Year 9

Saying what you and others do at home (Part 2/2)

Year 9

Saying what you and others do at home (Part 2/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at saying what you and others do at home. We focus on present tense weak verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular.

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11 Questions

Q1.
In German regular words are sometimes called ... verbs.

infinitive
strong
Correct answer: weak

Q2.
When you use ich the ending is ...

Correct answer: e
st
t

Q3.
When you use du the ending is ...

e
Correct answer: st
t

Q4.
In the du form if the stem ends in 'z' you don't add 'st' you just add ...

e
st
Correct answer: t

Q5.
In the du form if a verb stem ends in 't' you add an ... before the 'st' ending.

Correct answer: e
t
z

The next 5 questions cover some very common words you will need in German in KS3. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
sehr

a lot
quite
Correct answer: very

Q8.
oft

always
never
Correct answer: often

Q9.
kaum

Correct answer: hardly
never
often

Q10.
nie

every day
Correct answer: never
once a week

Q11.
manchmal

always
never
Correct answer: sometimes

11 Questions

Q1.
In German regular words are sometimes called ... verbs.

infinitive
strong
Correct answer: weak

Q2.
When you use ich the ending is ...

Correct answer: e
st
t

Q3.
When you use er/sie the ending is ...

e
st
Correct answer: t

Q4.
In the er/sie form if a verb stem ends in 't' you add an ... before the 't' ending.

Correct answer: e
t
z

Q5.
If you add a time phrase to a sentence it goes ... the verb.

Correct answer: after
before
in

The next 5 questions cover some very common words you will need in German in KS3. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
sehr

a lot
quite
Correct answer: very

Q8.
oft

always
never
Correct answer: often

Q9.
kaum

Correct answer: hardly
never
often

Q10.
nie

every day
Correct answer: never
once a week

Q11.
manchmal

always
never
Correct answer: sometimes