Year 9

Talk about things that make you happy / Describe others (Part 1/2)

Year 9

Talk about things that make you happy / Describe others (Part 1/2)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about prenominal adjective agreement and the word-order rule R1.

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11 Questions

Q1.
What do we call these articles: der, die, das?

Correct answer: definite
indefinite
infinitive

Q2.
Which of these is an indefinite article?

das
der
Correct answer: ein

Q3.
Which of these adjectives would fit this phrase: der ______ Schuh?

bequem
Correct answer: bequeme
bequemer

Q4.
I want to translate 'The friendly woman' into German. Which of these is the correct translation?

der freundliche Frau
die freundlich Frau
Correct answer: die freundliche Frau

Q5.
Which is the correct word in this sentence? 'Das Haus ist ...?

Correct answer: neu
neue
neuer

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.
Pflanze

das
der
Correct answer: die

Q8.
der ...

Correct answer: Blick
Mal
Schuh

Q9.
bequem

Correct answer: comfortable
controvers
convenient

Q10.
again

einmal
manchmal
Correct answer: wieder

Q11.
neu

never
Correct answer: new
nice