Plans for this weekend: present tense (future meaning), 'nach' vs 'zu' (dative)
Learning outcomes
I can use the present tense plus a future time phrase to discuss plans for the weekend, and can correctly use 'nach' or 'zu' to say where I plan to go.
I can correctly pronounce [d] according to its position in a German word.
- Year 8
Plans for this weekend: present tense (future meaning), 'nach' vs 'zu' (dative)
Learning outcomes
I can use the present tense plus a future time phrase to discuss plans for the weekend, and can correctly use 'nach' or 'zu' to say where I plan to go.
I can correctly pronounce [d] according to its position in a German word.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- At the start or in the middle of German words, [d] sounds like English 'd'. At the end, it sounds like 't'.
- Use time phrases, e.g., 'am Montag', with the present tense to refer to future plans.
- Emphasis on whatever is first in the sentence. You can use inversion (word order 2) to create this emphasis.
- 'Nach' means 'to' with place names, continents and most countries. 'Zu' means 'to' when used with places with articles.
- Use zu with people, professions and events, e.g., 'Ich gehe zu Oma.'.
Keywords
[d] - pronounced as in 'und', 'Kinder'
Time phrase - word or multi-word phrase that describes when something happens, e.g., 'am Montag'
Nach - word meaning 'to', used with place names, continents and most countries, never followed by the definite article
Zu - word meaning 'to', used with places that need articles and with people, professions and events, followed by the dative case
Common misconception
You can only begin an inversion sentence (word order two) with a time phrase, nothing else.
The emphasis is on whatever comes first in the sentence when using inversion (word order 2). It is acceptable to put the object of the sentence before the verb. For example, 'Den Kaffee trinken wir heute'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Q2.Which question word best fills the gap in the following sentence? '__________ kommst du nach Hause?'
Q3.Which words are conjunctions?
Q4.Translate into English: 'Mit wem spielst du?'
Q5.Which letter(s) is missing from the end of these three words? 'un_', 'Kin_', 'Han_'
Q6.Put the words in the statement below into word order two, beginning with the time phrase.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete the following sentence: 'At the start or in the middle of words, [d] sounds like __________.'
Q2.Match the German and English.
