School activities: infinitives, present tense 3rd person singular
Learning outcomes
I can read, talk and write about activities that someone does at school using the 3rd person singular.
I can pronounce the long and short [o] correctly.
- Year 7
School activities: infinitives, present tense 3rd person singular
Learning outcomes
I can read, talk and write about activities that someone does at school using the 3rd person singular.
I can pronounce the long and short [o] correctly.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- [o] can be either short (followed by 2 consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant, double vowel or 'h').
- Remove 'en' from the infinitive to create the verb stem and add 't' for the 3rd person singular of most verbs in German.
- Use 'er' for he and 'sie' for she with the 3rd person singular of the verb.
- If the verb stem ends in –d or –t, an –e is added so that you can hear the verb ending –t.
Keywords
[o] - pronounced as in 'Wo?' or 'Kopf'
Infinitive - the dictionary form of a verb
3rd person singular - the short form of a verb, used to say what he or she does or is doing
Common misconception
The present continuous, e.g., ‘he is doing’, is translated as ‘er ist machen’.
There is only one present tense in German. ‘Er macht’ means both ‘he does' and 'he is doing’.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German below to the correct English translations.
Q2.What is the infinitive?
Q3.Which words contain a long [o]?
Q4.Which of the following words are in the 3rd person singular?
Q5.Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Er in der Schule.' (He learns at school.)
Q6.Fill in the gap in the following sentence: '__________ es kalt oder warm heute?' (Is it cold or warm today?)
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match these German phrases to their English translations.
