KS3 and GCSE · 27 grammar points

Spanish grammar index

Which unit teaches the point you need, and which later units bring it back. Built from the schemes of work, so it is never out of step with them.

Verbs and tenses

Present tense — regular verbs

The -er / -ir / -re and -ar / -er / -ir paradigms.

• KS3 · Year 7 U4 — Saying where I live
• KS3 · Year 7 U8 — Talking about jobs
• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite
• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite
• GCSE · Year 10 U1 — Technology — advantages and dangers

Present tense — irregular and stem-changing

The high-frequency irregulars, and the Spanish stem changes.

• KS3 · Year 7 U9 — Comparing people
• KS3 · Year 7 U11 — Free time — jugar, hacer, ir
• KS3 · Year 7 U11 — Free time — jugar, hacer, ir
• KS3 · Year 8 U2 — Food — eat, drink, have
• KS3 · Year 8 U5 — Hobbies in the present and near future
• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite

ser and estar

Spanish only — what something is against where it is and how it feels.

• KS3 · Year 7 U3 — Describing hair and eyes
• KS3 · Year 7 U5 — Physical and personality descriptions
• KS3 · Year 7 U10 — Talking about my teachers
• GCSE · Year 10 U2 — The environment and where we live
• GCSE · Year 10 U5 — Identity, relationships and family

ser and tener

The two verbs everything else is built on, including age.

• KS3 · Year 7 U1 — My name and my age
• KS3 · Year 7 U1 — My name and my age
• KS3 · Year 7 U2 — Saying when my birthday is

Reflexive verbs

Daily routine, and — much later — reflexives in the past.

• KS3 · Year 7 U6 — Family relationships
• KS3 · Year 7 U14–16 — Optional extension units
• KS3 · Year 8 U6 — Daily routine and telling the time
• KS3 · Year 8 U6 — Daily routine and telling the time
• KS3 · Year 9 U3 — My daily routine
• KS3 · Year 9 U3 — My daily routine

Near future — ir a + infinitive

The second time frame, and the first two-verb structure.

• KS3 · Year 7 U12 — Free time — present and near future
• KS3 · Year 7 U12 — Free time — present and near future
• KS3 · Year 7 U13 — Talking about my holiday plans
• KS3 · Year 8 U5 — Hobbies in the present and near future
• KS3 · Year 8 U11 — What I did and what I'm going to do at the weekend
• KS3 · Year 9 U6 — Food across four tenses

Preterite

The pivot of Key Stage 3: French avoir/être perfect, Spanish preterite.

• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite
• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite
• KS3 · Year 8 U11 — What I did and what I'm going to do at the weekend
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past

Imperfect

Description and 'used to', against the perfect for events.

• KS3 · Year 7 U2 — Saying when my birthday is
• KS3 · Year 7 U8 — Talking about jobs
• KS3 · Year 8 U10 — Describing where I live — directions
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past
• KS3 · Year 9 U2 — Holiday activities
• KS3 · Year 9 U2 — Holiday activities

Future and conditional

Higher tier at GCSE, and je voudrais / me gustaría as chunks before that.

• KS3 · Year 7 U7 — Talking about pets
• KS3 · Year 9 U6 — Food across four tenses
• KS3 · Year 9 U6 — Food across four tenses
• KS3 · Year 9 U12 — Festivals and celebrations
• GCSE · Year 10 U5 — Identity, relationships and family
• GCSE · Year 10 U6 — Education and work

Modal verbs and obligation

devoir, pouvoir, vouloir · deber, poder, querer, tener que · il faut, hay que.

• KS3 · Year 8 U7 — What I do at home, and how often
• KS3 · Year 8 U7 — What I do at home, and how often
• KS3 · Year 9 U4 — What I do to help at home
• KS3 · Year 9 U4 — What I do to help at home
• KS3 · Year 9 U4 — What I do to help at home
• KS3 · Year 9 U7 — Healthy living

Two verbs together

Verb + infinitive, the structure that unlocks longer sentences.

• KS3 · Year 7 U12 — Free time — present and near future
• KS3 · Year 8 U5 — Hobbies in the present and near future
• KS3 · Year 8 U7 — What I do at home, and how often
• KS3 · Year 8 U7 — What I do at home, and how often
• KS3 · Year 8 U8 — Saying where I live
• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite

Nouns, articles and adjectives

Articles — definite, indefinite and partitive

Including the partitive, the hardest contrast in French Year 8.

• KS3 · Year 7 U7 — Talking about pets
• KS3 · Year 7 U8 — Talking about jobs
• KS3 · Year 7 U14–16 — Optional extension units
• KS3 · Year 8 U1 — Food — likes and dislikes
• KS3 · Year 8 U2 — Food — eat, drink, have
• KS3 · Year 9 U5 — Food in the present tense

Gender and plurals

Noun gender, plural forms, and why they drive everything else.

• KS3 · Year 7 U3 — Describing hair and eyes
• KS3 · Year 8 U3 — Clothes and accessories

Adjective agreement and position

Revisited every term from Year 7 onward — the longest thread in the scheme.

• KS3 · Year 7 U3 — Describing hair and eyes
• KS3 · Year 7 U3 — Describing hair and eyes
• KS3 · Year 7 U4 — Saying where I live
• KS3 · Year 7 U5 — Physical and personality descriptions
• KS3 · Year 7 U6 — Family relationships
• KS3 · Year 7 U7 — Talking about pets

Comparatives and superlatives

plus / moins / aussi … que · más / menos / tan … como, and the irregulars.

• KS3 · Year 7 U9 — Comparing people
• KS3 · Year 7 U9 — Comparing people
• KS3 · Year 7 U9 — Comparing people
• KS3 · Year 9 U7 — Healthy living
• KS3 · Year 9 U11 — Daily routine and social media
• GCSE · Year 10 U5 — Identity, relationships and family

Possessives and demonstratives

mon / ma / mes · mi / mis · ce / cette · este / esta.

• KS3 · Year 7 U6 — Family relationships
• KS3 · Year 7 U7 — Talking about pets
• KS3 · Year 8 U3 — Clothes and accessories
• GCSE · Year 10 U4 — Celebrity and culture
• GCSE · Year 10 U5 — Identity, relationships and family
• GCSE · Year 11 U10 — Travel and tourism, part 2

Pronouns

Object pronouns

Receptive at GCSE Unit 1, produced by Unit 12.

• GCSE · Year 10 U1 — Technology — advantages and dangers
• GCSE · Year 10 U4 — Celebrity and culture
• GCSE · Year 11 U12 — Free time, part 2: cinema, TV, going out

Subject pronouns, on and se

Including on and the impersonal se, which carry a lot of GCSE writing.

• KS3 · Year 7 U1 — My name and my age
• KS3 · Year 7 U1 — My name and my age
• KS3 · Year 8 U8 — Saying where I live
• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past
• KS3 · Year 9 U5 — Food in the present tense

Relative pronouns

qui / que / où · que / lo que — the grammar payload of GCSE Year 10.

• GCSE · Year 10 U4 — Celebrity and culture
• GCSE · Year 11 U12 — Free time, part 2: cinema, TV, going out

Building sentences

Prepositions and contracted articles

à / de contractions, countries, and prepositions of place.

• KS3 · Year 7 U4 — Saying where I live
• KS3 · Year 7 U11 — Free time — jugar, hacer, ir
• KS3 · Year 7 U13 — Talking about my holiday plans
• KS3 · Year 7 U14–16 — Optional extension units
• KS3 · Year 8 U8 — Saying where I live
• KS3 · Year 8 U10 — Describing where I live — directions

Connectives and justification

How a sentence becomes a paragraph, and an opinion becomes an argument.

• KS3 · Year 7 U5 — Physical and personality descriptions
• KS3 · Year 7 U5 — Physical and personality descriptions
• KS3 · Year 7 U10 — Talking about my teachers
• KS3 · Year 7 U13 — Talking about my holiday plans
• KS3 · Year 7 U14–16 — Optional extension units
• KS3 · Year 8 U1 — Food — likes and dislikes

Opinions — gustar and opinion verbs

The gustar structure in particular: the error that persists to GCSE.

• KS3 · Year 7 U7 — Talking about pets
• KS3 · Year 7 U10 — Talking about my teachers
• KS3 · Year 7 U10 — Talking about my teachers
• KS3 · Year 7 U10 — Talking about my teachers
• KS3 · Year 8 U1 — Food — likes and dislikes
• KS3 · Year 8 U1 — Food — likes and dislikes

Adverbs and frequency

Frequency, manner, and where they sit in the sentence.

• KS3 · Year 7 U14–16 — Optional extension units
• KS3 · Year 8 U2 — Food — eat, drink, have
• KS3 · Year 8 U6 — Daily routine and telling the time
• KS3 · Year 8 U7 — What I do at home, and how often
• KS3 · Year 8 U9 — In my neighbourhood — se puede and the preterite
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past

Time, dates and numbers

Numbers, the clock, dates and time markers — heavily tested in the dictation.

• KS3 · Year 7 U2 — Saying when my birthday is
• KS3 · Year 7 U3 — Describing hair and eyes
• KS3 · Year 7 U6 — Family relationships
• KS3 · Year 7 U12 — Free time — present and near future
• KS3 · Year 7 U14–16 — Optional extension units
• KS3 · Year 8 U3 — Clothes and accessories

Question and negative forms

Question forms

Receptive from Year 7; produced for the GCSE role-play.

• KS3 · Year 7 U1 — My name and my age
• KS3 · Year 8 U5 — Hobbies in the present and near future
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past
• KS3 · Year 9 U3 — My daily routine
• GCSE · Year 11 U10 — Travel and tourism, part 2
• GCSE · Year 11 U13 — Core vocabulary, part 1

Negatives

ne … pas through to ne … jamais, and the Spanish double negative.

• KS3 · Year 7 U5 — Physical and personality descriptions
• KS3 · Year 7 U7 — Talking about pets
• KS3 · Year 7 U12 — Free time — present and near future
• KS3 · Year 8 U7 — What I do at home, and how often
• KS3 · Year 9 U1 — My holiday in the past
• KS3 · Year 9 U3 — My daily routine

Imperatives

Giving directions and instructions.

• KS3 · Year 8 U10 — Describing where I live — directions