A murder mystery party: relative clauses
I can create adjectives from nouns adding the suffix -los, and I can use relative clauses to give further information about suspects and clues in the context of a murder mystery party.
- Year 9
A murder mystery party: relative clauses
I can create adjectives from nouns adding the suffix -los, and I can use relative clauses to give further information about suspects and clues in the context of a murder mystery party.
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Key learning points
- Adding the suffix -los to German nouns creates adjectives with the English equivalent -less or the meaning 'without'.
- Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause without starting another sentence.
- German subject relative clauses start with a relative pronoun, 'der', 'die', 'das', 'die' and end with a verb.
- Relative clauses can be embedded in main clauses, with commas before and after the clause.
Keywords
Suffix -los - letter string added to the end of many German nouns to create adjectives with the English meaning '-less' or 'without'
Relative clause - adds information about the noun in the main clause
Common misconception
You can add the suffix -los to any German noun to make an adjective.
You can't just add -los to any noun to form an adjective. It only works if the result makes real sense - usually where there’s a natural English -less equivalent (like 'hairless', 'hopeless', 'windowless').
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which adjective refers to a colour?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
