Spanish pdfs: Busco... / ¿Dónde está(n)...? (Places in town)

8 pdf files based on 15 bits of vocab for asking for directions in Spanish:

1. I'm looking for............................................................... busco
2. you're looking for.......................................................... buscas
3. he / she's looking for.................................................... busca
4. we're looking for........................................................... buscamos
5. they're looking for......................................................... buscan
6. I'm not looking for......................................................... no busco
7. what are you looking for?............................................. ¿qué buscas?
8. Where is (it)?................................................................ ¿Dónde está?
9. Where are (they)?.........................................................¿Dónde están?
10. Where is the church?................................................... ¿Dónde está la iglesia?
11. Where are the shops?.................................................. ¿Dónde están las tiendas?
12. around here.................................................................. por aquí
13. Is there a supermarket around here?........................... ¿Hay un supermercado por aquí?
14. I'm looking for the supermarket.................................... Busco el supermercado.
15. I'm looking for a café.................................................... Busco una cafetería.

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Spanish "desempleo" resources (based on BBC Mundo article)

These resources are based on a short news story on BBC Mundo about Spain's unemployment statistics: 
 
The TaskMagic3 file (mtx3) provides access to 18 interactive exercises and requires TaskMagic3.
 
The image shows the Mix & Gap front page for the file in TaskMagic3, with the little screen thumbnails showing links to the various interactive exercises.

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¿A qué debe su mala fama el martes y trece?

These Spanish resources are based on a short text from Muy interesante explaining the origins of "martes y trece" - see the link below:
http://www.muyinteresante.es/ia-que-debe-su-mala-fama-el-martes-y-trece

There are 9 pdf files in all, all printed using dopdf - http://www.dopdf.com

The pdfs are based on a Mix and Gap file containing the text, which is also included (mtx3). This file provides a wide variety of interactive exercises for use with PCs or with an interactive whiteboard. It requires TaskMagic3. If you haven't got TaskMagic3, you can download a 30-day trial from the TaskMagic website (doesn't require registration or anything - just download and install it).

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Spanish resources: New York multi-millionaire leaves $1m to his driver... (Exploiting a news story)

These Spanish resources are based on a news story from BBC Mundo about a New York multi-millionaire who left $1.5million to his driver and doorman:

AQA AS style cloze exercises using TaskMagic3

There's a pdf cloze exercise below based on an article from BBC Mundo. It requires students to put a verb or adjective into the correct form according to the context, just like one of the exercises on the AQA AS exam.

The other file is a TaskMagic3 individual exercise file (_tx3). You'll need version 3.2 or later of TaskMagic to open this. It opens directly to

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