subject - verb - object; the standard word order in a German sentence, e.g., ‘ich lerne Deutsch’

inverts the subject and verb in a sentence, e.g., 'montags spiele ich Tennis'

the verb is sent to the end of the clause or sentence, e.g., '.... , weil es Spaß macht'

case used to indicate possession and also used after certain prepositions

B1 - 1 Die Freundin [beep] deines Bruders.

B1 - 2 Die Hauptstadt [von] deinem Land.

B1 - 3 Das Auto [beep] seines Vaters.

B1 - 4 Das Ziel [von] unserer Stadtführung.

B1 - 5 Die Blumen [von] meinem Mann.

B2 - 1 Herzlich Willkommen in Graz! Die Startzeit unserer Stadtführung ist ...

B2 - 2 In Graz gibt es viele Sehenswürdigkeiten zu genießen! Die Kultur ...

B2 - 3 Deswegen wandern wir zusammen durch dieses historische Stadtviertel ...

Graz: word order rules, possessive adjectives

German

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

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

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

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

'Das Buch seiner Freundin.'. Who owns the book?

Order the words to form a sentence starting with an adverb.

Write in German: 'the car of my brother'. Use the genitive case.

Write in German: 'the cat of my sister'. Use the dative case.

Which of these words means 'in the meantime'?

Order the words to say: 'I run every day because it is healthy.'

Write in English: 'Ich finde die Altstadt schön.'

Starter Quiz

Which of these words means 'in the meantime'?