Nach der Schule: abstract neuter adjectival nouns, plural adjectival nouns
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can form and use adjectival nouns to talk about after-school activities.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Adjectives can be turned into neuter nouns to express abstract concepts, e.g., ‘das Gute’ - 'the good thing'.
- To form an abstract adjectival noun, use 'das', capitalise the adjective, and add '-e' in nominative and accusative.
- Using abstract adjectival nouns can help to vary and extend opinions, e.g., ‘das Beste (daran) ist, dass ...'.
- Plural adjectival nouns end in '-en' when used after 'die'.
- Plural adjectival nouns used without articles end in 'e' in nominative and accusative and 'en' in dative.
Keywords
Adjectival noun - a type of noun that takes the same ending as adjectives
Common misconception
Plural adjectival nouns always end in '-en'.
All plural adjectival nouns preceded by 'die' and all in the dative end in '-en', but for plural adjectival nouns without articles, use '-e' in the nominative and accusative.
Teacher tip
Learning Cycle 1 covers Higher-tier grammar. However, all pupils will gain substantial communicative value from adding the most common abstract neuter adjectival nouns to their repertoire, e.g., 'das Gute', 'das Beste'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
to break, breaking
broken
(I) break, am breaking
(you) break, are breaking
(she, he, it) breaks, is breaking
Q2.Match the German and English.
carer, care worker
girl
memory
credit card
dessert
twin
Q3.'Er ist nicht lustig, __________ frech.'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'The project is called School of the Future.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Ich hatte keine Ahnung.'
Q6.Write in German: 'There was an argument at home.'
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
important
the important thing
the most important thing
the important ones
Q2.'Das Gute __________ ist, dass ich keine Hausaufgaben habe.'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q3.Order the words to say: 'The old people have time for young people.'
Q4.Write in English: 'Das Verrückte ist, dass ...'
Q5.Write in German: 'the interesting thing'. Use a neuter adjectival noun.
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