A school exchange: verbs with 'an', 'auf', 'für', 'vor', reflexive verbs
Learning outcomes
I can use reflexive pronouns with reflexive verbs, and understand that some verbs need prepositions to link them to a noun.
I can correctly pronounce [g].
- Year 9
A school exchange: verbs with 'an', 'auf', 'für', 'vor', reflexive verbs
Learning outcomes
I can use reflexive pronouns with reflexive verbs, and understand that some verbs need prepositions to link them to a noun.
I can correctly pronounce [g].
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- At the start or in the middle of words, German [g] as in 'gehen' is usually pronounced like the 'g' in English 'go'.
- When [g] is the final sound in a syllable, it sounds more like 'k', as in 'Flugzeug'.
- A reflexive pronoun is used instead of an object when the subject is also affected by the action of the verb.
- Reflexive verbs require reflexive pronouns, which replace the object in the sentence, as in English.
- Some verbs need prepositions to link them to a noun. Some verbs use different prepositions in English than German.
Keywords
[g] - pronounced as in 'gehen' or 'Zeug'
Reflexive pronoun - replaces the object in a sentence using a reflexive verb, e.g., 'myself'
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Common misconception
English verbs use the same prepositions as in German.
German verbs often use different prepositions from those used with English verbs; for example 'ich hoffe auf' - 'I'm hoping for' (not 'hoping on').
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'straight, just'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'Hiking in the mountains is a lot of fun.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Wo ist deine Tasche?'
Q6.Write in German: 'a new school'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.At the start or in the middle of words, a German [g] is usually pronounced like the English __________. When [g] is the final sound in a syllable, it sounds like __________.
Q2.Match the verbs and prepositions.
