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Year 10
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Therapiehunde: nouns and adjectives with prepositions

Learning outcomes

I can use nouns and adjectives with prepositions to describe my interest and emotions in the context of therapy dogs in school.

I can recognise, pronounce and transcribe [qu] and [w] accurately.

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Year 10
AQA

Therapiehunde: nouns and adjectives with prepositions

Learning outcomes

I can use nouns and adjectives with prepositions to describe my interest and emotions in the context of therapy dogs in school.

I can recognise, pronounce and transcribe [qu] and [w] accurately.

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Key learning points

  1. [qu] sounds like in 'bequem'.
  2. [w] sounds like in 'Antwort'.
  3. The letter combination 'kw' in German sounds like [qu], but only occurs in compound nouns, e.g., 'Trinkwasser'.
  4. Certain nouns are always followed by particular prepositions and cases.
  5. Certain adjectives are always followed by particular prepositions and cases.

Keywords

  • Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun, connecting it to another word

  • [qu] - pronounced as in 'bequem'

  • [w] - pronounced as in 'Antwort'

Common misconception

[qu] sounds the same in English and German.

In German, the SSC [qu] is pronounced 'k' then 'w' (which in German is like the English 'v' sound). Avoid confusion with English - for example, 'Qualität' vs 'quality'. In German, 'kw' appears only in complound words, e.g., 'Trinkwasser'.


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Give students plenty of pronunciation and read aloud practice with [qu] words, to ensure accurate German pronunciation, and highlight the different stress patterns between English and German: the stress is on the first syllable in English and on the last in German ('consequence' vs 'Konsequenz').
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6 Questions

Q1.
Write the German for 'dog'.
Correct Answer: Hund, der Hund, ein Hund
Q2.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:Farbe (f),colour

colour

Correct Answer:Hose (f),trousers

trousers

Correct Answer:Hut (m),hat

hat

Correct Answer:Jacke (f),jacket

jacket

Correct Answer:Kleid (nt),dress

dress

Correct Answer:Rock (m),skirt

skirt

Q3.
Match the opposites together.
Correct Answer:Vorteil (m),Nachteil (m)

Nachteil (m)

Correct Answer:Junge (m),Mädchen (nt)

Mädchen (nt)

Correct Answer:immer,nie

nie

Correct Answer:schwarz,weiß

weiß

Correct Answer:bequem,unbequem

unbequem

Correct Answer:billig,teuer

teuer

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'I will buy a new T-shirt.'
1 - ich
2 - werde
3 - ein
4 - neues
5 - T-Shirt
6 - kaufen
Q5.
Write in German: 'We wear a blue uniform.'
Correct Answer: Wir tragen eine blaue Uniform.
Q6.
Write in German: 'He wore red shoes.'
Correct Answer: Er hat rote Schuhe getragen.

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5 Questions

Q1.
In German, the SSC [qu] is pronounced like the English ...
ck.
kwa.
kw.
Correct answer: kv.
ku.
Q2.
Match the verb, nouns and adjectives below with the correct prepositions.
Correct Answer:sich kümmern,um

um

Correct Answer:Angst,vor

vor

Correct Answer:Interesse,an

an

Correct Answer:abhängig,von

von

Correct Answer:offen,für

für

Correct Answer:stolz,auf

auf

Q3.
'Ich bin stolz __________ die Aktion, die einen guten Einfluss __________ das Wohlbefinden hat.'. Choose the correct missing pair of words.
an, an
Correct answer: auf, auf
an, auf
auf, an
Q4.
Write in English: 'Er hat Angst vor der Wahrheit.'
Correct Answer: He is afraid of the truth., He's afraid of the truth.
Q5.
Write in German: 'An answer to the letter.'
Correct Answer: Eine Antwort auf den Brief.

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