Spanish translation: holidays

Spanish translation: holidays
A. Starter
Match the words with their definitions in Spanish.
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11 =
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Spanish
Definitions
1. albergue juvenil
a. se utiliza para dar información
2. consigna
b. lugar donde se venden entradas
3. taquilla
c. un lugar que ofrece alojamiento
4. folleto
d. hotel de alta categoría para turistas
5. pensión completa
e. lugar para dejar los equipajes
6. tranvía
f. plataforma para viajeros de tren
7. ficha
g. vehículo para el transporte de pasajeros
8. parador
h. alojamiento con desayuno, comida y cena
9. cámara (de fotos)
i. pista de circulación para automóviles
10. autopista
j. imagen del pasado que se guarda en la memoria
11. recuerdo
k. se utiliza para capturar imágenes
12. andén
l. documento para registrar datos
B. Spot the mistakes
Correct the mistake in each sentence and translate the sentences into English.
1. El año pasado viajamos en Grecia.
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2. Anoche el vuelo IB307 llegué muy tarde.
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3. El verano pasado Carlos y Carmen nos alojamos en un albergue juvenil.
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4.
Dejé dos maletas en el cosigna.
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5. El tren partió para Málaga de la andén 5.
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Spanish translation: holidays
C. Translate into English (Foundation)
1.
Fui de vacaciones a La Habana, Cuba.
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2.
¿En qué hotel te alojaste?
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3.
Perdí mi permiso de conducir en el tranvía.
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4.
El parque de atracciones fue muy divertido.
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5.
Saqué muchas fotos en la playa.
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D. Translate into Spanish (Foundation)
1. The journey on the cruise was not pleasant.
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2. We went on an excursion to the mountains.
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3. Did you like the camp site?
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4. The airport was full of tourists.
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5. We booked a double room at Hotel Santiago.
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E. Checklist
1. Have you added the right accents?
2. Check spellings and gender of nouns.
3. Check your articles.
4. Check your verbs and tenses.
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Spanish translation: holidays
C.
Translate into English (Higher)
El mes pasado fuimos de vacaciones a Puerto Rico. Partimos de Londres a la 1.30 de la
tarde y llegamos a San Juan a las 10.45 de la noche. Nos alojamos en el Hotel Plaza. Al
día siguiente salimos a conocer la ciudad y visitamos un fuerte. Por la tarde fuimos a la
playa y nos bañamos en el mar.
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D. Translate into Spanish (Higher)
It was very hot and when we got to the hotel we realised that the air conditioning was
not working and we decided to complain. We had spent too much time on the beach.
My sister had a tan and my younger brother had sunstroke.
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E. Checklist
1. Have you added the right accents?
2. Check spellings and gender of nouns.
3. Check reflexive verbs.
4. Check your tenses.
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Teaching notes
This resource is designed to develop translation skills with a focus on grammatical
accuracy and contains similar tasks to the new GCSE exam questions for all boards.
The resource is differentiated: all students complete the tasks on p.1 and then you can
give Foundation students p.2 while Higher students move straight onto p.3.
Translations below are suggestions only – there may be other possible correct
translations. By using the mark scheme suggested below, students can track their
progress as they practise their translation skills using our other similar worksheets on
different topics.
For Foundation translations (individual sentences), allow two marks per sentence: one
for communicating the key message and one for grammatical accuracy, giving a total out
of 10.
For Higher translations (short paragraphs), the answers are broken into six sections.
Each section can be given one mark for communication and one mark for grammatical
accuracy, to give a total out of 12.
Answers
A. Starter
1=c
2=e
3=b
4=a
5=h
6=g
7=l
8=d
9=k
10 = i 11 = j 12 = f
B. Spot the mistakes
1. El año pasado viajamos a Grecia. / Last year we travelled to Greece.
2. Anoche el vuelo IB307 llegó muy tarde. / Last night flight IB307 was very late.
3. El verano pasado Carlos y Carmen se alojaron en un albergue juvenil. / Last summer
Carlos and Carmen stayed in a youth hostel.
4. Dejé dos maletas en la consigna. / I left two suitcases at the left luggage office.
5. El tren partió para Málaga del andén 5. / The train left for Malaga from platform 5.
C. Foundation translation into English
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2.
3.
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5.
I went on holiday to Havana, Cuba.
In which hotel did you stay?
I lost my driving licence on the tramway.
The theme park was a lot of fun.
I took lots of pictures on the beach.
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D. Foundation translation into Spanish
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El viaje en el crucero no fue agradable.
Fuimos a una excursión a las montañas.
¿Te gusto el camping?
El aeropuerto estaba lleno de turistas.
Reservamos una habitación doble en el Hotel Santiago.
OR
C. Higher translation into English
Last month we went on holiday to Puerto Rico. / We left London at 1.30 in the afternoon
/ and arrived in San Juan at 10.45 in the evening. / We stayed at the Hotel Plaza. / The
next day we went out to get to know the city and we visited a fortress. / In the
afternoon we went to the beach and had a swim in the sea.
D. Higher translation into French
Hacía mucho calor y cuando llegamos al hotel / nos dimos cuenta que el aire
acondicionado no funcionaba / y decidimos quejarnos. / Habíamos pasado demasiado
tiempo en la playa. / Mi hermana se había bronceado / y mi hermano menor tenía
insolación.
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