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Describing where you live (Part 1/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at describing one's local area, using 'es gibt' and 'es gab' followed by the accusative case.
  2. Purpose of language use: Describing where you live, and features of your region
  3. Grammar: es gibt/gab, ein/kein, (extension es wird...geben)

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13 Questions

Q1.
Was ist richtig?

Es gibt veile Laden
Es gibt viele Laden
Correct answer: Es gibt viele Läden

Q2.
Was ist richtig?

Es gab früher eine Bahnhof
Correct answer: Es gab früher einen Bahnhof
Es gibt früher einen Bahnhof
Others

Q3.
Was ist richtig?

Leider gibt es kein Einkaufszentren
Correct answer: Leider gibt es keine Einkaufszentren
Leider gibt es keine Einkaufszentrum

Q4.
Was ist richtig?

Ich bin froh, dass es ein Bibliothek gibt
Correct answer: Ich bin froh, dass es eine Bibliothek gibt
Ich bin froh, dass es einen Bibliothek gibt

Q5.
Was ist richtig?

Gibt es veile Supermärkte?
Gibt es viele Supermarkte?
Correct answer: Gibt es viele Supermärkte?

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in German in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
auf

between
in front of, behind
Correct answer: on, at, to

Q8.
bestimmt

Correct answer: definite, certain
particular
uncertain

Q9.
danach

Correct answer: after it, afterwards
before
since

Q10.
schlecht

awkward
Correct answer: bad
difficult

Q11.
sofort

Correct answer: immediately
in a while
sometime

Q12.
wenig

Correct answer: few
many
none

Q13.
zwischen

Correct answer: between
near
next to

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UnitGerman / Home, town, neighbourhood and region

German

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