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Junior Cycle Spanish: Announcements & news items
How often Announcements & news items comes up on the Spanish papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Quick ones on Announcements & news items.
- Gate 6
- Platform 6
- Platform 7
- The shop closes at 10 o'clock
- The shop opens in 10 minutes
- The shop closes in 10 minutes
- The flight is delayed by an hour
- The flight is an hour early
- The flight is cancelled
Show the answers
(a) Platform 6
(b) The shop closes in 10 minutes
(c) The flight is delayed by an hour
Common Level
Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q6 |
| 2025 | Q3, Q5, Q8 |
| 2024 | Q4 |
| 2023 | Q6, Q7 |
| 2022 | Q6, Q7, Q8 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Announcements & news items questions
Announcements & news items, 2 marks
Metro: 'Próxima estación: Atocha. Salida por el lado izquierdo.' Which side do you get off?
- The right side
- Either side
- The left side
Show the answer
The left side
Izquierdo = left; derecho = right. Próxima = next. Salida = exit. Atocha is a big station in central Madrid.
Announcements & news items, 2 marks
Radio ad: 'Clases de guitarra para jóvenes. ¡La primera clase es gratis!' What is free?
- All the lessons
- The first lesson
- The guitar
Show the answer
The first lesson
Gratis = free of charge. La primera clase = the first class or lesson. Jóvenes = young people. Adverts love the words gratis, oferta and descuento.
Other Spanish topics
- Emails, letters & blogs
- Famous Hispanic people
- Gap-fill & form filling
- Hobbies & pastimes
- Holidays & accommodation
- Near future (ir a + infinitive)
- Numbers, dates & time
- Present tense
- Preterite & other past tenses
- Shopping & clothes
- Signs, notices & adverts
- Spanish cities & regions
- Town, directions & transport
- Weather
- Festivals & celebrations
- Making plans & invitations
- Messages & dialogues
- Myself, family & pets
- School life
- Sport
- Describing people
- Food & eating out
- Latin America
- Health & the body
- Daily routine & chores
- House & home
- Jobs & work
- Ser & estar