AQA reading and listening tasks draw on all three genre categories — music, film, AND TV. Students who only revise music or only revise film genres are likely to encounter unfamiliar vocabulary in the exam. Learn all three columns below.
| Géneros musicales | Géneros de película | Tipos de programa de televisión |
|---|---|---|
| la música pop | las películas de acción | los documentales |
| el rock | las películas de terror | las series de televisión |
| la música clásica | las comedias | los concursos |
| la música latina | la ciencia ficción | los dibujos animados |
| el reggaetón | el drama | los programas de realidad |
| el rap | la animación | las telenovelas |
At GCSE, you are expected to know genre vocabulary for music, film, AND TV — all three may appear in reading and listening tasks.
This introduction covers Vocabulario esencial — Music, Film and TV within Music, film and TV for GCSE Spanish. Revise Music, film and TV in Theme 2: Popular Culture for GCSE Spanish with 13 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. Use this page as part of a wider topic revision path rather than treating it as an isolated fact. It is section 1 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
Practice questions for Music, film and TV
Quick recall flashcards
el rock
rock music
trata de
it is about (e.g. la película trata de un viaje al espacio — the film is about a journey to space). Higher register alternative to 'es sobre'.