Year 9

Talking about wants vs responsibilities (Part 2/2)

Year 9

Talking about wants vs responsibilities (Part 2/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will compare 'sollen' with the other modal verbs ''dürfen" and 'wollen'.

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11 Questions

Q1.
Was ist richtig?

Correct answer: Ich soll meine Hausaufgaben machen
Ich solle meine Hausaufgaben mache
Ich solle meine Hausaufgaben machen

Q2.
Was ist richtig?

Wann soll du kommen?
Correct answer: Wann sollst du kommen?
Wann sollst du kommst?

Q3.
Was ist richtig?

Correct answer: Meine Mutter soll da sein
Meine Mutter sollet da ist
Meine Mutter sollt da sein

Q4.
Was ist richtig?

Correct answer: weil ich arbeiten soll
weil ich arbeiten sollen
weil ich soll arbeiten

Q5.
Was ist richtig?

Was sollen du tun?
Correct answer: Was sollst du tun?
Was sollst du tust?

The next 5 questions cover some very common words you will need in French 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, too, as well
therefore
with

Q8.
es gibt

Correct answer: there is, there are
there was, there were
there will be

Q9.
Wie viele?

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

Q10.
sind

Correct answer: are
has
is

Q11.
aber

and
Correct answer: but
or

11 Questions

Q1.
Ich darf nicht =

I don't want to
Correct answer: I mustn't/I'm not allowed
I won't

Q2.
Ich muss nicht =

Correct answer: I don't have to
I must not
I ought not to

Q3.
Ich soll nicht =

I don't want to
Correct answer: I mustn't/I shouldn't
I won't

Q4.
Was sollen wir tun? =

What could we do?
What might we do?
Correct answer: What should we do?/ What are we supposed to do?

Q5.
Ich will nicht =

Correct answer: I don't want to
I won't
I wouldn't

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.
ganz

great
only
Others
Correct answer: totally

Q8.
jetzt

never
now
Correct answer: only

Q9.
denken

to doubt, doubting
to read, reading
Correct answer: to think, thinking

Q10.
ziemlich

quiet
Correct answer: rather, quite
totally

Q11.
gut

Correct answer: good, fine, well
great
super