Ausflüge: formal and informal questions
I can create formal and informal questions in response to texts and use my knowledge of questions to help form accurate answers when speaking.
- Year 11
- AQA
Ausflüge: formal and informal questions
I can create formal and informal questions in response to texts and use my knowledge of questions to help form accurate answers when speaking.
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Key learning points
- A closed question, also known as a yes/no question, is formed by swapping the position of the verb and subject.
- Use 'du' questions for informal singular ‘you’, 'ihr' questions for informal plural ‘you’, and 'Sie' for formal 'you'.
- When responding to questions about yourself, change the 2nd person language to 1st person language.
- When answering questions, you may need to change subject pronouns, verbs, possessive adjectives and reflexive pronouns.
Keywords
Closed question - a question which can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'
Du - subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and singular
Ihr - subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and plural
Sie - subject pronoun meaning 'you', formal
2nd person - language used to refer to ‘you’, singular or plural
Common misconception
When answering a question about yourself, just change the verb form in the question to a 1st person verb.
It is important to change the verb form, but it might also be necessary to change other language, such as subject pronouns, possessive adjectives and reflexive pronouns in order to change the 2nd person question into a 1st person answer.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'that' or 'those'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I asked him for help.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Es ist mir egal.'
Q6.Write in German: 'I'm sorry.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match up the sentence halves.
