Starter quiz
- How many grammatical genders for nouns are there in German?
- one
- two
- three ✓
- four
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- Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- Aufgabe (f)⇔task ✓
- Woche (f)⇔week ✓
- sehr⇔very ✓
- früh⇔early ✓
- Montag (m)⇔Monday ✓
- spät⇔late ✓
- What is a subject pronoun?
- a word such as 'I', 'you', 'he, she, it' ✓
- the form of the infinitive without its ending
- a word meaning 'the'
- a word meaning 'a/an'
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- What is a weak verb?
- a verb with an irregular pattern of changes
- a verb with a regular pattern of changes ✓
- the form of a verb found in a dictionary
- a verb with a stem ending in '-d' or '-t'
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- What is the 2nd person singular subject pronoun?
- the form of the verb referring to 'ich' (I)
- the form of the verb referring to 'du' (you) ✓
- the form of the verb referring to 'er' (he) or 'sie' (she)
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- Translate the following sentence into English: 'Er wohnt mit Freunden.'
- 'He lives with friends.' ✓
Exit quiz
- How is [sp] pronounced?
- like the English 'sp'
- like the English 'sh'
- like the English 'sh' before the 'p' ✓
- the same as [sch]
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- Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- Fach (nt)⇔subject ✓
- Fremdsprache (f)⇔foreign language ✓
- Naturwissenschaften (fpl)⇔sciences ✓
- Kunst (f)⇔art ✓
- Mathematik (f)⇔mathematics ✓
- mögen⇔to like, liking ✓
- Which word is missing from the following sentence to ask someone about their favourite subject? 'Was ist __________ Lieblingsfach?'
- meine
- dein ✓
- mein
- deine
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- Use the correct form of 'mögen' to fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Du ______ die Aufgabe.'
- 'magst' ✓
- Match each noun to its object pronoun.
- Woche (f)⇔sie ✓
- Montag (m)⇔ihn ✓
- Klassenzimmer (nt)⇔es ✓
- Use the correct object pronoun to complete the following sentence: 'Ich habe den Fußball. Ich mag ______ nicht.'
- 'ihn' ✓
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Key learning points
- [sch] is pronounced like the English 'sh'.
- [sp] always starts with the English sound 'sh' before the 'p'.
- The verb 'mögen' means 'to like', 'ich mag' means 'I like' and 'du magst' means 'you like'.
- In German, object pronouns tell us the grammatical gender of the object of the sentence.
- German has three words for the object pronoun 'it' - masculine 'ihn', feminine 'sie' and neuter 'es'.
Common misconception
'es' is the only German word for 'it'.
Object pronouns such as 'es' tell us the grammatical gender of the object of the sentence. German has three words for the object pronoun 'it' - masculine 'ihn', feminine 'sie' and neuter 'es'.
Keywords
[sch] - pronounced as in 'schreiben'
[sp] - pronounced as in 'spielen'
Mögen - an irregular verb, meaning 'to like, liking'
Object pronoun - replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., 'it'
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