Year 9

Exchanging views on school life (Part 1/2)

Year 9

Exchanging views on school life (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn the verb 'finden' and how to use object pronouns.

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11 Questions

Q1.
What does 'Wie viele' mean?

Correct answer: How many?
How much?
How often?

Q2.
What do some nouns add when they are used in their plural form?

an accent
an apostrophe
Correct answer: an Umlaut

Q3.
Which is the correct plural form of 'Buch'?

die Bucher
Correct answer: die Bücher
die Buchs

Q4.
What is the singular form of 'Wörter'?

das Wart
Correct answer: das Wort
das Wört

Q5.
How do you translate 'there is/there are' into German?

Da ist
Dort ist
Correct answer: Es gibt

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.
sie

he
Correct answer: she
we

Q8.
ihn

her
Correct answer: him
I

Q9.
Ich mag

I go
I have
Correct answer: I like

Q10.
du magst

he likes
I like
Correct answer: you like

Q11.
er/sie mag

he/she has
he/she hates
Correct answer: he/she likes

11 Questions

Q1.
What is the gender of 'Uniform'?

das
der
Correct answer: die

Q2.
Which is the correct form of 'finden' for 'er'?

finde
findest
Correct answer: findet

Q3.
When writing nouns in German, what do you need to remember?

Correct answer: they start with a capital letter
they start with a small letter
they start with an Umlaut

Q4.
Which object pronoun replaces the noun in this sentence: Ich finde den Lehrer streng.

es
Correct answer: ihn
sie

Q5.
What does 'zu' in this sentence translates as? Die Jacke ist zu klein.

The jacket is quite small.
Correct answer: The jacket is too small.
The jacket is very small.

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.
sie

he
Correct answer: she
we

Q8.
ihn

her
Correct answer: him
I

Q9.
ich mag

I go
I have
Correct answer: I like

Q10.
du magst

he likes
I like
Correct answer: you like

Q11.
er/sie mag

he/she has
he/she hates
Correct answer: he/she likes