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Friends and family: weak and strong verbs singular and 3rd person plural

Friends and family: weak and strong verbs singular and 3rd person plural

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Building on pupils' knowledge of weak verbs in singular persons, this unit extends pupils' understanding to strong verbs in singular persons. Pupils develop their skill in understanding the key features of strong verbs, and as the unit progresses, pupils learn to apply these differences when using both weak and strong verbs in singular persons and 1st and 3rd person plural. Foundations are laid for the use of two-verb structures in later units by the introduction of the modal verb 'können' (to be able to, can)

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Pupils know a range of weak verbs in the infinitive and singular persons.
  • Pupils know object pronouns ihn, sie, es (singular) and sie (plural).
  • Pupils know how to form verb-subject-object questions with and without question words
  • Pupils know a range of sound-symbol correspondences, including [er] stressed and unstressed, [sch] and [sp]

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Why this why now

Building on pupils' knowledge of weak verbs in singular persons, this unit extends pupils' understanding to strong verbs in singular persons. Pupils develop their skill in understanding the key features of strong verbs, and as the unit progresses, pupils learn to apply these differences when using both weak and strong verbs in singular persons and 1st and 3rd person plural. Foundations are laid for the use of two-verb structures in later units by the introduction of the modal verb 'können' (to be able to, can)

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Pupils know a range of weak verbs in the infinitive and singular persons.
  • Pupils know object pronouns ihn, sie, es (singular) and sie (plural).
  • Pupils know how to form verb-subject-object questions with and without question words
  • Pupils know a range of sound-symbol correspondences, including [er] stressed and unstressed, [sch] and [sp]

Friends and family: weak and strong verbs singular and 3rd person plural

This unit provides pupils with the knowledge to use strong verbs accurately in the present tense (singular) and to apply this knowledge alongside weak verbs in questions, answers and narration (3rd person singular and plural). Pupils practise sound-symbol correspondences [v], [au], [r] and [eu].

10 lessons in unit

  1. 1

    What I do and what we do: present tense 1st person plural weak verbs

    I can say what I do by myself and with others using the present tense and give details using adverbs.
  2. 2

    What we do together: present 1st person plural weak verbs and 'sein'

    I can distinguish English and German uses of the present tense and talk about what I do with others using the 1st person plural of weak verbs and of 'sein'.
  3. 3

    Can and able: singular 'können' + infinitive

    I can say what I and others are able to do using the modal verb 'können' and correct word order.
  4. 4

    Can and can't: singular 'können' + infinitive and negation

    I can say what I or others are unable to do by using 'nicht' or 'kein' with 'können'.
  5. 5

    Compare lifestyles: present tense strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular

    I can recognise stem changes in strong verbs between the 1st and 3rd person singular forms, and I can understand short texts which contain familiar weak, irregular and strong verbs.
  6. 6

    Compare activities: strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular, compound nouns

    I can identify compound nouns, label their grammatical gender and use familiar strong verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular present tense to compare activities.
  7. 7

    Ask about activities: present tense strong verbs 1st and 2nd person singular

    I can read, listen and respond to longer texts about activities, which include weak, irregular and strong verbs in the 1st and 2nd person singular forms of the present tense.
  8. 8

    What you and others do: strong verbs 1st and 2nd person singular

    I can ask and respond to questions to discuss what I and others do, and know how to use a bilingual dictionary.
  9. 9

    Other people's actions: singular present tense strong verbs

    I can use the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular forms of strong verbs to understand and respond to information about other people's actions.
  10. 10

    Narrate other people's actions: present tense weak and strong verbs

    I can use the 3rd person plural present tense form of weak and strong verbs to narrate other people's actions.

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