What is it like? 'Ist' with adjectives
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can ask what something is like, answer creatively with a range of adjectives, and understand known words and cognates in a longer passage.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- 'Wie?' has two meanings: 'How?' and 'What ... like?', e.g., 'Wie geht's?' and 'Wie ist der Mann?'.
- 'Ist' means 'is'.
- Use an adjective after 'ist' to say what something or someone is like.
- Learners can build and use their own treasure trove of vocabulary that is important to them.
Keywords
Wie? - how?
Ist - is
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
Common misconception
'Wie' always means 'how'.
'Wie?' has two meanings: 1. 'How?' (e.g., 'Wie geht's?' - How's it going? / How are you?_; 2. 'What?' (e.g., 'Wie ist [der Gast]?' - What is [the guest] like?). Encourage pupils to learn both meanings and specific examples.
Teacher tip
Always refer to the vocabulary learning steps to support the learning of both previously met and new vocabulary.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these responses answer the question 'Wie geht's?'?
Q2.True or false? There are different words for 'a' in German?
Q3.Which of these words have the [ei] sound?
Q4.Which statement best explains the use of 'a'?
Q5.Match up these nouns with the correct grammatical gender.
Q6.Match the German words or phrases below to the correct English translations.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are the correct meanings of 'Wie?'?
Q2.Match the German colours to the correct English translations.
Q3.Which of these words are adjectives?
Q4.Put the words below in the correct order to make a complete sentence in German.
Q5.Translate the following sentence into English: 'Der Tisch ist klein und rot.'
Q6.Match the pairs of words together.
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