a word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging and matches the noun in gender, case and number

possessive adjective meaning 'his' or 'its'

possessive adjective meaning 'her', 'their' or 'its'

verb of necessity or possibility (must, can, want) used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive, which goes to the end of the sentence

position of the 2nd verb at the end of two-verb sentences

Badeschiff Berlin: possessive adjectives, modal verbs, 2-verb structures

German

Die Sächsische Schweiz: 'man' + verb, 'Lieblings-' and 'Haupt-'

16 Bundesländer: numbers, articles following 'in', 'zu', 'nach'

Eine Reise: present tense, separable verbs, possessive adjectives

Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn: past tense, past participles, time-manner-place

Romantische Straße: future tense, present tense with adverbs to express future

Düsseldorf: past participles of strong and irregular verbs, questions

Graz: word order rules, possessive adjectives

Bern: 'es gibt' vs 'da sind', determiners and prepositions

Berlin: 'wissen' vs 'kennen'

Das Ruhrgebiet: perfect tense irregular verbs, imperfect tense, 'früher'

Frankfurter Buchmesse: uncountable quantifiers, abstract adjectival neuter nouns

This consolidation unit revisits all of the grammar covered in previous units in the context of travel destinations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Pupils learn to use 'man' in order to avoid the passive, and also learn 'sein' and 'ihr' in nominative, accusative and dative to mean 'its'.

Communication and the world around us: Reiseziele

'Ich rufe meinen Bruder an. __________ Nachricht war sehr kurz.'. Choose the correct missing word.

Order the words to say 'I don't want to jump into the cold water.'.

Write in German: 'the town and its festival'.

'Wir bleiben drinnen __________ der Sonne.'. Choose the correct missing word.

Order the words to say: 'The king waits for the participant.'

Badeschiff Berlin: possessive adjectives, modal verbs, 2-verb structures

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