Where did you go? How did you travel? Word order, manner before place
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the manner-place rule when talking about past travel: where I went and how I got there.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [a] and [o] are short when followed by two consonants, but long when followed by single consonants or 'h', ('Bahnhof').
- The perfect tense is formed with a part of 'haben' or 'sein' + a past participle, which goes at the end of the sentence.
- ‘Mit’ + dative is used to describe the manner in which a person travels, and goes before place in a sentence.
Keywords
Perfect tense - a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past, e.g., 'I (have) said', 'she (has) played'
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Mit - preposition ‘with’, and ‘by’ with transport; expresses the manner in which an action is performed
Common misconception
When talking about travel, where and how you went can be given in any order, as is the case in English.
When using adverbs to say where and how you went in the same sentence, manner (how) always comes before place (where).
Teacher tip
For Task C1, teachers may wish to model the example with the help of a student, to demonstrate how the interactions should take place.
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.'__________ besuchst du deine Tante?'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q2.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q3.Match the German and English.
fun, funny
necessary
exciting
interesting
next
Polish
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I visit my family because it is fun.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Um wieviel Uhr kommt der Zug?'
Q6.Write in German: 'Where is the train station?'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.[a] and [o] are short ...
Q2.Order the words to say: 'I went to Poland by rail.'
Q3.'Ich bin dem Flugzeug geflogen.'. Write the correct missing word.
Q4.Write in German: 'I went (by foot).'
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