A charity concert: past participles, verb stress, 'kein' vs 'nicht'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use weak and strong past participles and negation correctly in the context of planning a charity event.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Past participles of weak verbs sandwich the stem between ge- and -t; verbs with inseparable prefixes don't add ge-.
- Past participles of strong verbs sandwich the stem between ge- and -en; the stem vowel may change: 'singen', 'gesungen'.
- The prefix 'mit' adds the meaning of 'taking part', or 'doing with' to verbs, e.g., 'mitmachen' - 'to join in'.
- 1st syllable stress is common in German; words with inseparable prefixes stress the 2nd syllable, -ieren verbs the -ie.
- 'Kein' (no, not any) negates nouns with indefinite articles, with 'ein' endings; 'nicht' (not) negates everything else.
Keywords
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Mit - preposition 'with', also a verb prefix adding the meaning of participation or 'doing with'
Stress - pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Kein - article 'no, not any' that negates nouns preceded by an indefinite article
Nicht - adverb 'not' that negates everything except nouns with an indefinite article
Common misconception
German verbs always stress the same syllable.
Generally German infinitive verbs stress the first syllable; however, words starting with inseparable prefixes be-, er-, ge-, ver-, ent- stress the 2nd syllable, which includes most past participles; -ieren verbs stress the 'ie' in present and past.
Teacher tip
This lesson includes all key GCSE past participle patterns. Regular recall of high-frequency forms at the start or end of any lesson builds fluency - try playing music (without words is best) and challenging pupils to list as many past participles as they can before it stops.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is not a translation of 'vor'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
gave, (have, has) given
(have, has) helped
spoke, (have, has) spoken
sang, (have, has) sung
saw, (have, has) seen
(have, has) collected
Q3.Match the German and English.
sandwich
story, history
card, map, menu, ticket
woman
king
orchestra
Q4.Order the words to say: 'The school is near to the town centre.'
Q5.Write in English: 'diese Sachen waren interessant'.
Q6.Write in German: 'there are lots of classes'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which words stress the second syllable?
Q2.Order the words to say: 'Yesterday I didn't bring any money with me.'
Q3.Write in German: 'I didn't eat an ice cream'.
Q4.Write in German: 'I didn't phone Wolf'.
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