Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish Role Play Practice

The Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish Role play is Task 2 and is worth 10 marks. It is a transaction in one of Pearson’s defined settings, such as obtaining a service, rather than a general conversation.

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Exam at a glance

Board and paper: Pearson Edexcel · 1SP1 · Paper 1 Speaking
Task and tiers: Role Play · Foundation and Higher
Marks: 10 marks
Approximate task duration / format: Recommended 1–1.5 minutes at both tiers
Preparation: 15 minutes supervised preparation for the whole speaking test, not per task
Whole speaking test: Foundation 7–9 minutes; Higher 10–12 minutes · 50 marks · 25% of the GCSE

Task order: Read aloud → Role play → Picture task with conversation.

What happens in this part of the exam?

The Read aloud comes first; the Role play follows it, before the Picture task with conversation.
Read your allocated role-play instructions during preparation and identify the practical information you must communicate.
Your teacher-examiner plays the other person. Complete five prompts and ask the questions required: one at Foundation, two at Higher. At Higher, you also respond to one question using a future timeframe.
Use the setting on your actual card. Practice scenarios below are original exercises, not Pearson stimuli or a promise of what you will be allocated.

What examiners are looking for

This task assesses communication: the other person must understand the requested message.
Stay inside the transaction and respond to the task you have been given.
A correct question or precise request is more useful than an unrelated, complicated opinion. Pearson’s role-play criteria should not be replaced with an AQA-wide scoring formula.

Try one now

Original ScoreMySpeech practice task. This is a static website exercise: speak aloud on your own or with a partner; this page does not record you. It is not official exam-board material.

Original ScoreMySpeech practice task

Finding a room for a family trip

Transactional practice at a hotel reception: your teacher plays the receptionist. Speak in Spanish. For Higher, replace the breakfast preference with a question about whether breakfast is included and answer the future-timeframe stay prompt.

Say how many people the room is for.
Say how many nights you want to stay. Higher: say how many nights you are going to stay.
Ask how much the room costs.
Say that you would like breakfast. Higher: ask whether breakfast is included.
Say that you prefer a quiet room.

Partner’s practice prompts

Foundation

¿Para cuántas personas quiere la habitación?
¿Cuántas noches quiere quedarse?
¿Quiere desayunar aquí?
¿Qué tipo de habitación prefiere?

Higher

¿Para cuántas personas quiere la habitación?
¿Cuántas noches va a quedarse?
¿Qué tipo de habitación prefiere?

One language detail: Habitación is feminine: una habitación tranquila. Incluido agrees with the masculine el desayuno.

Foundation / Higher support

These are concise ScoreMySpeech example responses, not official model answers or guaranteed marks. They demonstrate selected requests or questions, not a complete answer to all five prompts. Follow the demands of your actual stimulus.

Foundation approach

Make the message clear

Quisiera una habitación para tres personas. ¿Cuánto cuesta por noche?

Separate the number of guests from the number of nights. Make the price question easy to understand.

Higher upgrade

Add what the task needs

¿Cuánto cuesta la habitación por noche? ¿Está incluido el desayuno?

Use two concise questions that obtain different information. Extra grammar is useful only if it helps the booking.

Common mistakes

Giving opinions instead of the requested practical information.
Forgetting the question or questions.
Confusing the number of people with the number of nights or tickets.
Using a prepared sentence that belongs to a different setting.

A quick practice strategy

One focused rehearsal

Underline mentally what must be requested or supplied.
Say each request and question without writing a speech.
Have a partner reply as the assistant; stay in the transaction.
Repeat, checking that the transaction would actually work.

This is a revision routine, not official exam preparation timing.

Official specification

Exam information checked against the current Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish 1SP1 specification (first teaching September 2024; first examinations 2026 and beyond). Last reviewed: October 2026. Exam boards may update guidance; follow your school’s instructions too.

Official Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish 1SP1 specification

Practise it aloud with ScoreMySpeech.

Reading an example is a start. The speaking exam is about what you can actually say. Record your response in the app, receive practice feedback, then repeat and improve for your selected exam board. Feedback is not an official mark or grade prediction.