Eine interessante Person: extended writing | German | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

schaffen

⇔

to create, manage ✓

schwarz

⇔

black ✓

bekommen

⇔

to get, receive ✓

multikulturell

⇔

multicultural ✓

sich setzen

⇔

to sit down, sitting down ✓
Why do we use the historic present?

to talk about events happening now that will become historically important

to narrate events that happened in the past to make them feel more immediate ✓

to compare events that happened in the past with events in the present
Choose the correct relative pronoun to fill the gap: 'Die Stimme, __________ so lieb ist.'

der

die ✓

das
Complete the translation of the following sentence by filling in the gap: '______ acht U-Bahn-Linien in München.' (There are eight underground lines in Munich.)

'Es gibt' ✓
Match the German words below to their meanings and correct cases.

jemand

⇔

someone (nominative) ✓

niemanden

⇔

no-one (accusative) ✓

jemanden

⇔

someone (accusative) ✓

niemand

⇔

no-one (nominative) ✓
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

unterscheiden

⇔

to distinguish, distinguishing ✓

auf diese Weise

⇔

in this way ✓

der Zweck

⇔

purpose ✓

das Jahrhundert

⇔

century ✓

What do the 'd's in 'niemand' and 'niemanden' sound like?

they both sound like 'und'

they both sound like 'Ding'

one sounds like 'und' and the other sounds like 'Ding' ✓
What does the 'tion' in 'international' sound like?

like the English 'tion' - 'international' sounds the same in both languages

the 'ti' sounds like the German 'z' ✓

the 'ti' sounds like the German 't'
Match the German words below to their English meanings.

jemanden

⇔

someone ✓

niemanden

⇔

no-one ✓

die Kraft

⇔

strength, power ✓

positiv

⇔

positive, positively ✓

darstellen

⇔

to depict, portray, show ✓
Which case follows 'es gibt'?

nominative

accusative ✓

dative
Complete the translation of the following sentence by filling in the gap: 'Ich kenne ______, der Würste mag.' (I know no-one who likes sausages.)

'niemanden' ✓
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'The woman who works here is called Silke.'

1

⇔

die Frau

2

⇔

die

3

⇔

hier

4

⇔

arbeitet

5

⇔

heißt

6

⇔

Silke

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Planning to write involves organising ideas & selecting key structures, e.g., 'da ist', 'es gibt', 'jemand', 'niemand'.
Using a checklist helps to ensure an appropirate range of language is used, e.g., relative clauses, historic present.
Accuracy is enchanced by careful checking.

Checking written work isn't important.

Using a checklist can ensure pupils use a range of language and know what to look for when checking for accuracy.

Es gibt - means 'there is' and is a general statement that something exists
Da ist - means 'there is' and points out what is in a specific place at a specific time
Relative clause - adds information about the noun in the main clause
Jemand - a pronoun meaning 'someone'
Niemand - a pronoun meaning 'no-one'