This introduction covers Técnicas para el examen — Exam Technique within Numbers, dates and times (listening) for GCSE Spanish. Revise Numbers, dates and times (listening) in Listening Traps for GCSE Spanish with 16 exam-style questions and 12 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.
📝 Técnicas para el examen — Exam Technique
Before listening, always read the question carefully — does it ask for a time, a date, a price? Prime your ear for what number format to expect.
- Write numbers you hear immediately — don't try to hold them in short-term memory
- For times: draw a quick clock face in the margin to visualise menos cuarto vs y cuarto
- For prices: listen for "y" after the tens digit — noventa vs noventa y nueve
- For years: count the sections — dos mil (2000) + veinticinco (25) = 2025
- AQA recordings play TWICE — use the first play to catch meaning, the second to confirm numbers
Practice questions for Numbers, dates and times (listening)
Listen to the recording, then answer: How many students are in the class?
Quick recall flashcards
How do you say the years 2007 and 1999 in Spanish?
2007 = dos mil siete (never 'dos mil y siete'). 1999 = mil novecientos noventa y nueve. Pattern for years: thousands + hundreds + tens + units, joined naturally.
How do you say 16, 17, 18 and 19 in Spanish?
dieciséis, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve — each is ONE word. Never write 'diez y seis' (two words). Note the accent on dieciséis.