Year 8

Comparing places and people now and then (Part 2/2)

Year 8

Comparing places and people now and then (Part 2/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will consolidate the use of the imperfect tense with 'war', 'hatte' and 'es gab'. We also revise adjective agreements in the nominative and accusative (R1 and R2).

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13 Questions

Q1.
Wie sagt man 'Es gab' auf Englisch?

It was
There is/there are
Correct answer: There was/there were

Q2.
How do you say 'I had' in German?

Ich habe
Correct answer: Ich hatte
Ich hattest

Q3.
Which of the following combinations is correct?

Ich bin, du warst. er/sie/es war
Ich war, du war, er/sie/es war
Correct answer: Ich war, du warst, er/sie/es war

Q4.
What is the antonym for 'heiß'?

Correct answer: kalt
weiß
weit

Q5.
Wie sagt man 'cold' auf Deutsch?

kahl
Correct answer: kalt
kühl

Q6.
How do we say 'near' in German?

Correct answer: nah
näher
neh

Q7.
Was bedeutet 'tief' auf Englisch?

Correct answer: deep
narrow
wide

Q8.
Which of the following means 'voll' in English?

empty
Correct answer: full
total

Q9.
Wie sagt man 'wenig' auf Englisch?

Correct answer: few
many
when

Q10.
What does 'früher' mean in English?

early
Correct answer: in former times
late

Q11.
How do we say 'back then' in German?

Correct answer: damals
dann
denn

Q12.
Wie heißt 'links' auf Englisch?

(golf) links
Correct answer: on/to the left
right

Q13.
Wie heißt 'rechts' auf Englisch?

correct
Correct answer: on/to the right
quite

13 Questions

Q1.
How do you say 'I had' in German?

Ich habe
Correct answer: Ich hatte
Ich hattest

Q2.
How do we say 'near' in German?

Correct answer: nah
näher
neh

Q3.
What is the antonym for 'heiß'?

Correct answer: kalt
weiß
weit

Q4.
Wie sagt man 'Es gab' auf Englisch?

It was
There is/there are
Correct answer: There was/there were

Q5.
Wie schreibt man 'cold' auf Deutsch?

kahl
Correct answer: kalt
kühl

Q6.
What does 'früher' mean in English?

early
Correct answer: in former times
late

Q7.
Was bedeutet 'tief' auf Englisch?

Correct answer: deep
narrow
wide

Q8.
Which of the following means 'voll' in English?

empty
Correct answer: full
total

Q9.
Wie sagt man 'wenig' auf Englisch?

Correct answer: few
many
when

Q10.
Wie heißt 'links' auf Englisch?

(golf) links
Correct answer: on/to the left
right

Q11.
How do we say 'back then' in German?

Correct answer: damals
dann
denn

Q12.
Wie heißt 'rechts' auf Englisch?

correct
Correct answer: on/to the right
quite

Q13.
Which of the following combinations is correct?

Ich bin, du warst. er/sie/es war
Ich war, du war, er/sie/es war
Correct answer: Ich war, du warst, er/sie/es war