Romantische Straße: future tense, present tense with adverbs to express future
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can recognise and use different linguistic structures to discuss future holiday plans.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Pronunciation is important for clear communication. Pay particular attention to the pronunciation of cognates.
- To form the future tense, use the present tense of werden to mean 'will/going to’ and an infinitive verb at the end.
- Use a future time phrase with the present tense to mean 'going to' or ‘-ing’, e.g., 'tomorrow I’m doing my homework'.
- 'Ich will' (from the verb 'wollen') means 'I want to', but is a false friend; 'ich werde' is 'I will'.
Keywords
Werden - auxiliary verb used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive to express the future, e.g., 'ich werde reisen'
Common misconception
'Ich will' in German means 'I will' in English.
'Ich will' (from the verb 'wollen') means 'I want to', but is a false friend. The future tense in German needs 'werden' with a 2nd verb in the infinitive.
Teacher tip
There are two options for the translation task. Option 1 is suited to Higher Tier, option 2 to Foundation Tier.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which verb means 'to turn, turning'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
travelled, drove
slept
called
sang
died
did, put
Q3.Match the German and English.
facility, complex
equipment
experience
consequence
aeroplane
support
Q4.Order the words to say: 'Watching TV is boring but horse riding is fun.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Die Sonne scheint heute.'
Q6.Write in German: 'I am winning the round.'
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Which words include the [ie] sound?
Q2.Which of these sentences refer to the future?
Q3.Match each sentence below to the meaning of its main verb.
I become, am becoming
I will, am going to
I want to
Q4.Order the words to say: 'He wants to dance but she will sing.'
Q5.Write in German: 'We will learn German.'
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