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Appearance: adjective agreement (accusative)
I can use adjectives before nouns in the accusative case to describe others' appearances.
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- Year 8
Appearance: adjective agreement (accusative)
I can use adjectives before nouns in the accusative case to describe others' appearances.
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Key learning points
- When adjectives come before nouns, they have different endings depending on the noun gender, type of article and case.
- The accusative case is used for the ‘object’ of the verb.
- Singular accusative adjective endings for indefinite articles are: -en (masculine) -e (feminine) and -es (neuter).
- For accusative plural nouns after 'keine', the adjective ending is -en; without an article the accusative ending is -e.
Keywords
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Accusative - form(s) used for the object or 'receiver' of the action of the verb
Common misconception
Words will stick in my memory if I read them enough times.
It is the act of reaching for words that roots them deeper in memory, so testing oneself or working in pairs to try to recall words from memory is the most effective learning strategy for holding on to words in your long term memory.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Match the German and English.
Q2.Match up the sentence halves.
Match up the sentence halves.
Q3.'__________ Musik hörst du?'. Choose the correct missing word.
'__________ Musik hörst du?'. Choose the correct missing word.
Welcher
Welches
Q4.Order the words to say: 'My mother is friendly and my father is open.'
Order the words to say: 'My mother is friendly and my father is open.'
Q5.'Wie viele Geschwister du?'. Write the correct missing word.
'Wie viele Geschwister du?'. Write the correct missing word.
Q6.Write in English: 'Ich lerne über deine Familie.'
Write in English: 'Ich lerne über deine Familie.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which of these statements is incorrect?
Which of these statements is incorrect?
I should try to say or write words without reading or copying.
Retrieving from memory is the best way to make words stick.
I should make a note of words I don't know or have forgotten.
Q2.Match up the sentence halves.
Match up the sentence halves.
Q3.'Er hat keine __________ Haare.'. Choose the correct missing word.
'Er hat keine __________ Haare.'. Choose the correct missing word.
lang
lange
langer
langes
Q4.Write in German: 'She has a wide face.'
Write in German: 'She has a wide face.'
