Starter quiz
- Match the subject pronouns.
- ich⇔I ✓
- du⇔you ✓
- er⇔he ✓
- sie⇔they ✓
- es⇔it ✓
- wir⇔we ✓
- Sort the words below into the correct order to create a sentence in word order 1 (subject - verb - adverb - noun).
- 1⇔mein
- 2⇔Vater
- 3⇔hilft
- 4⇔donnerstags
- 5⇔im Geschäft
- Which of these words are adverbs?
- mittwochs ✓
- nie ✓
- rot
- ihr
- nachmittags ✓
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- Choose the correct noun to complete the following sentence: 'Seine __________ arbeitet im Hotel.'
- Lehrer (m)
- Frau (f) ✓
- Geschwister (pl)
- Kind (nt)
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- Translate the following sentence into English: 'Meine Schwester und ich laufen.'
- 'My sister and I run.' ✓
- Translate the following sentence into German: 'We are siblings.'
- 'Wir sind Geschwister.' ✓
Exit quiz
- What is 'the United Kingdom' in German?
- die Vereinigten Staaten
- die Niederlande
- Litauen
- England
- das Vereinigtes Königreich ✓
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- Fill in the gap in the following sentence with the correct subject pronoun: '______ schwimme jeden Tag.'
- 'Ich' ✓
- Match the present tense verb endings.
- ich⇔-e ✓
- du⇔-st ✓
- sie, er, es⇔-t ✓
- wir⇔-en ✓
- 'Ihre Mutter und ihr Vater __________ zusammen.' Choose the correct verb.
- surfe
- surfen ✓
- surfst
- surft
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- '__________ Zwillingsbruder isst kein Fleisch.' Choose the correct possessive adjective.
- mein ✓
- sein
- seine
- deine
- ihre
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- Rewrite the sentence in the 3rd person (reporter's perspective). A male is speaking. 'Mein Vater kocht Fisch.'
- 'Sein Vater kocht Fisch.' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- There is a German-speaking community in Namibia.
- Verb endings show who is doing an action.
- Subject pronouns represent the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb and have specific verb endings.
- Verb endings for weak verbs are ‘ich’ -e, ‘du’ -st, ‘sie, er, es’ -t, ‘wir’ -en and ‘sie’ (they) -en.
- Possessive adjectives show who possesses something, and must match the noun in gender and number.
Common misconception
Possessive adjectives match the gender of the person who possesses the noun.
Possessive adjectives match the gender of the noun they describe, not the person who possesses it!
Keywords
Verb ending - letter(s) added to the verb stem to show who is doing an action
Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘they’
Possessive adjective - describes who possesses a noun, e.g., 'mein Bruder'
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