Positive experiences: word order and prepositions
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Why this why now
This unit expands pupils' ability to answer the question 'why' as they learn 'um...zu + infinitive' to express reasons. Pupils explore this in the context of helping others. They reactivate knowledge of past tense, word order (time, manner, place) in saying when, how and where they do things when describing journeys past and present. And they consolidate knowledge of prepositions and accusative and dative with articles with verbs of movement and location. Reflexive verbs are revisited and pupils practise talking about what goes where in a familiar context of making changes at home.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the perfect tense of weak and strong verbs and the formation of past participles.
- Pupils know the present tense of verbs with indirect objects
- Pupils know the use of the accusative case for movement and dative case for location,
- Pupils know some modal verbs in the imperfect tense.
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Why this why now
This unit expands pupils' ability to answer the question 'why' as they learn 'um...zu + infinitive' to express reasons. Pupils explore this in the context of helping others. They reactivate knowledge of past tense, word order (time, manner, place) in saying when, how and where they do things when describing journeys past and present. And they consolidate knowledge of prepositions and accusative and dative with articles with verbs of movement and location. Reflexive verbs are revisited and pupils practise talking about what goes where in a familiar context of making changes at home.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the perfect tense of weak and strong verbs and the formation of past participles.
- Pupils know the present tense of verbs with indirect objects
- Pupils know the use of the accusative case for movement and dative case for location,
- Pupils know some modal verbs in the imperfect tense.
Positive experiences: word order and prepositions
This unit revisits a broad range of known grammar and vocabulary and introduces 'um...zu' +infinitive. New imperfect modals sollte and durfte are practised, together with further consolidation of Time-Manner-Place word order. Prepositions and cases for movement and location are consolidated.
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