add -nen to all feminine person nouns ending -in, e.g., 'Lehrerinnen'

conjunction meaning 'before', which triggers word order three

conjunction meaning 'after', which triggers word order three

after certain conjunctions, the verb is sent to the end of the sentence or clause

B1 - 1 Diese Astronauten [sind] sehr bekannt.

B1 - 2 Diese Politikerinnen [sind] stark.

B1 - 3 Diese Forscherinnen [arbeiten] mit Chemie.

B1 - 4 Diese Polizistin [arbeitet] viele Stunden pro Tag.

B1 - 5 Diese Mathematiker [machen] keine Fehler.

B1 - 6 Diese Aktivistin [unterstützt] eine Protestbewegung.

C1 - 1 Ich habe Machu Picchu besucht, [denn] ich war 2010 in Peru.

 C1 - 2 Ich habe meinen Geburtstag gefeiert, [als] ich 1999 in Tansania war.

C1 - 3 Ich war 2013 auf Mount Everest [und] ich war auch auf Mount Fuji. 

C1 - 4 2006 war ich in Istanbul, [denn] ich bin gerne in der Türkei.

C1 - 5 2020 habe ich eine tolle Party gemacht, [als] ich wieder zu Hause war!

Famous German speakers: 'bevor' and 'nachdem', word order

German

What you used to do: perfect tense with 'ihr' (you, familiar pl.) and 'früher'

What did they do then? Perfect, imperfect 'war', 'hatte', 'gab', compound nouns

Famous lives: 'als' as 'when' with the past tense

Childhood experiences: nouns, past tense, conjunctions

This unit revisits past tenses. The perfect tense is consolidated as variations on past participle formation are practised. The imperfect tense (war, hatte, es gab) is revisited, with question formation and word order 3 conjunctions. Pupils learn how to say calendar years in German.

Past lives: perfect and imperfect tenses

The verb 'lachen' means 'to laugh'. What does the noun 'das Lachen' mean?

A 'male author' is 'Autor'. Write 'female authors' in German.

Order the words to say: 'I eat in the café after I go to the cinema.'

Order the words to say: 'I hide the present under the bed.'

Write in English: 'er sammelt Postkarten'.

Write in German: 'they celebrate in the garden'.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Famous German speakers: 'bevor' and 'nachdem', word order

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.