A day in my life: present tense, plurals and adverbs
Learning outcomes
I can use appropriate pronouns, verb endings and adverbs to talk about what I and others do on a typical day.
I can correctly pronounce final [d].
A day in my life: present tense, plurals and adverbs
Learning outcomes
I can use appropriate pronouns, verb endings and adverbs to talk about what I and others do on a typical day.
I can correctly pronounce final [d].
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Key learning points
- Final [d] (a [d] at the end of a word) sounds the same as [t].
- Plurals indicate more than one of something and this is reflected in the form of the article, noun or verb.
- Use adverbs to describe where, how or when something happens. In word order 2, the adverb comes first in the sentence.
- In German, verbs change their endings to match who or what they refer to.
- Subject pronouns (e.g., 'he', 'er') replace nouns. They match the noun they replace in gender and number.
Keywords
Final [d] - pronounced as in 'und', the same sound as [t]
Plural - indicates more than one of something, e.g., of a noun
Adverb - describes where, how or when something happens, e.g., 'oft'
Subject pronoun - stands in the place of a noun, e.g., ‘sie’, ‘er’, ‘es’
Common misconception
All plural nouns are formed the same way in German.
Nouns can form their plural in different ways in German. There are rules to help you learn this.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to play, playing
to dance, dancing
to eat, eating
to work, working
to read, reading
to understand, understanding
Exit quiz
6 Questions
world
child
country
answer
hat
afternoon