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pronounced short [o] as in ‘Schottland’ and long [o] as in ‘Vogel’

pronounced short [ö] as in 'zwölf' and long [ö] as in ‘Vögel’

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

A2 - A - Es gibt [viele] Bögen im Museum.

A2 - B - Es gibt [einen] Vogel im Garten.

A2 - C - Herr Martin hat [einen] Ofen zu Hause.

A2 - D - Mia putzt jede Woche [die] Böden.

A2 - E - Die Frau hat [eine] Tochter.

C1 - Weihnachten in Berlin ist sehr schön! Es gibt einen Weihnachtsmarkt am ...

What you and others have and what it is like: subject pronoun 'sie' for 'they'

German

Christmas: definite article 'die', plurals with umlaut +e, no change -el/-en/-er

Christmas: 'Es gibt' with plurals, the song 'O Tannenbaum'

Christmas traditions: 'sein' 3rd person singular and plural, plurals - +(e)n

Christmas traditions: singular and plural nouns

Saying what something is like: subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es' for 'it'

Numbers 1-12: plurals adding umlaut + -er

How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns

This unit introduces pupils to 4 rules for forming plural nouns in German and provides opportunities for practice with the use of 'es gibt'. It will also teach pupils how to use plurals with 'sein' 3rd person plural, and 'sie' meaning 'they'. They practise sound-symbol correspondence [ü] and [ä].

Christmas: singular and plural nouns

Which of the following words contains a short [o] sound?

Place the following words in order of their vowel length, from shortest to longest.

How can you determine whether 'sie' means 'they' or 'it' in a sentence?

What happens to most masculine and neuter nouns ending in -el, -er, or -en in the plural form?

they always add an umlaut regardless of the word

 they change ‘a’ to ‘ä,’ ‘o’ to ‘ö,’ and ‘u’ to ‘ü’ in many plural forms

they add an umlaut only to feminine nouns

they only add umlauts in the plural if the noun ends in -el, -er, or -en

What happens to vowels when German nouns are made plural?

Which of the following pairs of singular and plural forms are correct?

What gender is the subject pronoun in the following sentence? 'Ich habe ein Buch. Es ist toll.'

Match the German vocabulary below to the correct English translations.

Translate the following sentence into English: 'Das Auto ist rot. Es ist klein.'

Match the adjectives below to the correct English translations.

Starter Quiz

What is the capital city of Germany?