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Gesund bleiben: abstract adjectival neuter nouns, adding '-los'

I can form neuter adjectival nouns with ‘wenig’ and ‘viel’ and create adjectives from nouns in the context of health.

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Year 10
Edexcel

Gesund bleiben: abstract adjectival neuter nouns, adding '-los'

I can form neuter adjectival nouns with ‘wenig’ and ‘viel’ and create adjectives from nouns in the context of health.

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Key learning points

  1. Adjectival nouns, like adjectives, change according to gender, case and the article used with them.
  2. Following 'wenig' or 'viel' , capitalise an adjective and add '-es' to turn it to a neuter adjectival noun.
  3. Add the suffix '-los' to nouns to create adjectives meaning '-less' or 'without -'.
  4. [v] in 'viel' is pronounced like English 'f' as in 'Vater', [w] in 'wenig' is pronounced like English 'v' as in 'Welt'.
  5. [ig] at the end of a word is pronounced as in 'richtig' and a final [s] sounds like the English 's'.

Keywords

  • Adjectival noun - a type of noun that takes the same endings as adjectives

  • Viel - word meaning 'a lot', 'much', sometimes followed by a neuter adjectival noun

  • Wenig - word meaning 'little', often followed by a neuter adjectival noun

  • Suffix - a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g., '-los'

Common misconception

Adjectival nouns behave like adjectives in every way.

Adjectival nouns, like adjectives, change endings according to gender, case and the article used with them. However, like nouns, they have a grammatical gender and a capital letter. Abstract adjectival nouns are neuter.


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As an extension to Task C2, students could translate the sentences containing examples of '-los' adjectives and 'viel' and 'wenig' adjectival nouns in the transcript, or translate a whole section of the text. Abstract adjectival nouns and adding '-los' to form adjectives are Higher-only grammar.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these words is not an item of food?
Apfel (m)
Fleisch (nt)
Kuchen (m)
Correct answer: Arzt (m)
Obst (m)
Q2.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:abhängen,to depend, depending

to depend, depending

Correct Answer:abholen,to get, fetch, pick up

to get, fetch, pick up

Correct Answer:auskommen,to get on, getting on

to get on, getting on

Correct Answer:ausmachen,to put out, switch off

to put out, switch off

Correct Answer:kennenlernen,to meet, get to know

to meet, get to know

Correct Answer:rufen,to call, calling

to call, calling

Q3.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:Anlage (f),facility, complex

facility, complex

Correct Answer:Ausrüstung (f),equipment

equipment

Correct Answer:Folge (f),result, consequence, series (TV)

result, consequence, series (TV)

Correct Answer:Körper (m),body

body

Correct Answer:Sieg (m),victory

victory

Correct Answer:Wettbewerb (m),competition

competition

Q4.
Rewrite the following sentence in the perfect tense: 'Ich sehe fern.'
Correct Answer: Ich habe ferngesehen.
Q5.
Write in German: 'The team is sporty.'
Correct Answer: Die Mannschaft ist sportlich., Das Team ist sportlich.
Q6.
Write in German: 'He has a delicious sandwich'.
Correct Answer: Er hat ein leckeres Butterbrot

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5 Questions

Q1.
In German, a [v] sounds like an English __________ and a [w] sounds like an English __________.
Correct answer: f, v
f, w
v, f
v, w
w, f
Q2.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:traurig,sad

sad

Correct Answer:das Traurige,the sad thing

the sad thing

Correct Answer:viel Trauriges,a lot of sad things

a lot of sad things

Correct Answer:wenig Trauriges,not many sad things

not many sad things

Correct Answer:nichts Trauriges,nothing sad

nothing sad

Correct Answer:alles Traurige,all the sad things, everything sad

all the sad things, everything sad

Q3.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:arbeitslos,unemployed

unemployed

Correct Answer:kostenlos,free of charge

free of charge

Correct Answer:schmerzlos,pain-free

pain-free

Correct Answer:fleischlos,meat-free

meat-free

Correct Answer:luftlos,airless

airless

Correct Answer:ziellos,aimless

aimless

Q4.
Write 'little of importance' in German. Use an adjectival noun.
Correct Answer: wenig Wichtiges
Q5.
Write 'lots of interesting things' in German. Use an adjectival noun.
Correct Answer: viel Interessantes

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