Starter quiz
- Match the German and English.
- Kirche (f)⇔church ✓
- Weihnachten (nt)⇔Christmas ✓
- Fest (nt)⇔festival, celebration ✓
- feiern⇔to celebrate, celebrating ✓
- Stimmung (f)⇔atmosphere ✓
- genießen⇔to enjoy, enjoying ✓
- Which of these sentences include an opinion?
- Ich denke, dass sie glücklich sind. ✓
- Ich glaube, dass sie zu Hause sind. ✓
- Sie feiern Weihnachten.
- Es gibt einen Mann und eine Frau.
- Meiner Meinung nach sind sie in einer Großstadt. ✓
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- How do you say 'there is' or 'there are' in German?
- 'es gibt' ✓
- Which of these English sentences are in the present continuous?
- I am thinking about school. ✓
- He goes to church.
- They celebrate Easter.
- She is eating with friends. ✓
- They learn German.
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- Which translations of 'Die Familie feiert.' are correct?
- The family celebrates. ✓
- The family celebrated.
- The family is celebrating. ✓
- The family will celebrate.
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- Translate the following sentence into German: 'They are eating.'
- 'Sie essen. ' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the German and English vocabulary.
- die Synagoge⇔synagogue ✓
- die Moschee⇔mosque ✓
- die Kirche⇔church ✓
- der Tempel⇔temple ✓
- Match the followers of these religions to their holy buildings.
- der Christ, die Christin⇔die Kirche ✓
- der Muslim, die Muslime⇔die Moschee ✓
- der Jude, die Jüdin⇔die Synagoge ✓
- der Hindu, die Hindu⇔der Tempel ✓
- Eid al-Fitr ist ...
- eine wichtige Feier für Christen.
- eine wichtige Feier für Muslime. ✓
- eine wichtige Feier für Hindus.
- eine wichtige Feier für Juden.
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- Which of these adjectives are not considered positive?
- gemein ✓
- großzügig
- hilfsbereit
- höflich
- eifersüchtig ✓
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- The acronym PALM, used for describing photos, stands for People, Action, Location and ______.
- 'Mood' ✓
- Complete the following sentence to translate 'I believe that they are celebrating Christmas.' into German: 'Ich glaube, dass ______.'
- 'sie Weihnachten feiern' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The acronym PALM is useful for describing photos. It stands for People, Action, Location, Mood.
- It is useful to add opinions to personalise photo descriptions.
- There is only one present tense in German. This is important to remember when describing what is happening in a photo.
Common misconception
The present continuous in German is different to the simple present.
The present continuous in German is the same as the simple present, so 'sie essen' means 'they eat' and 'they are eating'.
Keywords
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
Present continuous - describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'
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