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Familie und Freunde: translation, comprehension, conversation

I can use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures to understand and talk about friends and family.

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Familie und Freunde: translation, comprehension, conversation

I can use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures to understand and talk about friends and family.

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Key learning points

  1. We use possessive adjectives frequently when talking about friends and family.
  2. The adverb ‘gern’ is used with a verb to mean ‘like’; ‘lieber’ with a verb means ‘prefer’.
  3. Add –er to turn adverbs into comparatives.
  4. The imperfect tense in German is used most often to narrate past events in writing, so is often used in stories.
  5. When answering conversation questions, strong answers are full sentences including extra detail, opinions and reasons.

Keywords

  • Possessive adjective - shows who something belongs to, e.g., my, your

  • Comparative - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas

  • Lieber - comparative adverb meaning 'more gladly', 'rather'

  • Gern - adverb meaning 'gladly', 'like to'

  • Imperfect tense - verb tense used most often in German to narrate past events in writing

Common misconception

When answering conversation questions, it’s good to keep answers as short as possible, as in a role-play task.

To give strong answers in conversation, it’s important to answer in full sentences and give details in our answers, including opinions and reasons, where appropriate.

Pupils' spoken performance benefits from repetition of speaking tasks. Pupils could therefore repeat Task C1. It is also helpful for pupils to revisit speaking tasks after a time interval. Teachers might consider bringing back Task C1 questions after a few weeks. Cycle 2 contains Higher grammar.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:allgemein ,general, generally
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general, generally

Correct Answer:meistens ,mostly
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mostly

Correct Answer:schwarz,black
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black

Correct Answer:nett,nice
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nice

Correct Answer:stark,strong
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strong

Correct Answer:allein ,alone
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alone

Q2.
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:gedacht ,thought
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thought

Correct Answer:gewusst,knew
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knew

Correct Answer:getan,did, put
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did, put

Correct Answer:genannt,named
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named

Correct Answer:gezogen,pulled, moved
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pulled, moved

Q3.
What should come at the start of the following sentence? '__________ ist die Integration langfristig.'
[nothing]
Correct answer: Meiner Meinung nach
Ich glaube, dass
Q4.
Turn 'extrem' into a comparative adjective.
Correct Answer: extremer
Q5.
What meaning(s) does the word 'Paar' have in the following sentence? 'Das Paar trägt gern ein Paar Schuhe.'
couple
pair
Correct answer: couple; pair
pair; couple
Q6.
'Der Mann spricht gern mit seinen Eltern aber er verbringt lieber Zeit mit seiner Frau.' Which of these statements about this sentence is correct?
the man prefers to speak with his parents
Correct answer: the man prefers to spend time with his wife
the man likes to speak with his parents and spend time with his wife equally

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:getrennt,separated
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separated

Correct Answer:groß,great
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great

Correct Answer:leise,quiet, soft, quietly, softly
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quiet, soft, quietly, softly

Correct Answer:miteinander,with each other
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with each other

Correct Answer:der Wert,value, worth
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value, worth

Correct Answer:eher,earlier, sooner, rather
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earlier, sooner, rather

Q2.
Which of these sentences is the best answer to the question 'Wie sind deine Eltern?'?
Correct answer: Meine Eltern sind ein nettes Paar.
Nett und freundlich.
Meine Schwester ist nett.
Q3.
Choose the correct word for 'your' (informal) to complete the following sentence: 'Du sprichst mit __________ Schwester.'
eurer
deine
Ihre
Correct answer: deiner
eure
Q4.
Turn 'dunkel' into a comparative adjective.
Correct Answer: dunkler
Q5.
What does 'unglücklich' mean?
Correct Answer: unhappy
Q6.
Fill in the gap to complete the translation of the following sentence: 'I learn a lot, but my friend learns most.' - 'Ich lerne viel aber meine Freundin lernt .'
Correct Answer: am meisten

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