AQA GCSE Spanish General Vocabulary - General vocabulary - Comparisons - Conjunctions and connectives

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Comprehensive AQA GCSE Spanish general vocabulary list covering core language required across multiple specification themes, including comparative and superlative usage, common conjunctions and connectives, frequently used prepositions, and key negative structures. The material also includes essential number forms (cardinal and ordinal), selected other expressions, and a curated set of high-frequency important verbs. Further sections provide practical greetings and exclamations, supporting fluent classroom communication and everyday conversation.

LanguageEnglish

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Pages14

Reading Time35 min

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General vocabulary

Comparisons

Conjunctions and connectives

Prepositions

Negatives

Numbers and number expressions

Important verbs

Greetings and exclamations

AQA GCSE Spanish General Vocabulary General vocabulary Students will be expected to use and understand the general vocabulary listed below. This vocabulary is not restricted to specific settings and can occur in any of the themes listed in the specification. Comparisons | bastante | sufficient, enough, quite | | --- | --- | | comparar | to compare | | demasiado | too, too much | | igual que | same as | | más (que) | more (than) | | mayor | main, major, larger, bigger, greater | | mayoría, la | most, majority | | mejor | better, best | | menor | smaller, less, least | | menos (que) | less (than) | | mismo | same | | muy | very | | parecido a | Like | | peor | worse, worst | | poco (eg poco ruidoso) | not very | | tan … como | as … as | | tanto … como | as much … as | Students will also be expected to know comparatives and superlatives of the above adjectives and adverbs. Conjunctions and connectives | además | moreover, besides | | --- | --- | | aparte de | apart from | | a pesar de | in spite of, despite | | así que | so, therefore | | aun (si) | even (if) | | aunque | although, (even) though | | claro que | of course | | como | as, since | | cuando | when | | dado que | given that | | es decir | in other words, that is to say | | incluso | even | | mientras (que) | while, meanwhile | | o/u | or | | pero | but | Page 2 | por eso | for that reason, therefore | | --- | --- | | por lo tanto | therefore | | por un lado/por otro lado | on the one hand/on the other hand | | por una parte/por otra parte | on the one hand/on the other hand | | porque | because | | pues | then, since | | si | if | | sin duda | obviously, certainly | | sin embargo | however | | tal vez | maybe, perhaps | | también | also | | ya (que) | as, since | Prepositions | a | to, at | | --- | --- | | de | from, of | | en | in | | hacia | towards | | hasta | until | | para | for | | por | through, by, in, for, per | | según | according to | | sin | without | Negatives | jamás | never | | --- | --- | | ni…ni | neither … nor | | nada | nothing | | nadie | nobody | | ninguno | none, no-one | | nunca | never | | sino | but, except | | tampoco | neither/not ... either ... | | ya no | not any more | Alphabet Students should be familiar with the Spanish alphabet & should be able to spell words/names. Numbers All cardinal numbers 0–1,000 and the word for 1,000,000 (un millón) Ordinal numbers first-tenth (primero-décimo) Other number expressions | docena, una | dozen | | --- | --- | | número, el | number | | par, un | pair, couple | | unos (diez) | about (10) | Page 3 Important verbs | acabar de + infinitive | to have just (done something) | | --- | --- | | comenzar | to begin | | continuar | to continue | | dar | to give | | darse cuenta (de) | to realise | | deber | must, have to | | decidir | to decide | | dejar de | to stop (doing something) | | echar | to throw | | empezar | to begin | | estar | to be | | hace(n) falta | to need, to be necessary | | hacer | to do, to make | | hacerse | to become | | hay | there is, there are | | hay que | one must, one has to | | ir | to go | | ir a + infinitive | (to be) going to (do something) | | irse | to go away, to leave | | necesitar | to need | | ocurrir | to happen | | pasar | to happen, to go through, to spend (time) | | poder | to be able, can | | poner | to put | | ponerse a | to start doing something | | querer | to want; to love | | quisiera | I’d like | | saber | to know (a fact, how to do something) | | seguir | to continue, to follow | | ser | to be | | soler | to regularly do something | | tener | to have, to own | | tener lugar | to take place | | tener que | to have to do something | | volver a | to do (something) again | | volverse | to become | Page4 Greetings and exclamations | ¡Basta ya! | That’s enough! | | --- | --- | | ¡Bienvenido! | Welcome! | | ¡Buen viaje! | Have a good trip! | | ¡Buena suerte! | Good luck! | | ¡Claro! | Of course! | | ¡Cuidado! | Careful! Watc

FAQs

What vocabulary areas are included in this AQA GCSE Spanish resource?

It covers general vocabulary across multiple themes, including comparisons, conjunctions/connectives, prepositions, negatives, number expressions, important verbs, and greetings/exclamations.

Are comparisons and superlatives included?

Yes. It lists comparative forms and also states that students are expected to know the comparatives and superlatives of the included adjectives and adverbs.

What types of verbs are provided?

It includes a set of important verbs such as estar, hacer, tener, poder, deber, querer, and common multi-part patterns like acabar de + infinitive and ir a + infinitive.

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