Year 9

Talking about more than one (Part 1/2)

Year 9

Talking about more than one (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at talking about more than one. We focus on plural rules 1 and 2 for masculine and neuter nouns.

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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 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

11 Questions

Q1.
To make a plural masculine and neuter nouns either: add an ... to the end.

Correct answer: e
en
s

Q2.
Or add an 'e' to the end and an ... to the vowel.

e
full stop
Correct answer: umlaut

Q3.
Nouns ending in el/en/er often ... the same.

leave
move
Correct answer: stay

Q4.
The word 'the' for ALL plural nouns is ...

das
der
Correct answer: die

Q5.
You can also replace 'die' with a ...

name
Correct answer: number
vowel

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.
auch

Correct answer: also
and
but

Q8.
es gibt

it is
Correct answer: there is/ are
they are

Q9.
Wie viele?

Correct answer: How many?
How much?
How?

Q10.
sind

Correct answer: are
is
was

Q11.
aber

also
and
Correct answer: but