New Year's resolutions: future tense
Learning outcomes
I can express future events using 'werden' plus infinitive and other verbs like 'möcht-', 'vorhaben' and 'planen'.
I can recognise a range of sound-symbol correspondences and confidently pronounce a variety of words containing these SSCs.
- Year 9
New Year's resolutions: future tense
Learning outcomes
I can express future events using 'werden' plus infinitive and other verbs like 'möcht-', 'vorhaben' and 'planen'.
I can recognise a range of sound-symbol correspondences and confidently pronounce a variety of words containing these SSCs.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Regular practice of a range of phonic rules supports pronunciation skills.
- The Leitner System is a powerful tool for learning vocabulary effectively.
- Future intentions can be expressed using 'werden', modal, and other verbs like 'vorhaben' and 'planen' plus infinitive.
- Verbs like 'vorhaben', 'planen' and 'es ist' plus adjective need a comma and then 'zu' before the second verb.
- 'Werden' and modal verbs like 'wollen', 'können', 'dürfen' and 'müssen' do not need 'zu' before the second verb.
Keywords
Zu - preposition meaning 'to', used before the infinitive in most two-verb structures
Common misconception
'Zu', meaning 'to', is always needed as part of two-verb infinitive structures, e.g., 'Ich hoffe, mehr in die Schule zu lernen.'.
'Werden' and modal verbs do not need 'zu' before the second verb: 'Ich werde mehr in der Schule lernen'. Other verbs that do not require 'zu' include 'helfen', 'lassen' and 'mögen'.
Equipment
A mini whiteboard and pen, together with pen and paper for making notes, would be useful, if available.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Q2.Match each German word type with the correct example.
Q3.Match the German and the English time expressions.
Q4.Complete the following sentence: 'Ich will in die Stadt __________.' (I want to go to town.)
Q5.Complete the following sentence: 'Er hat vor, in die Stadt __________.' (He plans to go to town.)
Q6.Match these German separable verbs with their English meanings.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Complete the following sentence: 'zu' is a preposition meaning 'to', used before the in most two-verb structures.
Q2.Complete the following sentence: the verb __________ and modal verbs like 'wollen', 'können', 'dürfen' and 'müssen' do not need 'zu' before the second verb.
Q3.Which of the following words starts with a sound like the 'v' in English?
Q4.Match up the beginnings and endings of these sentences.
