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Year 11
Edexcel

Rechte: 'wer', 'wen', 'wem'

Learning outcomes

I can understand and read aloud vocabulary relating to human rights and can ask questions using 'wer', 'wen' and 'wem' when discussing rights for disabled people.

I can pronounce a range of sound-spelling correspondences accurately.

New
New
Year 11
Edexcel

Rechte: 'wer', 'wen', 'wem'

Learning outcomes

I can understand and read aloud vocabulary relating to human rights and can ask questions using 'wer', 'wen' and 'wem' when discussing rights for disabled people.

I can pronounce a range of sound-spelling correspondences accurately.

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Key learning points

  1. Learning and revisiting vocabulary benefits from read-aloud pratice to cement sound-spelling correspondences
  2. Reading aloud needs initial practice focussing on SSCs, compound and unknown words prior to whole text practice.
  3. The interrogative pronoun 'wer' becomes 'wen' in the accusative.
  4. The interrogative pronoun 'wer' become 'wem' in the dative.

Keywords

  • Sound-symbol correspondence - (SSC) relationship between letters and their sounds

  • Wer, wen, wem - question word meaning 'who' or 'whom' which changes according to case

  • Nominative - case used for the subject or 'doer' of the action of a verb in a sentence

  • Accusative - case used for the direct object in a sentence, after most verbs and some prepositions

  • Dative - case used for the indirect object in a sentence and after a dative verb or preposition

Common misconception

The question word 'wer' is used whenever we want to say 'who'.

'Wer' means 'who' in the nominative case only. It changes to 'wen' in accusative and 'wem' in the dative case. In English, 'wen' and 'wem' also mean 'whom', although this word is used less frequently.


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Learning Cycle 1 includes mainly Higher-tier vocabulary but provides general information about human rights and is useful practice for both tiers in read-aloud tasks.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'roof'?
Band (f)
Correct answer: Dach (m)
Hof (m)
Licht (nt)
Weg (m)
Q2.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:Bad (nt),bathroom

bathroom

Correct Answer:Dose (f),tin, can

tin, can

Correct Answer:Fall (m),case

case

Correct Answer:Mauer (f),wall

wall

Correct Answer:Rest (m),rest, remainder

rest, remainder

Correct Answer:Reste (pl),leftovers

leftovers

Q3.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:braun,brown

brown

Correct Answer:kaputt,broken

broken

Correct Answer:geduldig,patient

patient

Correct Answer:glücklich,happy, fortunate

happy, fortunate

Correct Answer:fertig,finished, ready

finished, ready

Correct Answer:sogennant,so-called

so-called

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'I found the second solution better.'
1 - ich
2 - habe
3 - die
4 - zweite
5 - Lösung
6 - besser
7 - gefunden
Q5.
Write in English: 'Der Apfel schmeckt sauer.'
Correct Answer: the apple tastes sour
Q6.
Write in German: 'I recycled everything.'
Correct Answer: ich habe alles recycelt

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4 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:Schutz (m),protection

protection

Correct Answer:Gesetz (nt),law

law

Correct Answer:Bildung (f),education

education

Correct Answer:allgemein,general, generally

general, generally

Correct Answer:behindert,disabled

disabled

Correct Answer:arbeitslos,unemployed

unemployed

Q2.
Match the words to the missing sounds.
Correct Answer:St___t,[aa]

[aa]

Correct Answer:Reg___ung,[ier]

[ier]

Correct Answer:r___chen,[ei]

[ei]

Correct Answer:L___be,[ie]

[ie]

Correct Answer:verantwortli___,[ch]

[ch]

Correct Answer:Men___en,[sch]

[sch]

Q3.
Match up the sentence halves.
Correct Answer:Wer ...,ist deine Begleitperson, Lucas?

ist deine Begleitperson, Lucas?

Correct Answer:Wen ...,kann ich fragen?

kann ich fragen?

Correct Answer:Wem ...,hast du heute geholfen?

hast du heute geholfen?

Q4.
Write in German: 'Who do you trust?'
Correct Answer: wem vertraust du

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