How can I bring my controlled assessment work up to an A-grade?

In both writing and speaking assessments, you need to ensure your content has good flow and ticks certain boxes that the examiner is looking for - for example have you used the correct form of the past tense, and conjugated it properly? However, there are certain devices you can use to really wow the examiner and push up your grade. My favourite tip to offer students is to somewhere include the subjunctive tense in your Spanish work. It is often considered a difficult tense and is not usually taught at GCSE, however there are some really useful subjunctive tense triggering phrases that show off your knowledge. A good example: