Starter quiz
- Which words contain a hard [ch]?
- Buch ✓
- Kirche
- sechzehn
- Nacht ✓
- nochmal ✓
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- Match the German and English.
- Herr (m)⇔man ✓
- Ist das klar?⇔Is that clear? ✓
- im Unterricht⇔in lessons ✓
- in der Schule⇔in school ✓
- Tag (m)⇔day ✓
- Was ist das?⇔What is that? ✓
- Complete the missing verb: Ich ______ in der Schule Deutsch. (lernen)
- 'lerne' ✓
- Which comes first in a closed (yes/no) question?
- the subject
- the verb ✓
- the noun, if there is one
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- Which translations are correct for 'Du lernst jeden Tag Gitarre.' ?
- You learn guitar every day. ✓
- You learn guitar sometimes.
- You are learning guitar every day. ✓
- You are learning guitar sometimes.
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- Translate into English: 'Sie hat keinen Lieblingsfilm.' Use the word 'no' in your answer.
- 'She has no favourite film.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which word is a verb?
- Antwort (f)
- einmal im Woche
- im Unterricht
- ich
- spiele ✓
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- How can you recognise an infinitive?
- infinitives usually end in '-en' ✓
- infinitives usually end in '-e'
- infinitives usually end in '-st'
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- When is [ch] soft?
- after [i] as in Kirche ✓
- after [e] as in sechs ✓
- after [o] as in kochen
- after [u] as in Buch
- after [a] as in machen
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- Add the missing letter: 'Du spr______chst Englisch und Deutsch'.
- 'i' ✓
- Identify the verb: 'Der Herr wiederholt oft die Antwort.'
- 'wiederholt' ✓
- Translate into English: 'Er kauft nie Bonbons'
- 'He never buys sweets' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- [ch] is a hard sound after a, o, u and au, and soft after other sounds.
- The infinitive form of a verb is found in the dictionary and usually ends in 'en'.
- Singular persons of regular (weak) verbs in the present tense can be recognised by the endings -e, -st or -t.
Common misconception
Word order is the same in German and English.
Word order is not always the same in German and English. Pay close attention to the position of different sentence parts (subject, verb, nouns, adverbs).
Keywords
[ch] - pronounced soft as in 'ich' or hard as in 'Buch'
Infinitive - the dictionary form of a verb which gives its general meaning
Word order - the order of words in a sentence
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