Junge Deutsche: telling the time, uses of 'es'
I can tell the time and use 'es' in different contexts, making meaning more concise when discussing life for young Germans.
- Year 10
- AQA
Junge Deutsche: telling the time, uses of 'es'
I can tell the time and use 'es' in different contexts, making meaning more concise when discussing life for young Germans.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- 'Uhr' means 'o'clock'. 'Halb' means 'half to the next hour'.
- 'Es' can be used as a pronoun to replace a neuter noun.
- 'Es' can refer back or forward to a fact or idea, epxressed in a clause or sentence.
- 'Es' can be used with impersonal verbs.
Keywords
Es - a subject and obect pronoun which often translates as 'it' and has a number of functions
Impersonal verb - a verb that doesn't refer to a particular person or thing, and whose subject is most often 'es' (it)
Common misconception
To say 'it' in German, always use 'es'.
As a pronoun, 'es' only replaces a neuter noun. 'Das Buch? Ich lese es gern.' ('A book? I like reading it.'). Use 'ihn' or 'sie' for masculine and feminine nouns. 'Der neue Film? Ich finde ihn (it) toll.'. 'Berlin? Ich besuche sie (it) gern.'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these nouns are neuter?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
Q4.'Es fällt mir schwer.'. Choose the correct translation.
Q5.Sort the elements below into the correct order to form the following sentence: 'It is important to learn German.'
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'There are two firms.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.'Ich habe endlich einen Job gefunden. __________ ist interessant.'. Chose the correct word for 'it'.
Q2.Order the 12-hour clock times from earliest to latest.
Q3.Match the 12-hour and 24-hour clock times.
Q4.Match the uses of 'es' to the correct example sentences.
