In and into places: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
Learning outcomes
I can recognise how and when the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘auf’ are used to show the movement or the location of someone or something.
I can correctly pronounce [st].
- Year 7
In and into places: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
Learning outcomes
I can recognise how and when the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘auf’ are used to show the movement or the location of someone or something.
I can correctly pronounce [st].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [st] is pronounced as in 'stark'. At the start of a word, it sounds like 'sht'.
- Use ‘in’ (into) and ‘auf’ (onto) with accusative definite articles to describe movement towards something or someone.
- Use ‘in’ (in) and ‘auf’ (on) with dative definite articles to describe the location of something or someone.
- Accusative definite articles are 'den' (m), 'die' (f), 'das' (nt).
- Dative definite articles are 'dem' (m), 'der' (f), 'dem' (nt).
Keywords
[st] - pronounced as in 'stark'
In - preposition meaning ‘in’ or ‘into’
Auf - preposition meaning ‘on’ or ‘onto’
Accusative case - used with prepositions to indicate movement towards someone or something
Dative case - used with prepositions to indicate the location of someone or something
Common misconception
The grammatical gender of feminine nouns changes to masculine in the dative case.
Feminine nouns are always feminine, no matter what case their article may change to.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Q2.Which SSCs (sound-symbol correspondences) sound similar at the very start of a word in German?
Q3.Match the forms of the weak verb 'lernen'.
Q4.Fill in the gap with the correct form of 'fahren' to complete the following sentence: 'Du Skateboard, Ski und Fahrrad.'
Q5.Which object pronoun can replace 'Sport' but not 'Gemüse'?
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German, using the verb 'mögen': 'I like to swim.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.When does [st] sound like 'sht'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
