Starter quiz
- Which questions are open (information seeking) questions?
- Wo spielst du Gitarre? ✓
- Hast du mein Heft?
- Wer ist der Mann? ✓
- Redest du oft?
- Spielt er jeden Tag?
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- Match the German and English.
- hören⇔to hear, hearing ✓
- arbeiten⇔to work, working ✓
- lernen⇔to learn, learning ✓
- machen⇔to do/make, doing/making ✓
- sagen⇔to say, saying ✓
- fragen⇔to ask, asking ✓
- What is an adverb?
- the form of a verb found in the dictionary
- the subject of a verb, i.e. who is doing an action
- a word that describes when, where or how an action happens ✓
- an object in a sentence
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- Match the subjects with the correct present tense verbs.
- ich⇔mache ✓
- du⇔machst ✓
- er / sie⇔macht ✓
- Fill the gap with the correct subject: ______ spiele jeden Tag Tennis.
- 'Ich' ✓
- Translate into English: 'Lernst du zu Hause?'
- 'Do you learn at home?' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the German and English:
- zuhören⇔to listen, listening ✓
- wiederholen⇔to repeat, repeating ✓
- zeigen⇔to show, showing ✓
- Aufgabe (f)⇔task ✓
- Antwort (f)⇔answer ✓
- freiwillig⇔voluntarily ✓
- Where should the subject be placed in a German sentence?
- before a verb with an ending ✓
- after a verb with an ending if it is a question ✓
- between the adverb and verb
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- Where is an adverb usually placed in a German sentence?
- before the subject
- after the noun
- after the verb, before the noun ✓
- between the subject and verb
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- Put the words in the correct order to form a statement.
- 1⇔ich
- 2⇔höre
- 3⇔manchmal
- 4⇔die
- 5⇔Musik
- Translate into German: How often do you ask?
- Wie oft frage ich?
- Wie oft fragst du? ✓
- Wie oft fragt er?
- Fragst du oft?
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- Translate into German: I read German every day.
- 'Ich lese jeden Tag Deutsch.' ✓
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Key learning points
- A simple German sentence contains a subject (for example I, you) and a verb with the correct ending.
- Extend a sentence by adding a noun after the verb, for example 'Ich spiele Fußball.'
- Adverbs normally come after the verb in German, splitting up the verb and noun.
- Sentences are turned into questions by swapping the verb and subject.
Common misconception
Word order is the same in German and English.
German sentences containing adverbs have a different word order to English.
Keywords
Infinitive - the dictionary form of a verb giving its general meaning
Subject - who is doing an action, for example 'I' or 'you'
Word order - the order of words in a sentence
Adverb - word that describes a verb or adjective
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