Year 9

Talk about recent journeys (Part 2/2)

Year 9

Talk about recent journeys (Part 2/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the perfect tense with 'haben' and 'sein' and the word-order rule R2.

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11 Questions

Q1.
___ Berg

das
Correct answer: der
die

Q2.
What is Franconian Switzerland?

a big city
Correct answer: a nature resort
a river
Others

Q3.
What can you do in Franconian Switzerland?

klettern
Correct answer: schwimmen
wandern

Q4.
Ich gehe durch ____ Wald.

das
Correct answer: den
der

Q5.
He has stayed with his aunt. Which one is the correct translation?

Er geblieben bei seiner Tante.
Er hat bei seiner Tante geblieben.
Correct answer: Er ist bei seiner Tante geblieben.

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.
Wald

Correct answer: forest
mountain
village

Q8.
trip/journey

das Fahrt
der Fahrt
Correct answer: die Fahrt

Q9.
ach

hurray
Correct answer: oh
well

Q10.
climb

kitzeln
Correct answer: klettern
wandern

Q11.
durch

at
Correct answer: through
with

11 Questions

Q1.
What is the infinitive of this participle: geblieben?

Correct answer: bleiben
bleibt
blieben

Q2.
What is the past participle of the verb 'steigen'?

Correct answer: gestiegen
gestiegt
stiegt

Q3.
When an action implies motion, we don't use the verb 'haben' in the perfect tense, we use ....?

möchten
Correct answer: sein
werden

Q4.
Which past participle matches this sentence? Wir sind im Sommer nach Wien _____________ .

Correct answer: gefahren
gemacht
geschwommen

Q5.
Which of these is a famous sight in Vienna?

das Hundertwasserhaus
Correct answer: das Schloss Schönbrunn
der Prater

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.
die Erfahrung

adventure
Correct answer: experience
invention

Q8.
gestiegen

Correct answer: climbed
cooked
cycled

Q9.
durch

behind
in
Correct answer: through

Q10.
erfahren

Correct answer: to experience
to find out
to learn about

Q11.
to kiss

cry
Correct answer: kiss
sing