Comprensión de textos — Passage Comprehension
📖 Comprensión de textos — Passage Comprehension
| Question type | What to look for |
|---|---|
| Specific detail | Numbers, names, times, places |
| Opinion | creo que, me parece, me gusta/encanta, no soporto |
| Attitude | positive/negative/mixed — look for negation |
| P/N/P+N | Tick one box: Positive, Negative, or Both |
| Give TWO details | Exactly 2 separate facts — no more, no less |
AQA passages signal their tense through key time words. Identifying the tense correctly is essential — if you misread a past event as present, your answer will be wrong even if your Spanish comprehension was otherwise sound.
Earn the mark scheme marks
💡 Errores de comprensión — Comprehension Errors
❌ "Give TWO details" → student writes three answers
✅ Only 2 marks available. The third point is ignored. Write exactly 2.
Why: AQA allocates one mark per detail. Writing extra points wastes time and gains nothing — the mark scheme stops at 2.
❌ Reading "no me gusta el deporte" → student ticks P (they saw "deporte" and assumed positive)
✅ The "no me gusta" reverses the meaning: NEGATIVE.
Why: Always read the full phrase, not just the keyword. Negation (no, nunca, nada) flips the meaning entirely.
❌ "Nunca veo a mis abuelos" → student interprets as positive (visits grandparents)
✅ nunca = NEVER. The speaker NEVER sees their grandparents — negative implied meaning.
Why: nunca is a strong negative adverb. Spot it immediately and treat the whole clause as negative before reading anything else.
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