Mein Schultag: nouns and plurals, present tense, picture task (AQA)
I can use the correct grammatical gender of nouns in singular and plural with the present tense of weak and strong verbs to describe a teenager's normal day.
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Mein Schultag: nouns and plurals, present tense, picture task (AQA)
I can use the correct grammatical gender of nouns in singular and plural with the present tense of weak and strong verbs to describe a teenager's normal day.
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Key learning points
- All nouns in German start with a capital letter and have a grammatical gender, either masculine, feminine or neuter.
- Many German nouns have plural forms, but many are used either only in the singular or the plural.
- There are nine rules for forming plurals in German. Plural rules should be learnt alongside the noun gender.
- Weak and strong verbs have the same present tense endings; strong verbs change stem vowel for 'du' and 'er, sie, es'.
- German has one present tense which conveys both the English simple present and present continuous.
Keywords
Grammatical gender - way to categorise all nouns as either masculine, feminine or neuter
Plural rules - rules applied to noun categories to support accurate use of plurals in German - rules 1 - 5 of 9 are covered here
Weak verb - a verb that follows a regular pattern of changes
Strong verb - a verb which changes its vowel in the verb stem of the ‘du’ and ‘er, sie, es’ forms
Common misconception
There is only one way to form the plural in German.
German has several rules for forming plurals. The best way to correctly form plurals is to learn the rules, use an example for each rule as a guide, and frequently practise them. As in English, some nouns are used without plurals.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the correct article for the word 'Dame'?
Q2.Match the subject to the correct form of the verb 'sprechen' (to speak).
Q3.What does the following sentence mean? 'Ich musste Hausaufgaben machen.'
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I will go to the concert.'
Q5.Write the correct form of the verb 'fahren': 'Er in die Schule.'
Q6.Translate into English: 'Ich bin nach Hause gefahren.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which sentence is written correctly in German?
Q2.Which of the following statements are true?
Q3.Match the German and English.
