc). Grammatical structures are also appropriate. The student uses present, preterite and immediate future tenses correctly and there is also some good use of adverbial phrases (cinco veces por semana; a veces; el sabado pasado). The piece is generally accurate and the few errors there are do not affect communication. 6 marks.
Total: 10 + 6 = 16 marks