Year 8

Location and direction: where you went, where you were

Year 8

Location and direction: where you went, where you were

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at location and direction: where you went and where you were. We will revisit the (past) perfect tense, 'in' and 'auf', 'weil' and 'denn', and learn how to tell the time using 'to' and 'past'. We will also revisit sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs) [u], [ü] and [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

12 Questions

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

type
Correct answer: typical
typing

Q2.
Which is a correct English meaning of the word 'Karte' ?

cave
meal
Correct answer: ticket

Q3.
Which is a correct English meaning of the word 'nach' when used with the time?

after
on
Correct answer: to

Q4.
Was ist 'Sylt'?

ein Meer
ein See
Correct answer: eine Insel

Q5.
Which greeting would you use if it was 10.30 in the morning?

Gute Nacht
Correct answer: Guten Morgen
Guten Tag

Q6.
What is the correct part of 'haben' for the pronoun 'sie' meaning she?

habe
hast
Correct answer: hat

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

Correct answer: bist
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 'wir'?

bin
bist
Correct answer: sind

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

Correct answer: gefahren
gefahrt
gefahrten

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.
What is the correct meaning of 'dreihundertsechsundvierzig?

Correct answer: 346
364
463