Famous lives: present tense (singular) weak verbs
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Why this why now
Pupils continue to consolidate their knowledge of present tense weak verbs in this unit whilst learning more about a range of famous German speakers, past and present. Pupils apply their knowledge in a more challenging context with extended reading, listening and writing tasks. Foundations are laid for writing and speaking tasks (interviews and conversations) in later units as pupils practise manipulating verbs between (singular) subjects in question and answer form.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know a range of weak verbs in the infinitive and present tense singular forms.
- Pupils know a range of high frequency nouns, adjectives and adverbs.
- Pupils know how to form verb-subject-object questions with and without question words.
- Pupils know a range of question words.
- Pupils know a range of sound-symbol correspondences, including [äu], [sch] and [sp].
Threads
Why this why now
Pupils continue to consolidate their knowledge of present tense weak verbs in this unit whilst learning more about a range of famous German speakers, past and present. Pupils apply their knowledge in a more challenging context with extended reading, listening and writing tasks. Foundations are laid for writing and speaking tasks (interviews and conversations) in later units as pupils practise manipulating verbs between (singular) subjects in question and answer form.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know a range of weak verbs in the infinitive and present tense singular forms.
- Pupils know a range of high frequency nouns, adjectives and adverbs.
- Pupils know how to form verb-subject-object questions with and without question words.
- Pupils know a range of question words.
- Pupils know a range of sound-symbol correspondences, including [äu], [sch] and [sp].
Famous lives: present tense (singular) weak verbs
This unit explores the manipulation of singular persons of weak verbs in question and answer forms. It also provides pupils with an important cultural insight into the lives of famous historical and present German-speaking personalities. Pupils practise the sound-symbol correspondence [er].
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