CSEC Spanish Paper 2 May/June 2023 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

Write in SPANISH the information required for EACH of the situations given below.

DO NOT write more than ONE sentence for each situation. For some situations, a complete sentence may not be necessary. DO NOT translate the situations given. DO NOT use abbreviations.

YOU WILL BE PENALIZED FOR DISREGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

Your football coach has cancelled today's practice. Write the text message that he sends to the team saying why practice was cancelled and suggesting another meeting time.

Your best friend is about to enter an important competition and wants your advice on choice of clothing. Write the text message you send to him/her insisting on how he/she should dress.

Your aunt from abroad is visiting soon. Write the message she sends to your father saying how she is feeling about visiting and why.

Your community is having a variety concert and asks participants to send an email saying what they will be doing and how much time they will need. Write the email that you send.

You have to wake up early tomorrow morning. Write the message you leave on your brother's bed requesting a wake-up call giving the reason.

Your mother sends a text message to her doctor asking what she should do to ease her headache. Write the doctor's response advising her on TWO things she can do.

Your school is having a fundraiser and each student is supposed to contribute an item. Write the note that your teacher sends to your mother stating what item you need to contribute and its due date.

Your neighbour asks you to buy him/her an item from the grocery store but forgot to give you details about this item. Write the text message that you get from your neighbour with the TWO details.

Your cousin has just returned from a trip abroad. Write the Instagram message he/she sends you saying what he/she liked most and least about the trip.

During the pandemic persons are instructed to do specific things while inside the airport. Write the sign that you see on entering the airport with TWO of these specific instructions.

Use the following outline as a guide to write a letter of no more than 130–150 words in SPANISH. Use the tenses appropriate to the topic.

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You have just returned from eating at a new restaurant. Write a letter to your Guatemalan friend, Enrique, about your experience. Be sure to include

why, when and with whom you went to the restaurant.
details about the restaurant and what you ordered.
something interesting that happened and your reaction.
plans to return to that restaurant with Enrique when he visits.

(Do NOT write your real name and address, but include the date in SPANISH and use the appropriate beginning and ending.)

Read the following selection carefully. Do not translate the selection, but answer the questions in English.

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The "Bandit"

Cada año, mi familia y yo nos dirigimos a la costa este donde pasamos los días nadando en la playa, construyendo castillos de arena y subiendo a los árboles frutales. Recientemente, mi padre leyó en el periódico sobre algunos bandidos en el área donde normalmente nos quedamos. Mi madre no estaba preocupada, asegurándonos de que estaríamos bien.

Dos días después de haber llegado a la casa de la costa, mi hermano Paco y yo vimos a un hombre sospechoso, bien vestido, mirando por las ventanas. Valiente como es, Paco le gritó y tomó un palo cercano, listo para atacarlo. El bandido, estupefacto por la amenaza, gritó: "¡No, no, no estoy aquí para robar a tu familia! ¡Estoy buscando a mi abuelo!"

Al comprender que el hombre no era un bandido, mi hermano decidió escucharlo. Se dio cuenta que estaba de visita del extranjero y vino a buscar a su abuelo, quien era el antiguo dueño de la propiedad. Mi padre, al escuchar una voz extraña afuera, salió de la casa. Se dio cuenta de que el hombre no era un bandido, sino un pariente suyo.

Answer, in ENGLISH, the following questions based on the selection you have just read. Use a complete sentence for EACH response.

State TWO activities which the narrator enjoyed doing with his family on the annual trip.

What did the narrator's father recently read in the newspaper?

How did the narrator's mother respond to what the father read?

Give TWO details about the man that the children saw.

What was the man doing?

What was the man's response?

What explanation did the man give for being there?

What did the father realize when he exited the house?

Explain whether you think Paco's initial reaction towards the man was justified.

CSEC Spanish Paper 2 May/June 2023 Questions

Question 1 (30 marks)

Question 2 (30 marks)

Question 4 (19 marks)

The "Bandit"