This introduction covers Set B — Dictación anotada — Annotated Dictation Sentences within Dictation Foundation sets B for GCSE Spanish. Revise Dictation Foundation sets B 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.
🎧 Set B — Dictación anotada — Annotated Dictation Sentences
Sentence 1
Mis padres quieren que llegue a casa antes de las once.
My parents want me to get home before eleven.
- quieren — qu before ie: the /k/ before e must be written qu, never "kieren"
- que — again qu: this conjunction always qu, never "ke"
- llegue — ll (not y) + subjunctive of llegar: g becomes gu before e to keep the hard g sound
Sentence 2
El guitarrista tocó una canción muy bonita.
The guitarist played a very beautiful song.
- guitarrista — gu (silent u before i) + double rr: both patterns at once
- tocó — preterite 3rd person accent on -ó: the accent marks past tense; toca (no accent) = plays (present)
- canción — accent on -ió + n, meaning "song"; a high-frequency dictation word
Sentence 3
Ayer hablé con mi mejor amiga y quedamos para el sábado.
Yesterday I spoke with my best friend and we arranged to meet on Saturday.
- Ayer — y (not ll): this adverb uses y; one of the core y-words to memorise
- hablé — preterite 1st person accent on -é: hablé = I spoke; hable (no accent) = subjunctive
- y — the conjunction "and" is always a single y: never "i", never "ll"
- sábado — accent on the first syllable: SÁ-ba-do; without accent, the stress pattern changes
Practice questions for Dictation Foundation sets B
Listen to the sentence three times, then write exactly what you hear in Spanish.