Year 9

Talk about what you did on your own and with others (Part 1/2)

Year 9

Talk about what you did on your own and with others (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will revise the perfect tense of weak and strong verbs with 'haben'.

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11 Questions

Q1.
eintausendachthundertfünfundzwanzig

1285
1582
Correct answer: 1825

Q2.
What are cognates?

words that are completely different in different languages
Correct answer: words that are either identical or very similar in different languages
words that are identical in different languages

Q3.
Which of these is a weak verb?

fahren
laufen
Correct answer: spielen

Q4.
Which sentence contains the correct verb form?

Sie esse einen Hamburger.
Correct answer: Sie isst einen Hamburger.
Sie ist einen Hamburger.

Q5.
Which is the correct translation for this sentence: Die Bahn erreicht ihr Ziel.

The train arrives at its destination.
The train leaves it destination.
Correct answer: The train reaches its destination.

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.
nur

but
few
Correct answer: only

Q8.
Bevölkerung

das
der
Correct answer: die

Q9.
nichts

no
not
Correct answer: nothing

Q10.
natürlich

never
nowhere
Correct answer: of course

Q11.
noch

Correct answer: still
strict
strong

11 Questions

Q1.
The perfect tense is used to describe actions in the ...

future
Correct answer: past
present

Q2.
What do we call the verb 'haben'?

Correct answer: auxiliary verb
infinitive
past participle

Q3.
Which of these verbs is a past participle?

Correct answer: gespielt
spiele
spielen

Q4.
Which of these past participles is weak?

gebacken
gegessen
Correct answer: gemacht

Q5.
Where in the sentence do we use the past participle?

Correct answer: at the end
in second place
right in the middle

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.
ich habe ... gemacht

I ate
Correct answer: I did
I played

Q8.
Wir haben ... gegessen.

Correct answer: we ate
we drank
we saw

Q9.
ich habe ... erlebt

Correct answer: I experienced
I relaxed
I visited

Q10.
wir haben ... getroffen

I met
Correct answer: we met
we visited

Q11.
I found

Correct answer: ich habe ... gefunden
ich habe ... gelegen
ich habe ... gesehen