The environment: verbs with prepositions, da-compounds
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs with prepositions and da-compounds in the context of environmental issues.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [r].
- Year 9
The environment: verbs with prepositions, da-compounds
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs with prepositions and da-compounds in the context of environmental issues.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [r].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [r] is a 'rolling', gentle vibration sound when at the start of a syllable, after a consonant or between two vowels.
- [r] is a gentle 'ah' sound after a long vowel and in '-er'. It sounds barely there.
- Some verbs are used with prepositions which affect the case of the noun that follows.
- Da-compounds are used to replace and refer back to inanimate (non-living) nouns which have already been mentioned.
- For animate things (people and animals), use an object pronoun instead of a da-compound to replace the noun.
Keywords
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Da-, dar- - prefix added to prepositions to avoid repetition of the noun
Common misconception
We can use a da-compound to refer back to any object noun already mentioned.
We can only use a da-compound to replace inanimate (non-living) nouns. For animate objects (people and animals), we use direct or indirect object pronouns to replace the noun.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does a preposition do?
Q2.Which sentence uses the verb 'sich freuen' correctly?
Q3.Which sentence shows the correct use of the dative case with a preposition?
Q4.Match each verb to the correct preposition.
Q5.Match the German and the English.
