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Isst du gesund? Nouns without plurals, plural rules

I can use singular and plural nouns and appropriate quantifiers to talk about healthy eating.

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Year 10
AQA

Isst du gesund? Nouns without plurals, plural rules

I can use singular and plural nouns and appropriate quantifiers to talk about healthy eating.

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Key learning points

  1. There are nine rules for forming plurals in German.
  2. Uncountable nouns do not have a plural form.
  3. Use the quantifiers 'viel' and 'wenig' for uncountable nouns, use 'viele' and 'wenige' for countable nouns.
  4. 'Viel' and 'wenig' do not change according to gender or case, but plural 'viele' and 'wenige' do.
  5. When reading aloud it is helpful to identify and correctly pronounce umlauts, which are common in plural nouns.

Keywords

  • Plural - refers to more than one

  • Viel, viele - a lot, many

  • Wenig, wenige - little, few

  • Uncountable noun - noun which cannot be separated or counted, e.g., 'work', and has no plural form

  • Quantifier - determiner that tells us how much or how many, e.g., 'little', 'some', 'many'

Common misconception

'Viel' and 'viele' and 'wenig' and 'wenige' are interchangeable.

Use 'viel' and 'wenig' with uncountable nouns (i.e., you cannot put a number in front of it) and use 'viele' and 'wenige' with countable nouns (i.e., you can put a number in front of it).


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The quantifiers 'viel', 'viele', 'wenig', 'wenige', 'alle' and 'einige' are key language for all students. The accusative and dative forms of these determiners are Higher-only grammar.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'until'?
vor
genug
Correct answer: bis
von
über
Q2.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:sein,to be, being

to be, being

Correct Answer:sind,(we, they) are

(we, they) are

Correct Answer:seid,(you plural informal) are

(you plural informal) are

Correct Answer:Sei!,Be! (singular informal)

Be! (singular informal)

Correct Answer:Seid!,Be! (plural informal)

Be! (plural informal)

Q3.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:Körper (m),body

body

Correct Answer:Nähe (f),vicinity, proximity

vicinity, proximity

Correct Answer:Sendung (f),programme

programme

Correct Answer:Gegenwart (f),present

present

Correct Answer:Lauf (m),course, run, race

course, run, race

Correct Answer:Roman (m),novel

novel

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'I imagine that I am healthy.'
1 - ich
2 - stelle
3 - mir
4 - vor
5 - dass ich
6 - gesund
7 - bin
Q5.
Write in German: 'I cooked the meat.'
Correct Answer: Ich habe das Fleisch gekocht
Q6.
Write in German: 'He does not come back.'
Correct Answer: Er kommt nicht zurück

5 Questions

Q1.
Match the nouns to their plural rule.
Correct Answer:das Team,add -s to nouns borrowed from other languages

add -s to nouns borrowed from other languages

Correct Answer:der Lauf,add -e, with or without umlaut

add -e, with or without umlaut

Correct Answer:das Hähnchen,stays the same

stays the same

Correct Answer:die Anlage,add -e or -en

add -e or -en

Correct Answer:das Zeugnis,add -se

add -se

Correct Answer:das Ei,add -er, with or without umlaut

add -er, with or without umlaut

Q2.
Which of these nouns are uncountable in German?
Correct answer: das Fleisch
die Pommes
die Kantine
Correct answer: das Eis
der Veganer
Q3.
'Ich habe __________ Durst aber __________ Wasser.'. Choose the correct missing words.
viel, viele
wenig, wenige
Correct answer: viel, wenig
viel, wenige
wenige, viel
Q4.
'Es gibt ein Fest mit __________ Wettbewerben.' Choose the correct missing word.
viel
viele
vielem
Correct answer: vielen
Q5.
Write in German: 'I buy a lot of drinks.'
Correct Answer: Ich kaufe viele Getränke

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