This introduction covers Ejemplos de dictado — Annotated Practice Sentences within Dictation Foundation sets A for GCSE Spanish. Revise Dictation Foundation sets A in Dictation for GCSE Spanish with 13 exam-style questions and 10 flashcards. Use this page as part of a wider topic revision path rather than treating it as an isolated fact. It is section 4 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
🎧 Ejemplos de dictado — Annotated Practice Sentences
Sentence 1
Mi hermano vive en Madrid y trabaja en una tienda.
My brother lives in Madrid and works in a shop.
- hermano — silent h; never write "ermano"
- vive — b/v merger: this verb is written with v, not b
- trabaja — b/v again: this verb uses b, not v; both sound identical
Sentence 2
El año pasado, fui al cine con mi familia.
Last year, I went to the cinema with my family.
- año — ñ is essential; "ano" is a completely different word
- pasado — full -ado ending in writing, even if you hear reduction in speech
- fui — irregular preterite of ir/ser; no accent needed (monosyllable)
- cine — Castilian: hear /θine/; write cine with c, not s
Sentence 3
Ayer comió una pizza porque tenía mucha hambre.
Yesterday he/she ate a pizza because he/she was very hungry.
- comió — preterite 3rd person: accent on final -ó is mandatory
- tenía — imperfect 3rd person: accent on -í is mandatory
- hambre — silent h; "ambre" or "jambre" are both wrong and both cost a mark
Practice questions for Dictation Foundation sets A
Listen to the sentence three times, then write exactly what you hear in Spanish.