Life at home: building sentences, present tense singular
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use weak verbs in the present tense in singular persons to translate or write a letter to a penfriend in German.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [u] can be either short (followed by 2 or more consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant or 'h').
- 'Buch' is an exception, with a long [u] before 2 consonants.
- There is only one present tense in German: 'ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.
Keywords
[u] - pronounced as in 'du' or 'Punkt'
Present tense - describes habitual events in the present or what is happening now: 'I do' or ‘I’m doing’
Common misconception
There are two present tenses in German, as in English.
There is only one present tense in German. 'Ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.
Teacher tip
An alternative version of Task C1 would be to provide an English letter to translate into German.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
please
thank you
or
and
but
again
Q2.Match the singular persons below to the correct present tense verb endings.
-e
-st
-t
Q3.What is the adverb in the following sentence? 'Ich zeichne im Klassenzimmer.'
Q4.Which verbs add a '-t' to the stem in the 2nd person singular present tense, instead of '-st'?
Q5.Which verbs add '-e-' to the verb stem in the 2nd and 3rd person singular present tense, before the verb ending?
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'I play music every day.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Select the words with a long [u]:
Q2.Which translations of 'er nutzt' are correct?
Q3.Put the words below into word order 1 (subject, verb, adverb, noun).
Q4.Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
dear (m)
dear (f)
love
best wishes
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