Pearson Edexcel GCE In Spanish (9SP0) Paper 01 Listening, Reading and
Translation Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2025
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Spanish (9SP0) Paper 01
Listening, Reading and
Translation
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding
body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational,
occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information
visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us
page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
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everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to
high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
out more about how we can help you and your students at:
www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P75542A
Publications Code 9SP0_01_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment.
Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the
same way as they mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates
must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do
rather than penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade
boundaries may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme
should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be
awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if
deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme.
Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks
if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit
according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes
will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded
and exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application
of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team
leader must be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Candidate responses
Language marking principles
There are no marks for quality of language in this paper so errors and
omissions in spelling and grammar will be tolerated as long as the
message is not ambiguous and do not interfere with communication.
Order of Elements
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for
a 1-mark answer, the candidate’s first response is taken for
assessment, even if this response is incorrect but the correct
information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are
available, award the individual marks discretely but apply the order of
elements rule.
Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
Open response questions
For open response questions, the candidate does not have to write
in full sentences. If appropriate, they may respond using single words or
phrases (with the exception of Question 4(b), summary writing).
Example of short phrases with two or more words:
o habla inglés (verb/noun)
o no sabían nada (verb/negation)
o (que) se habían agotado (verb/adjective).
When responding to open response questions, candidates may use
words from the listening passage or reading extract, but they must
not transcribe or copy whole sections where the question requires
them to manipulate the language in order to render the response
accurate to the question.
Example:
Text: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para estar sano.
Question: Según el texto, ¿en qué consiste una dieta sana?
Rewardable answer: Comer principalmente frutas y verduras.
Non-rewardable answer: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para
estar sano.
Candidates who copy the whole sentence, as exemplified above as the
Non- rewardable answer, would not be awarded marks without manipulating
the verb in the sentence, ‘como’. This is because it does not render an
accurate answer to
Translation Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2025
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Spanish (9SP0) Paper 01
Listening, Reading and
Translation
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding
body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational,
occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information
visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us
page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to
high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
out more about how we can help you and your students at:
www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P75542A
Publications Code 9SP0_01_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment.
Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the
same way as they mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates
must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do
rather than penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade
boundaries may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme
should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be
awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if
deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme.
Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks
if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit
according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes
will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded
and exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application
of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team
leader must be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Candidate responses
Language marking principles
There are no marks for quality of language in this paper so errors and
omissions in spelling and grammar will be tolerated as long as the
message is not ambiguous and do not interfere with communication.
Order of Elements
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for
a 1-mark answer, the candidate’s first response is taken for
assessment, even if this response is incorrect but the correct
information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are
available, award the individual marks discretely but apply the order of
elements rule.
Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
Open response questions
For open response questions, the candidate does not have to write
in full sentences. If appropriate, they may respond using single words or
phrases (with the exception of Question 4(b), summary writing).
Example of short phrases with two or more words:
o habla inglés (verb/noun)
o no sabían nada (verb/negation)
o (que) se habían agotado (verb/adjective).
When responding to open response questions, candidates may use
words from the listening passage or reading extract, but they must
not transcribe or copy whole sections where the question requires
them to manipulate the language in order to render the response
accurate to the question.
Example:
Text: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para estar sano.
Question: Según el texto, ¿en qué consiste una dieta sana?
Rewardable answer: Comer principalmente frutas y verduras.
Non-rewardable answer: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para
estar sano.
Candidates who copy the whole sentence, as exemplified above as the
Non- rewardable answer, would not be awarded marks without manipulating
the verb in the sentence, ‘como’. This is because it does not render an
accurate answer to
