Vorbilder: accusative definite articles, verbs with accusative prepositions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use verbs and prepositions with the accusative case to describe events and feelings in the context of sports role models.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some prepositions are always followed by the accusative case: 'durch', 'für', 'ohne', 'gegen'.
- Masculine definite article 'der' changes to 'den' in the accusative case.
- Some verbs are followed by prepositions which take the accusative case.
- Verbs which are followed by prepositions often use different prepositions in English.
Keywords
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word; also used after some verbs
Accusative case - usually used to indicate the direct object of a verb; also used after some prepositions
Definite article - word for 'the' which may change according to gender, number and case
Common misconception
English verbs followed by prepositions can be directly translated into German.
Whilst many of the same verbs are followed by prepositions in both languages, different prepositions are often used, so these must be learnt.
Teacher tip
The verbs 'kämpfen (für)', 'schießen (auf)' and 'reagieren (auf)' are Higher only.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the simple past (imperfect) verbs to their infinitives.
gewinnen (to win)
nehmen (to take)
werden (to become)
finden (to find)
schreiben (to write)
Q2.Which of the following are, or can be, feminine nouns?
Q3.Which definite article changes in the accusative form?
Q4.Match the prepositions to their English meanings.
through
for
against
on (to vertical)
on (to horizontal)
Q5.Match the verbs to their English meanings.
to think, thinking
to mean, meaning
to appear, look
to concentrate, concentrating
to believe, believing
to hope, hoping
Q6.How do you say 'without' in German?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the sentence starters to the correct endings.
Rollstuhlbasketball.
schreiben an den Star.
unterstützt die Mannschaft.
ein wirkliches Talent.
Q2.Which of these prepositions are always followed by the accusative case?
Q3.Match the verbs to the English translations.
to believe in
to think of
to think of ... as
to vote for
to react to
to write to
Q4.Fill in the missing definite article: 'Ich laufe durch __________ Wald.'
Q5.Translate the following sentence into English: 'Ich hoffe auf ein gutes Ergebnis.'
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'I believe in the project.'
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