Make changes at home: prepositions and verbs of location and movement
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use verbs and prepositions correctly to talk about placing, moving and locating items in the context of changing things at home.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Short [u] is pronounced as in 'Punkt' and long [u] as in 'du'; short [ü] sounds as in 'fünf' and long [ü] as in 'Tür'.
- Dual-case prepositions take the accusative case with movement and the dative case for location.
- Three placement verbs ‘stellen’, ‘setzen’, ‘legen’ describe putting something somewhere, and take the accusative case.
- Placement verbs can also be used reflexively for animate objects, when the sentence's subject and object are the same.
- When items are already in position, we use equivalent position verbs 'stehen', 'sitzen' and 'liegen' with the dative.
Keywords
[u] - pronounced short as in 'Punkt' and long as in 'du'
[ü] - pronounced short as 'fünf' and long as in 'Tür'
Dual-case preposition - preposition followed either by accusative to indicate movement or by dative to indicate location
Placement verb - verb that describes putting something somewhere, taking the accusative case
Position verb - verb that describes where something is
Common misconception
German has one general verb meaning 'to put, putting'.
German has 3 placement verbs meaning 'to put'; 'stellen' - to make something stand (vertically), 'setzen' - to make something sit, and 'legen' - to make something lay down (horizontally). Equivalent position verbs are 'stehen', 'sitzen', 'liegen'.
Teacher tip
Teachers may find it useful to demonstrate and practise placement and position verbs using real objects, as this revises and reinforces the concept. Task D3 can be adapted and personalised for learners of all levels.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'at least'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
joy
poem
risk
language
Syria
path, way
Q3.Match the German and English.
mind, spirit
chair
lamp
performance
duty
security, safety
Q4.Match the German and English.
to develop, developing
to hope, hoping
to hang, hanging
to close, closing
to practise, practising
to translate, translating
Q5.Order the words to say: 'There is neither food nor drinks.'
Q6.Write in German: 'the music was too loud'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the words to their missing sounds.
short [u]
long [u]
short [ü]
long [ü]
Q2.Which verbs mean 'to put, putting'?
Q3.Order the words to say: 'I put the plant on the table.'
Q4.Write in German: 'the cat lies on the bed'.
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