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Frankfurter Buchmesse: uncountable quantifiers, abstract adjectival neuter nouns

I can use 'viel' and 'wenig' with neuter adjectival nouns and complete a dictogloss task to reinforce my grammatical understanding.

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Year 10
AQA

Frankfurter Buchmesse: uncountable quantifiers, abstract adjectival neuter nouns

I can use 'viel' and 'wenig' with neuter adjectival nouns and complete a dictogloss task to reinforce my grammatical understanding.

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Key learning points

  1. 'Viel' means ‘a lot’ or ‘much’. The opposite is 'wenig', which means ‘little’.
  2. Adjectival nouns, like adjectives, change according to gender, case and the article used with them.
  3. Following 'wenig' or 'viel', capitalise an adjective and add '-es' to turn it into a neuter adjectival noun.
  4. Use dictogloss tasks to reinforce your grammatical understanding in different contexts.

Keywords

  • Adjectival noun - a type of noun that takes the same endings as adjectives

  • Viel - word meaning 'a lot', 'much', sometimes followed by a neuter adjectival noun

  • Wenig - word meaning 'little', often followed by a neuter adjectival noun

Common misconception

Adjectives don’t have capital letters in German, so to say ‘the green ones’ in German, no capital letter is needed.

Whilst adjectives don't have capital letters, adjectival nouns always have capital letters; ‘die Grünen’ - 'the green ones'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
'Es regnet, __________ bleibe ich zu Hause.' Choose the correct missing word.
denn
Correct answer: deshalb
gerade
sehr
weil
Q2.
'Er gab __________ das Buch.' Choose the correct missing word.
ich
du
mich
dich
Correct answer: mir
Q3.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:eng,close

close

Correct Answer:ermüdend,tiring

tiring

Correct Answer:geistig,mental, psychological

mental, psychological

Correct Answer:grün,green

green

Correct Answer:rein,pure

pure

Correct Answer:sicher,safe, secure, certain, certainly

safe, secure, certain, certainly

Q4.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:Anfang (m),beginning

beginning

Correct Answer:Dichter (m),poet

poet

Correct Answer:Landschaft (f),landscape, countryside

landscape, countryside

Correct Answer:Schokolade (f),chocolate

chocolate

Correct Answer:Verkehr (m),traffic

traffic

Correct Answer:Kultur (f),culture

culture

Q5.
Write in English: 'Es war sehr ruhig.'
Correct Answer: it was very quiet
Q6.
Write in German: 'There is a lot to do.'
Correct Answer: es gibt viel zu tun

4 Questions

Q1.
Which phrase means 'the famous ones'?
der Berühmte
die Berühmte
Correct answer: die Berühmten
die berühmte
die berühmten
Q2.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:schön,lovely

lovely

Correct Answer:das Schöne,the lovely thing

the lovely thing

Correct Answer:viel Schönes,a lot of lovely things

a lot of lovely things

Correct Answer:wenig Schönes,not much that's lovely

not much that's lovely

Q3.
Write in German: 'lots of poems'.
Correct Answer: viele Gedichte
Q4.
Write in German: 'We have little time.'
Correct Answer: wir haben wenig Zeit

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