Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing | German

Starter quiz

Match the German and English.

gedacht

⇔

(have) thought ✓

gewusst

⇔

knew, (have) known ✓

getan

⇔

did, (have) done ✓

genannt

⇔

(have) named ✓

gezogen

⇔

(have) pulled, moved ✓

gerecht

⇔

just, fair ✓
To turn a masculine noun ending in -er into a feminine noun, add ______.

'-in' ✓
'Was ist geschehen? Gab es Probleme bei deinem Schülerpraktikum? Willst du dich beschweren?'. Match the German vocabulary from this sentence to the correct English translations.

geschehen

⇔

happened ✓

bei

⇔

at, with ✓

sich beschweren

⇔

to complain ✓
Which of these sentences use the conditional tense?

Ich werde bald die Schule verlassen.

Wir würden lieber eine Ausbildung machen. ✓

Wenn ich die Chance hätte, würde ich in Wien, Hauptstadt von Österreich, wohnen. ✓

Bei uns gibt es immer Streit, wenn ich meine Hausaufgaben nicht mache.

Hattest du Zeit, die Informationen zu lesen, oder warst du zu müde?
Which of these conjunctions use word order 3 and send the verb to the end?

denn

deshalb

weil ✓

wenn ✓
Match the ways to develop and extend your writing listed below to the correct examples.

tenses

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present, future, conditional ✓

vocabulary

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nouns, adverbs, time phrases ✓

functions

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opinions, reasons ✓

Exit quiz

Match the German and English.

brachte

⇔

brought ✓

dachte

⇔

thought ✓

lag

⇔

lay ✓

ließ

⇔

let, allowed ✓

saß

⇔

sat ✓

wusste

⇔

knew ✓
'Meine künftige Arbeit muss bei einer bekannten Firma sein, z.B. Tesla. Tesla ist Milliarden wert!'. What do the words 'künftige', 'bekannten', and 'Milliarden' respectively mean?

future, successful, millions

final, well-known/famous, millions

future, well-known/famous, billions ✓

final, successful, billions
Which of these German words include an [s] which sounds like the English [z]?

Sorge - worry ✓

Hauptstadt - capital city

Streit - argument, fight

bisher - until now

Situation - situation ✓
To form a male __________ ___________, add __________ to the verb stem. Some verb stems add __________ on the letter 'a'. 'A dancer' is 'ein __________', and 'a runner' is 'ein __________'.

1

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agent

2

⇔

noun

3

⇔

-er

4

⇔

an umlaut

5

⇔

Tänzer

6

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Läufer
Develop and extend your writing by using a range of tenses, a range of vocabulary, and opinions. Ensure you give ______ for your opinions.

'reasons' ✓
Which of these sentences include an opinion?

Es ist mir wichtig, gute Noten zu bekommen. ✓

Ich werde Mathe und Physik an der Uni studieren.

Ich mag Medizin und ich liebe Kinder, deshalb werde ich Kinderärztin werden. ✓

Ich habe kein Arbeitspraktikum gemacht.

Die Chance, ein Arbeitspraktikum zu machen, würde mir gefallen. ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

German [s-] sounds like English 'z'. German [z] sounds like English 'ts'.
German cognates ending in ‘-tion’ have this ‘ts’ sound plus long vowel [o]n, as in 'Information'.
Add -er to verb stems to create male agent nouns; for example, 'Arbeiter', 'Helfer'. Add -in for the feminine form.
Develop writing with: different tenses, a range of vocabulary, and functions, e.g., opinions and reasons.

Common misconception

'z' is pronounced the same way in both English and German.

German [z] sounds like the English 'ts'. German [s-] is pronounced like the English 'z'. Use example words to remind you of the difference, e.g., 'Zug' (train) and 'Suche' (search).

Keywords

Male agent noun - masculine noun for someone who performs the action of a verb, usually ending in -er; for example, worker - ‘Arbeiter’