Year 8

Comparing school experiences (Part 1/2)

Year 8

Comparing school experiences (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. This lesson is the first part of comparing school experiences. We will learn about the possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr'. We will also revisit several sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs).

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12 Questions

Q1.
Choose the correct German translation for 'I love dancing

Ich liebe tanzen
Correct answer: Ich liebe Tanzen
Ich tanze lieber

Q2.
Wie sagt man 'particularly' auf Deutsch?

Correct answer: besonders
immer
kaum

Q3.
Which of the following meanings is INCORRECT for the German word 'Bild'

Correct answer: building
photo
picture

Q4.
How do we say 'I particularly like swimming' in German

Ich schwimme gern
ich schwimme lieber
Correct answer: ich schwimmer besonders gern

Q5.
Which is the correct English translation for 'Ich tanze gern aber ich schwimme lieber'

I dance but I love swimming
I like dancing but I love swimming
Correct answer: I like dancing but I prefer swimming

Q6.
Only two of these words are feminine. Which is the odd one out?

Correct answer: Bild
Kunst
Musik

Q7.
Wie sagt man 'instead of' auf Deutsch

deshalb
kaum
Correct answer: statt

Q8.
Wie schreibt man 'traditional' auf Deutsch

traditionall
traditionel
Correct answer: traditionell

Q9.
Wie heißt 'die Art' auf Englisch?

art, artistry
artist, painter
Correct answer: type, kind

Q10.
Choose the correct German translation for 'This music is particularly modern'.

Correct answer: Diese Musik ist besonders modern
Diese Musik ist leider modern
Diese Musik ist lieber modern

Q11.
Wie sagt man auf Deutsch 'I like visiting Austria because I love mountains'

Ich besuche gern Österreich, weil ich Berge gern klettere
Correct answer: Ich besuche gern Österreich, weil ich Berge liebe
Ich besuche oft Australien, denn ich liebe Berge

Q12.
Wie sagt man auf Deutsch 'frequently'

Correct answer: häufig
kaum
lieber

12 Questions

Q1.
What is the correct English for 'erzählen'?

to explain, explaining
to say, saying
Correct answer: to tell, telling

Q2.
What is the correct English for 'erklären'?

Correct answer: to explain, explaining
to say, saying
to tell, telling

Q3.
What is the antonym (opposite) of 'arm'?

dunkel
hell
Correct answer: reich

Q4.
What is the antonym (opposite) of 'hell'?

Correct answer: dunkel
langsam
reich

Q5.
What is the correct German for the pronoun 'their' ?

Correct answer: ihr
sein
unser

Q6.
What is the correct German for the pronoun 'our' ?

ihr
mein
Correct answer: unser

Q7.
What is the correct German for the pronoun 'our' in Row 3 (dative)?

unser
unsere
Correct answer: unseren

Q8.
What is the correct German word for 'their' in this sentence? '__________Schule ist nicht so streng wie unsere.'

ihr
Correct answer: ihre
ihren

Q9.
What is the correct German word for 'our' in this sentence? ' Wir denken, ________Schule ist ziemlich modern.

unser
Correct answer: unsere
unseren

Q10.
What is the correct German word for 'illness'?

der Kranke
Correct answer: die Krankheit
krank

Q11.
What is the meaning of 'die Wahrheit'?

true
truly
Correct answer: truth

Q12.
What is the long version of the German abbreviation AG?

alte Giraffen
Correct answer: Arbeitsgemeinschaft
arme Gruppe