Starter quiz
- Match the German and English.
- Obst (nt)⇔fruit ✓
- Uniform (f)⇔uniform ✓
- Zimmer (nt)⇔room ✓
- Geschenk (nt)⇔present ✓
- Zug (m)⇔train ✓
- nichts⇔nothing ✓
- Which of these words are question words?
- dann
- warum ✓
- danach
- wie ✓
- wann ✓
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- Which is the correct order of words in a word order 1 sentence?
- verb - subject - noun - adverb
- subject - verb - adverb - noun ✓
- subject - verb - noun - adverb
- adverb - noun - verb - subject
- adverb - verb - subject - noun
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- Select the statements that are in word order 2.
- Ich trinke abends Wasser.
- Abends trinke ich Wasser. ✓
- Trinkst du abends Wasser?
- Machst du nachmittags Hausaufgaben?
- Nachmittags mache ich Hausaufgaben. ✓
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- Translate the following sentence into English: 'Wann liest du?'
- 'When are you reading?' ✓
- Translate the following sentence into German: 'She reads often.' Use word order 2.
- 'Oft liest sie.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of these words contain a long [o] or [ö]?
- schön ✓
- plötzlich
- Sonnenbrille (f)
- rot ✓
- doof ✓
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- The word order in open questions is ...
- similar to statements in word order 1.
- similar to statements in word order 2. ✓
- an example of inversion. ✓
- the standard order of words in a German sentence.
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- Which of the sentences below are questions?
- Du redest oft
- Redest du oft ✓
- Wann redest du ✓
- Abends redest du
- Du redest am Abend
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- What is the term for the change in pitch when asking a question?
- inversion
- intonation ✓
- stress
- statement
- adverb
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- Translate the following sentence into English: 'Wann singst du?'
- 'When do you sing?' ✓
- Translate the following sentence into German: 'When do you ride a bike?'
- 'Wann fährst du Rad?' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- To ask an open question, we place a question word directly in front of the verb.
- The word order in open questions is similar to that of statements in word order 2, but a question word is at the start.
- To ask a closed question, swap the position of the subject and verb in a statement.
- Do not rely on word order to tell you if a sentence is a question or a statement. Intonation is important.
- Use 'wann?' to ask open questions about when things happen.
Common misconception
Word order tells you if a sentence is a question or a statement.
Use clues such as intonation and vocabulary meanings to help you decide if a sentence is a question or a statement, as the word order in questions is similar to word order 2.
Keywords
Open question - question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no
Statement - a sentence that gives information
Word order 2 - (WO2) inverts the subject and verb in a sentence
Wann? - question word meaning 'when?'
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