adverb meaning 'gladly', which is used to express likes, or dislikes when preceded by ‘nicht’

the standard word order of a German sentence (subject - verb - adverb - noun)

subject and adverb swap places, verb stays in 2nd place meaning subject and verb are inverted

A1 feedback - 1 Tag, Tage

A1 feedback - 2 Zug, Züge

A1 feedback - 3 Flug, Flüge

A1 feedback - 4 Burg, Burgen

A1 feedback - 5 Spielzeug, Spielzeuge

A1 feedback - 6 Geburtstag, Geburtstage

B2 - Du wirfst den Ball und erhältst Punkte. Du willst das Ziel erreichen ...

Favourite activities in Vienna: present tense, 'gern',  inversion

German

This unit introduces the adverb of manner 'gern', practising it in questions with 'welch-' and in giving opinion answers. The unit revisits word order 1 and 2 and negation with nicht.

Likes and dislikes: adverb 'gern'

Which of these words include the sound [g] in German?

Which verbs change their vowel in the 'du' and 'er, sie, es' present tense forms?

Order the words to form a sentence starting with 'ich' using word order one (WO1).

Order the words to form a sentence using inversion starting with 'heute', word order two (WO2). Emphasise the adverb.

Order the words to say: 'We sit here and they stand there.'

Write in English: 'Ich wünsche mir ein Spiel.'

Write in German: 'I receive a mobile phone.'

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