Neue Schüler: adding '-keit' and '-heit', adjectives as adverbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use adjectives as adverbs and create ‘-keit’ and ‘-heit’ nouns from adjectives in the context of helping others.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Add ‘-keit’ or '-heit' to adjectives to make feminine nouns.
- Nouns ending in '-heit' or '-keit' are usually translated into equivalent English nouns ending in '-ty' or '-ness'.
- Most German adjectives can be used as adverbs.
- English adjectives and adverbs differ, so care must be taken when translating German adjectives used as adverbs.
- In extended writing, it is important to reference three different time frames: past, present, and future.
Keywords
Adjective - a word that gives further information about a noun
Adverb - a word which describes a verb, adjective or another adverb
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g., -keit
Common misconception
Adjectives and adverbs which are identical in German can be translated identically into English.
English adjectives and adverbs differ, often with the adverb ending in '-ly', so care must be taken when translating German adjectives used as adverbs.
Teacher tip
Task B2 could be built upon for Higher students to practise extended writing about their own experiences of helping and supporting others. This could form part of a 150-word writing task.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is added to 'danke' to mean 'thank you very much'?
Q2.Which of these words mean 'why'?
Q3.Match the German and English.
idea, suspicion
exchange
memory
feeling
course, exchange rate
support
Q4.Order the words to say: 'Have you ever seen this film?'
Q5.Write in English: 'Er ist nicht froh, sondern traurig.'
Q6.Write in German: 'We eat fruit daily.'
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.In extended writing, it is important to reference three different .
Q2.Match the German and English.
health
illness, disease
difficulty
personality
activity, work
reality
Q3.Which of these sentences include an adverb?
Q4.Write in English: 'Ich will eine ehrliche Antwort.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Sie wird sicher kommen.'
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