Kultur in Deutschland: wh- question words
Learning outcomes
I can use wh- questions to ask about German culture.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [v] and [w].
Kultur in Deutschland: wh- question words
Learning outcomes
I can use wh- questions to ask about German culture.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [v] and [w].
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The German [v] sounds like the English [f].
- The German [w] sounds like the English [v].
- Open questions use a question word before the verb followed by the subject.
Keywords
[w] - pronounced as in 'Welt'
[v] - pronounced as in 'vor'
Wh- question words - question words that mostly begin 'wh-' in English, such as 'where'; in German they are 'Fragewörter'
Common misconception
The German [w] is pronounced like the English 'w'; the German [v] is pronounced like the English 'v'.
The German [w] is pronounced like the English 'v'; the German [v] is pronounced like the English 'f'.
Equipment
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.
Starter quiz
4 Questions
east
project
religion
world
well-known, famous
what sort/type of
Exit quiz
6 Questions
underground, metro
(of) Berlin
Berlin
not really
minority
wie?
warum?
wie viele?
wann?
wo?
wer?