A murder mystery party: relative clauses
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create adjectives from nouns adding the suffix -los, and I can use relative clauses to give further information about suspects and clues in the context of a murder mystery party.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Adding the suffix -los to German nouns creates adjectives with the English equivalent -less or the meaning 'without'.
- Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause without starting another sentence.
- German subject relative clauses start with a relative pronoun, 'der', 'die', 'das', 'die' and end with a verb.
- Relative clauses can be embedded in main clauses, with commas before and after the clause.
Keywords
Suffix -los - letter string added to the end of many German nouns to create adjectives with the English meaning '-less' or 'without'
Relative clause - adds information about the noun in the main clause
Common misconception
You can add the suffix -los to any German noun to make an adjective.
You can't just add -los to any noun to form an adjective. It only works if the result makes real sense - usually where there’s a natural English -less equivalent (like 'hairless', 'hopeless', 'windowless').
Teacher tip
Following this lesson, teachers may consider making periodic use of register routines to revisit relative clauses, prompting pupils to create clues to enable a partner to identify specific items from a selection of same-item types, e.g., 'das ist der Hund, der einen Ball hat'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which adjective refers to a colour?
Q2.Match the German and English.
to describe, describing
to grab, grasp
to listen, listening
to put, place (horizontally)
to meet, meeting
to hide, hiding
Q3.Match the German and English.
lawyer
leaf
window
hat
drums
page, side
Q4.Order the words to say: 'a thin mouth and a thin nose'.
Q5.Write in English: 'seine Stimme war laut'.
Q6.Write in German: 'there is a round table'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.The German noun 'Wert' means 'worth'. Write the German for the adjective 'worthless'.
Q2.Order the sentence parts logically.
Q3.Order the words to say: 'That is the lady who lives here.'
Q4.Write in German: 'the room that is light'.
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