Marietta Slomka: dictation, extended translation | German

Starter quiz

Match the German words to their English equivalents.

geboren

⇔

born ✓

wurde

⇔

became ✓

verstand

⇔

understood ✓

aufladen

⇔

to load, charge ✓

treten

⇔

to step, stepping ✓
Strong verbs change the verb stem __________ in the 2nd & 3rd person singular. 'Treten' becomes 'er/sie/es __________'. '__________' is a __________ verb. 'You start' in German is 'du __________ an'.

1

⇔

vowel

2

⇔

tritt

3

⇔

anfangen

4

⇔

separable

5

⇔

fängst
Match the imperfect forms of the verbs to their English meanings.

nahm

⇔

(I, he, she, it) took ✓

war

⇔

(I, he, she, it) was ✓

hatte

⇔

(I, he, she, it) had ✓

sah

⇔

(I, he, she, it) saw ✓

lief

⇔

(I, he, she, it) ran ✓

fiel

⇔

(I, he, she, it) fell ✓
Which questions below have the correct word order for a yes/no question?

Hast du schon angefangen? ✓

Hat er gut geschlafen? ✓

Vergisst du meinen Geburtstag? ✓

Wann hast du den Brief geschrieben?

Du hast nichts gesagt?
What is the past participle of 'produzieren'?

'produziert' ✓
Match the following German words to their English meanings.

ja

⇔

yes, of course ✓

da

⇔

there, since (because) ✓

vorher

⇔

earlier, beforehand ✓

falls

⇔

in case, if ✓

alles

⇔

everything ✓

damals

⇔

(back) then ✓

Exit quiz

Which of the following sound-symbol correspondences are important in the following sentence? 'Den Film hast du leider nicht zu Ende gesehen.'

[ei] ✓

[z] ✓

[ä]

long [e] ✓

short [e] ✓
'Treten (auf)' (to step on) is a strong verb. The 3rd person singular is '__________'. 'Anfangen' is also a strong verb and is separable. 'He starts' is 'er __________ __________'.

tritt

fängt

an
Which words do not fit into the category of 'appearance'?

Kopf

Auge

Ohr

Inhalt ✓

Kenntnis ✓
Match the German and English words.

noch nicht

⇔

not yet ✓

schon einmal

⇔

once or 'ever' if in a question ✓

erhalten

⇔

to receive, receiving ✓

Vorbild

⇔

role model, example ✓

zum Beispiel

⇔

for example ✓

bekommt

⇔

(she, he, it) gets ✓
A pupil has transcribed the sentence 'Der Lehrer hast mein Naturwissenschaftsprojekt nicht acceptieren.', but needs to check the accuracy. Which elements need checking?

spelling of words ✓

form of 'haben' or 'sein' ✓

past participle ✓

noun gender

word order
Which of the following statements about Marietta Slomka are true?

Sie ist Journalistin und Fernsehmoderatorin. ✓

Sie hat schon einmal in China gearbeitet. ✓

Sie stellt harte Fragen. ✓

Sie hat keine Preise gewonnen.

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Key learning points

The past participles of '-ieren' verbs don't start with 'ge-'. They end with '-iert'.
Use adverbs like 'nie', 'schon', and 'noch nicht' with the perfect tense to provide more information.
To form a yes/no question in the perfect tense, swap the subject and the verb.
In dictation, check for grammatical accuracy as well as correct sound-symbol correspondences.

Common misconception

In a written dictation in German, the only thing that matters is the correct sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs).

SSCs are important, but the text needs to make sense grammatically. Check for correct spelling of known words, verb forms and tenses, and singular or plural nouns. Encourage students to check the details and to read back the texts in their head.

Keywords

Time adverbials - adverbs or adverbial phrases which denote time; for example, 'nie', 'schon', 'noch nicht'
Sound-symbol correspondences - the relationship between language sounds and how they are written