represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., 'I', 'we', 'they'

adds information about the noun in the main clause

narrates events in the past using the present tense

Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present

German

Falsche Ideen: 'es gibt' vs 'da ist/sind', jemanden, niemanden, relative clauses

Eine interessante Person: extended writing

This unit introduces 'es gibt' (existence) vs 'es ist/sind' (location) as pupils understand articles on common stereotypes. They learn and apply the pronouns jemanden, niemanden and revise the pronouns 'it' and 'they' as well as the singular and plural relative pronouns in the nominative case.

Popular culture: Stereotypen

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

How would you say 'it' in the following sentence? 'Das ist eine spezielle Möglichkeit. __________ ist positiv.'

Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'Someone who has a lot of strength is this woman.'

Which sentence ending is correct? 'Ich setze mich auf den Stuhl und __________.'

Which tense does the following sentence use? '1900 bekommt die Frau gute Ergebnisse.'

In 1900, the woman receives good results.

In 1900, the woman received good results.

How would we most likely say '1900 bekommt die Frau gute Ergebnisse.' in English?

Which sentence uses word order three (verb to the end)?

Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'Here is a people that works hard.'

What does 'sie' mean in the following sentence? 'Ich mag die Donau. Sie ist schön.'

Sort the words below into the correct order to combine the following two sentences using a relative clause: 'Hier ist eine Gruppe.' 'Die Gruppe ist riesig.' 

Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present

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