New Year's resolutions: future tense
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can express future events using 'werden' plus infinitive and other verbs like 'möcht-', 'vorhaben' and 'planen'.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Regular practice of a range of phonic rules supports pronunciation skills.
- The Leitner System is a powerful tool for learning vocabulary effectively.
- Future intentions can be expressed using 'werden', modal, and other verbs like 'vorhaben' and 'planen' plus infinitive.
- Verbs like 'vorhaben', 'planen' and 'es ist' plus adjective need a comma and then 'zu' before the second verb.
- 'Werden' and modal verbs like 'wollen', 'können', 'dürfen' and 'müssen' do not need 'zu' before the second verb.
Keywords
Zu - preposition meaning 'to', used before the infinitive in most two-verb structures
Common misconception
'Zu', meaning 'to', is always needed as part of two-verb infinitive structures, e.g., 'Ich hoffe, mehr in die Schule zu lernen.'.
'Werden' and modal verbs do not need 'zu' before the second verb: 'Ich werde mehr in der Schule lernen'. Other verbs that do not require 'zu' include 'helfen', 'lassen' and 'mögen'.
Teacher tip
Although the lesson is about expressing future intentions, this fits with the context of New Year's resolutions. Teachers may wish to add a cultural element by providing students with an insight into how German-speaking people celebrate the New Year.
Equipment
A mini whiteboard and pen, together with pen and paper for making notes, would be useful, if available.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Q2.Match each German word type with the correct example.
Q3.Match the German and the English time expressions.
Q4.Complete the following sentence: 'Ich will in die Stadt __________.' (I want to go to town.)
Q5.Complete the following sentence: 'Er hat vor, in die Stadt __________.' (He plans to go to town.)
Q6.Match these German separable verbs with their English meanings.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Complete the following sentence: 'zu' is a preposition meaning 'to', used before the in most two-verb structures.
Q2.Complete the following sentence: the verb __________ and modal verbs like 'wollen', 'können', 'dürfen' and 'müssen' do not need 'zu' before the second verb.
Q3.Which of the following words starts with a sound like the 'v' in English?
Q4.Match up the beginnings and endings of these sentences.
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