Deutsche Städte: comparative adjectives
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use comparative adjectives to draw comparisons between places and to enhance descriptions.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Turn an adjective into a comparative adjective by adding '-er', e.g., 'schneller'.
- To say 'than' when making a comparison, use 'als', e.g., 'meine Stadt ist größer als dein Dorf'.
- Some adjectives also gain an umlaut in the comparative form, e.g., 'jünger'.
- Adjectives ending -el or -er remove the penultimate ‘e’, e.g., 'teurer', 'dunkler'.
- Comparatives can be useful for developing opinions, reasons and ideas when writing descriptions.
Keywords
Comparative - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, places, things or ideas
Common misconception
German forms comparatives in the same way as English.
To form the comparative in German, add '-er' to the adjective. This applies in English, but only for short adjectives. For longer adjectives, we add 'more' before the adjective. This is never the case in German.
Teacher tip
Following on from Tasks B1a and B1b about Rothenburg, students might like to research another German town and compare it with their own home town. This could also feed into their written response to Task C1.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is not an adjective?
Q2.Match the German and English.
director, principal, headteacher
kilo(gram), kg
criticism, review
(blog)post
title
comparison
Q3.Match the German and English.
healthier
bigger
younger
colder
longer
nearer
Q4.Order the words to say: 'The river is both wide and deep.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Er ist älter als ich.'
Q6.Write in German: 'The fruit was bad.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is the acronym which can be used to plan responses to writing tasks?
Q2.Which comparatives are correct?
Q3.Match the adjectives to the correct comparatives.
besser
lieber
mehr
höher
Q4.Write in German: 'more expensive than'.
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