Lesson 1 of 14
  • Year 8

Activity and timing: what you did when

Lesson 1 of 14
  • Year 8

Activity and timing: what you did when

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at activity and timing: how to say 'what you did when'. We will revisit the (past) perfect tense and learn to tell the time: (e.g. half past the hour). We will also practice the sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) [y].

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12 Questions

Q1.
What is the correct English translation of 'typisch'?

type
Correct answer: typical
typing

Q2.
What type of school is a 'Gymnasium'?

Correct answer: a grammar school
a gym school
a primary school

Q3.
Which of these words would have the 'y' pronounced in the English way?

Hymne
Correct answer: Party
Physik

Q4.
Was ist 'Sylt'?

ein Meer
ein See
Correct answer: eine Insel

Q5.
Which of these words for 'you' would you use in German if you were meaning people in general?

du
Correct answer: man
Sie

Q6.
What is the correct part of 'haben' for the pronoun 'er'?

habe
hast
Correct answer: hat

Q7.
What is the correct part of 'sein' for the pronoun 'er'?

bist
Correct answer: ist
sind

Q8.
What is the correct part of 'haben' for the pronoun 'wir'?

Correct answer: haben
hast
hat

Q9.
What is the correct part of 'sein' for the pronoun 'ich'?

Correct answer: bin
bist
sind

Q10.
What is the correct past past participle for the verb 'helfen'?

gehelft
gehilft
Correct answer: geholfen

Q11.
What time would you meet your friend if you were told 'um halb zwei'?

Correct answer: at half past one
at half past two
at twenty minutes to two

Q12.
How do you say half past six in German

halb drei
halb sechs
Correct answer: halb sieben