In and into places: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can recognise how and when the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘auf’ are used to show the movement or the location of someone or something.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [st] is pronounced as in 'stark'. At the start of a word, it sounds like 'sht'.
- Use ‘in’ (into) and ‘auf’ (onto) with accusative definite articles to describe movement towards something or someone.
- Use ‘in’ (in) and ‘auf’ (on) with dative definite articles to describe the location of something or someone.
- Accusative definite articles are 'den' (m), 'die' (f), 'das' (nt).
- Dative definite articles are 'dem' (m), 'der' (f), 'dem' (nt).
Keywords
[st] - pronounced as in 'stark'
In - preposition meaning ‘in’ or ‘into’
Auf - preposition meaning ‘on’ or ‘onto’
Accusative case - used with prepositions to indicate movement towards someone or something
Dative case - used with prepositions to indicate the location of someone or something
Common misconception
The grammatical gender of feminine nouns changes to masculine in the dative case.
Feminine nouns are always feminine, no matter what case their article may change to.
Teacher tip
Ask students to draw the tables of definite articles in the accusative and dative cases from memory on mini whiteboards, to help embed the pattern of changes.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Q2.Which SSCs (sound-symbol correspondences) sound similar at the very start of a word in German?
Q3.Match the forms of the weak verb 'lernen'.
Q4.Fill in the gap with the correct form of 'fahren' to complete the following sentence: 'Du Skateboard, Ski und Fahrrad.'
Q5.Which object pronoun can replace 'Sport' but not 'Gemüse'?
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German, using the verb 'mögen': 'I like to swim.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.When does [st] sound like 'sht'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Which case is used after a preposition to indicate movement towards something?
Q4.Which case is used after a preposition to indicate the location of something?
Q5.Fill in the gap in the following sentence with the correct definite article: 'Ich gehe in Park und ich esse Eis.'
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'She sits on the jacket.'
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