Ausflüge: formal and informal questions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create formal and informal questions in response to texts and use my knowledge of questions to help form accurate answers when speaking.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- A closed question, also known as a yes/no question, is formed by swapping the position of the verb and subject.
- Use 'du' questions for informal singular ‘you’, 'ihr' questions for informal plural ‘you’, and 'Sie' for formal 'you'.
- When responding to questions about yourself, change the 2nd person language to 1st person language.
- When answering questions, you may need to change subject pronouns, verbs, possessive adjectives and reflexive pronouns.
Keywords
Closed question - a question which can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'
Du - subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and singular
Ihr - subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and plural
Sie - subject pronoun meaning 'you', formal
2nd person - language used to refer to ‘you’, singular or plural
Common misconception
When answering a question about yourself, just change the verb form in the question to a 1st person verb.
It is important to change the verb form, but it might also be necessary to change other language, such as subject pronouns, possessive adjectives and reflexive pronouns in order to change the 2nd person question into a 1st person answer.
Teacher tip
This lesson could usefully be extended to include a more open-ended speaking task, with students forming their own questions on the topic, and answering with developed answers.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'that' or 'those'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
mountain
background
quantity, amount
net
ship
number
Q3.Match the German and English.
to experience, find out
to open, opening
to deal, trade
to travel, travelling
to look, looking
to do, put
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I asked him for help.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Es ist mir egal.'
Q6.Write in German: 'I'm sorry.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match up the sentence halves.
... du gern im Meer?
... ihr gern im Meer?
... Sie gern im Meer?
Q2.'Gehen Sie gern ins Kino?'. Which responses answer this question?
Q3.'Verstehst du dich gut mit deiner Schwester?'. Which response answers this question?
Q4.Write in German: 'Are you (singular, informal) coming to the restaurant?'
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