Narrating with nouns: singular definite articles
I can match nouns to their correct grammatical gender and correctly translate short present tense sentences to and from German to narrate events.
- Year 7
Narrating with nouns: singular definite articles
I can match nouns to their correct grammatical gender and correctly translate short present tense sentences to and from German to narrate events.
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Key learning points
- German has three words for 'the': 'der' (masculine), 'die' (feminine) and 'das' (neuter).
- When learning a German noun, learn its grammatical gender.
- There is only one present tense in German: 'ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.
Keywords
Definite article - the words 'der', 'die', 'das', meaning 'the'
Grammatical gender - way to categorise all nouns as either masculine, feminine or neuter
Present tense - describes habitual events in the present: ‘I do’ or ‘I’m doing’
Common misconception
Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender.
Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender, i.e., not all nouns referring to a female are gramatically female (for example, 'das Mädchen' = 'girl').
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which words mean 'the' in German?
Q2.Match the German nouns below to the correct English translations.
Q3.Match up the subjects and present tense verb endings.
Q4.Which of these words are conjunctions?
Q5.Translate the following sentence into English: 'Ich verstehe nicht!'.
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'She talks with friends.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the English words below to the correct German translations.
