Life at home: present tense (singular) weak verbs
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In this unit, pupils build on their knowledge of weak verbs and closed and open question forms. As the unit progresses, they will consolidate and apply their knowledge by building sentences from infinitives in a familiar context.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the singular persons of 'haben', 'sein' and a range of weak verbs in the infinitive and singular persons.
- Pupils know the subject pronouns 'ich', 'du', and 'er/sie' meaning he/she
- Pupils know the gender of previously taught nouns.
- Pupils know singular definite articles in the nominative and accusative cases.
- Pupils know the question words 'wo', 'was', 'wer' and 'wie'.
- Pupils know the sound-symbol correspondences [a], [e], [o], [ei], [z], [w] [ie]
Threads
Why this why now
In this unit, pupils build on their knowledge of weak verbs and closed and open question forms. As the unit progresses, they will consolidate and apply their knowledge by building sentences from infinitives in a familiar context.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the singular persons of 'haben', 'sein' and a range of weak verbs in the infinitive and singular persons.
- Pupils know the subject pronouns 'ich', 'du', and 'er/sie' meaning he/she
- Pupils know the gender of previously taught nouns.
- Pupils know singular definite articles in the nominative and accusative cases.
- Pupils know the question words 'wo', 'was', 'wer' and 'wie'.
- Pupils know the sound-symbol correspondences [a], [e], [o], [ei], [z], [w] [ie]
Life at home: present tense (singular) weak verbs
This unit introduces pupils to verb infinitives and the patterns for weak (regular) high frequency verbs in the 1st and 3rd persons singular. Pupils learn how to use them in familiar contexts at school and at home. They practise sound-symbol correspondences long and short [o] and [i].
6 lessons in unit
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