Narrate other people's actions: present tense weak and strong verbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the 3rd person plural present tense form of weak and strong verbs to narrate other people's actions.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Vowels are long when followed by a single consonant, 'h' or if there is a double vowel; vowels are otherwise short.
- The subject pronoun 'sie' can mean both 'she' and 'they'. It means 'they' when used with a 3rd person plural verb.
- Strong verbs change their vowel in the verb stem of the 2nd person singular and 3rd person singular forms only.
- The 3rd person plural form of weak and strong verbs is identical to the infinitive.
Keywords
Long vowel - a vowel pronounced for a longer duration, as in the [a] in 'sagen'
Sie - subject pronoun meaning 'she' when used with a singular verb or 'they' with a plural verb
Strong verb - a verb which changes its vowel in the verb stem of some of its forms
Common misconception
'Sie' always means 'she'.
As a subject pronoun, 'sie' can mean 'she' or 'they'. As an object pronoun, 'sie' means 'her' or 'it'.
Teacher tip
Students could also complete the dictagloss activity in pairs as a running dictation task, before translating it into English or writing their own summary of the text. Uninterrupted audio for the Task B2 feedback is provided on the media clips page.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words contain a long vowel?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.What is a weak verb?
Q4.Which of the verbs below are strong verbs and change their vowel in the verb stem of the 2nd and 3rd person singular forms?
Q5.Match the German and English subject pronouns.
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'She takes a biscuit.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Vowels in German are long when ...
Q2.What can 'sie' mean?
Q3.Which of the words below could be examples of the 3rd person plural present tense?
Q4.Match the German and English.
Q5.Translate the following sentence into German: 'They do not run very often.'
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'She forgets the homework.'
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