Berlin: inversion with adverbs of time and place, and 'viel' and 'viele'
Learning outcomes
I can say what there is in different places by creating complex sentences which use different word orders and a variety of adverbs.
I can contrast soft and hard [ig].
- Year 7
Berlin: inversion with adverbs of time and place, and 'viel' and 'viele'
Learning outcomes
I can say what there is in different places by creating complex sentences which use different word orders and a variety of adverbs.
I can contrast soft and hard [ig].
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- [ig] is pronounced soft as in 'ich'. In some regions it is pronounced hard as in 'ik'.
- 'Viel' means 'a lot (of)'; 'viele' means 'lots of'. Use 'viel' with uncountable nouns and 'viele' with countable nouns.
- Put adverbs at the start of a statement for emphasis. This triggers word order 2.
- Adverbs of time are often the last thing in an English sentence, but not the last thing in a German sentence.
Keywords
[ig] - pronounced soft as in 'ich'; in some regions it is pronounced hard as in 'ik'
Viel - word meaning 'much, a lot (of)'
Viele - word meaning 'many, lots of'
Adverb - describes when, how or where something happens
Word order - the order of words in a sentence, e.g., word order 1 (subject - verb - adverb - noun) or word order 2 (adverb - verb - subject - noun)
Common misconception
'Viel' and 'viele' are interchangeable.
Use 'viel' with uncountable nouns (i.e., you cannot put a number in front of it) and use 'viele' with countable nouns (i.e., you can put a number in front of it).
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
