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ES.TR5 Theme 2.4: Travel and tourism - Translation

AQA 8692 · Calculators not allowed · about 35 minutes
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Question 1 asks you to translate sentences from Spanish into English. Question 2 asks you to translate sentences from English into Spanish; parts (d) and (e) require Higher-tier structures (the conditional and the subjunctive/impersonal conditional). Question 3 asks you to translate a short connected passage from Spanish into English.
1
Translate these sentences into English.
(a)Normalmente vamos de vacaciones a la costa en verano.(2)
(b)Prefiero viajar en tren porque es más cómodo que el avión.(2)
(c)El verano pasado hicimos un viaje inolvidable a Portugal.(2)
(d)Cuando era niño, siempre pasaba las vacaciones en casa de mis abuelos.(3)
(e)Este verano vamos a alojarnos en un hotel con vistas al mar.(3)
(Total for Question 1 is 12 marks)
2
Translate these sentences into Spanish.
(a)My family and I travel abroad every year.(2)
(b)We used to camp every summer, but now we prefer to stay in hotels.(2)
(c)Last year, we missed the flight and had to wait for hours.(2)
(d)If I had more time, I would visit more countries.(3)
(e)It would be a good idea to book the hotel in advance.(3)
(Total for Question 2 is 12 marks)
3
Translate this passage into English.
(a)El verano pasado fuimos de vacaciones a Andalucía.(3)
(b)Alquilamos un coche y visitamos varios pueblos blancos en la montaña.(3)
(c)Un día se nos estropeó el coche y tuvimos que llamar a un mecánico, lo cual fue un poco estresante.(3)
(d)A pesar de ese problema, fue uno de los mejores viajes que hemos hecho.(3)
(Total for Question 3 is 12 marks)
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