Actual June 2025 Edexcel: A Level Spanish 9SP0/01 Paper 1 – Listening, Reading
and Translation – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme
Exam Resource Summary
This June 2025 Edexcel A Level Spanish 9SP0/01 document merges the official question
paper and mark scheme for Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Translation. It evaluates
candidates’ comprehension of spoken and written Spanish across contemporary social,
cultural and political themes drawn from the specification. Section A covers listening
comprehension tasks, Section B focuses on reading comprehension from authentic Spanish
texts, and Section C requires precise translation of a passage from Spanish into English. The
merged format provides both assessment content and examiner guidance in a single file,
illustrating how marks are awarded for accuracy, inference, and idiomatic understanding.
This integrated paper-and-scheme resource is ideal for students seeking structured exam
practice, insight into examiner expectations, and targeted revision support for the 2025
Edexcel A Level Spanish Paper 1 examination.
, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box. If
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
you change your mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then
mark your new answer with a cross .
SECTION A
Listening
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section.
Questions 2, 3 and 4(a) do not require full sentences and you may respond using single
words or short phrases.
Question 4(b) does not require full sentences and you may respond using short
phrases. You may use words from the listening passages, but you must not
transcribe whole sections. You are going to listen to five passages. The duration
of each passage is approximately:
Passage 1 = 0 minutes 55 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 08 seconds
Passage 3 = 1 minute 50 seconds
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Passage 4(a) = 1 minute 19
seconds Passage 4(b) = 1 minute
32 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as
often as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
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, Texto 1 – Cuando murió Franco
1 Escucha este relato de un día significativo. Pon una equis en la casilla apropiada.
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(i) La señora recuerda …
A la estación del año en la que murió el dictador.
B muy poco del día en que murió Franco.
C estar en el colegio cuando llegaron las noticias.
D haber escuchado las noticias en la radio.
(ii) Ese día los niños ...
A no sabían que algo había ocurrido.
B tuvieron clases sobre la vida del dictador.
C no fueron a la escuela.
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D estaban muy tristes.
(iii) La gente española …
A recibió las noticias con calma.
B estaba ansiosa sobre el futuro.
C tenía muchas teorías sobre la muerte de Franco.
D sabía que el régimen sería más represivo.
(iv) La señora …
A apoyaba las ideas del régimen.
B pensaba que la democracia no duraría.
C quería que se introdujera la democracia.
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D estaba preocupada por su educación.
(Total for Question 1 = 4 marks)
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and Translation – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme
Exam Resource Summary
This June 2025 Edexcel A Level Spanish 9SP0/01 document merges the official question
paper and mark scheme for Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Translation. It evaluates
candidates’ comprehension of spoken and written Spanish across contemporary social,
cultural and political themes drawn from the specification. Section A covers listening
comprehension tasks, Section B focuses on reading comprehension from authentic Spanish
texts, and Section C requires precise translation of a passage from Spanish into English. The
merged format provides both assessment content and examiner guidance in a single file,
illustrating how marks are awarded for accuracy, inference, and idiomatic understanding.
This integrated paper-and-scheme resource is ideal for students seeking structured exam
practice, insight into examiner expectations, and targeted revision support for the 2025
Edexcel A Level Spanish Paper 1 examination.
, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box. If
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
you change your mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then
mark your new answer with a cross .
SECTION A
Listening
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section.
Questions 2, 3 and 4(a) do not require full sentences and you may respond using single
words or short phrases.
Question 4(b) does not require full sentences and you may respond using short
phrases. You may use words from the listening passages, but you must not
transcribe whole sections. You are going to listen to five passages. The duration
of each passage is approximately:
Passage 1 = 0 minutes 55 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 08 seconds
Passage 3 = 1 minute 50 seconds
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Passage 4(a) = 1 minute 19
seconds Passage 4(b) = 1 minute
32 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as
often as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
,2
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, Texto 1 – Cuando murió Franco
1 Escucha este relato de un día significativo. Pon una equis en la casilla apropiada.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(i) La señora recuerda …
A la estación del año en la que murió el dictador.
B muy poco del día en que murió Franco.
C estar en el colegio cuando llegaron las noticias.
D haber escuchado las noticias en la radio.
(ii) Ese día los niños ...
A no sabían que algo había ocurrido.
B tuvieron clases sobre la vida del dictador.
C no fueron a la escuela.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
D estaban muy tristes.
(iii) La gente española …
A recibió las noticias con calma.
B estaba ansiosa sobre el futuro.
C tenía muchas teorías sobre la muerte de Franco.
D sabía que el régimen sería más represivo.
(iv) La señora …
A apoyaba las ideas del régimen.
B pensaba que la democracia no duraría.
C quería que se introdujera la democracia.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
D estaba preocupada por su educación.
(Total for Question 1 = 4 marks)
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