Opinions about school: 'finden' singular persons, object pronouns | German

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Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- denken
  
  ⇔
  
  to think, thinking ✓
- Fahrrad (nt)
  
  ⇔
  
  bicycle ✓
- Handy (nt)
  
  ⇔
  
  mobile phone ✓
- sitzen
  
  ⇔
  
  to sit, sitting ✓
- putzen
  
  ⇔
  
  to clean, cleaning ✓
- arbeiten
  
  ⇔
  
  to work, working ✓
When is [ß] used?
- at the start of a word
- after a long vowel ✓
- after a short vowel
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- langweilig
  
  ⇔
  
  boring ✓
- Auto (nt)
  
  ⇔
  
  car ✓
- Garten (m)
  
  ⇔
  
  garden ✓
- schön
  
  ⇔
  
  beautiful, pleasant, good ✓
- ganz
  
  ⇔
  
  whole, all the ✓
- Ich verstehe nicht.
  
  ⇔
  
  I don't understand. ✓
Which of these questions are closed (yes/no) questions?
- Findest du die Katze schön? ✓
- Was denkst du?
- Wie findest du die Schule?
- Hast du ein Handy? ✓
- Bist du zu Hause? ✓
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- ich mag
  
  ⇔
  
  I like ✓
- ich finde
  
  ⇔
  
  I find ✓
- ihn
  
  ⇔
  
  it, him (m) ✓
- sie
  
  ⇔
  
  it, she (f) ✓
- es
  
  ⇔
  
  it (nt) ✓
Complete the following sentence with the correct object pronoun: 'Die Fremdsprache. Ich lerne ______.'
- 'sie' ✓

When is [s] pronounced like the English 'z'?
- at the start of a word ✓
- in the middle of a word ✓
- after a vowel
- before a vowel ✓
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- schlecht
  
  ⇔
  
  bad ✓
- streng
  
  ⇔
  
  strict ✓
- schwierig
  
  ⇔
  
  difficult, hard ✓
- zu
  
  ⇔
  
  too ✓
- wichtig
  
  ⇔
  
  important ✓
- langweilig
  
  ⇔
  
  boring ✓
Complete the following statement: 'Er ______ Mathematik nicht leicht!'
- 'findet' ✓
Complete the following statement: 'Du ______ iPads in Ordnung!'
- 'findest' ✓
Complete the following sentence with the correct object pronoun: 'Die Lehrer sind toll. Ich mag ______.'
- 'sie' ✓
Translate the following sentence into German: 'What do you think of school?'
- 'Wie findest du die Schule?' ✓

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[s] sounds like the English 'z' before a vowel.
Elsewhere [s], 'ss' and [ß] sound like the English 's'.
Write 'ss' after a short vowel but [ß] after a long vowel like 'Fuß' or after 2 vowels together like 'weiß'.
The object pronoun 'it' is masculine 'ihn', feminine 'sie' or neuter 'es'; 'ihn' or 'sie' also mean 'him' or 'her'.
To say 'them' in German, use the plural object pronoun 'sie' for all genders.

[s] is pronounced the same as the English 's'.

[s] is pronounced like the English 'z' when it comes before a vowel. Elsewhere, both [s] and [ß] are pronounced like the English 's'.

[s] - pronounced as in 'sollen'
[ß] - pronounced as in 'groß' or 'lassen'
Object pronoun - replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., me, you, it, them
Finden - verb meaning 'to find, finding', frequently used to seek or express an opinion and often translated as 'to think'