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Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present

I can understand relative clauses and the historic present in an extended text.

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Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present

I can understand relative clauses and the historic present in an extended text.

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Key learning points

  1. Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause, without starting another sentence.
  2. Some relative clauses are embedded in a main clause.
  3. Match subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' with the gender and number of a noun to mean 'it' and 'they'.
  4. The historic present narrates events in the past to make them feel more immediate.

Keywords

  • Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., 'I', 'we', 'they'

  • Relative clause - adds information about the noun in the main clause

  • Historic present - narrates events in the past using the present tense

Common misconception

Like English, German uses 'it' and 'they' as subject pronouns to replace nouns.

In German, subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' mean 'it' and 'they' and match the grammatical gender and number of the noun.

If time allows, a wider discussion of women and their role in science would be stimulating and enriching. Starter quiz question 2 contains only higher vocabulary.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:doppelt,double, twice
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double, twice

Correct Answer:sich setzen,to sit down, sitting down
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to sit down, sitting down

Correct Answer:Köln,Cologne
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Cologne

Correct Answer:die Wurst,sausage
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sausage

Correct Answer:die Stimme,voice, vote
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voice, vote

Q2.
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:trennen,to separate, separating
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to separate, separating

Correct Answer:entstehen,to originate, to develop
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to originate, to develop

Correct Answer:die Minderheit,minority
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minority

Correct Answer:der Druck,pressure, printing
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pressure, printing

Correct Answer:das Volk,people, folk
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people, folk

Q3.
Which sentence uses word order three (verb to the end)?
Correct answer: Der Druck, der zu groß ist.
Der Druck ist zu groß.
Ist der Druck zu groß?
Q4.
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'Here is a people that works hard.'
1 - hier
2 - ist
3 - ein
4 - Volk,
5 - das
6 - hart
7 - arbeitet
Q5.
What does 'sie' mean in the following sentence? 'Ich mag die Donau. Sie ist schön.'
Correct Answer: It
Q6.
Sort the words below into the correct order to combine the following two sentences using a relative clause: 'Hier ist eine Gruppe.' 'Die Gruppe ist riesig.'
1 - hier ist
2 - eine
3 - Gruppe
4 - die
5 - riesig
6 - ist

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:die Gruppe,group
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group

Correct Answer:automatisch,automatic, automatically
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automatic, automatically

Correct Answer:positiv,positive, positively
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positive, positively

Correct Answer:spüren,to sense, notice, feel
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to sense, notice, feel

Correct Answer:menschlich,human
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human

Correct Answer:das Opfer,sacrifice, victim
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sacrifice, victim

Q2.
How would you say 'it' in the following sentence? 'Das ist eine spezielle Möglichkeit. __________ ist positiv.'
Er
Correct answer: Sie
Es
Q3.
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'Someone who has a lot of strength is this woman.'
1 - Jemand,
2 - die
3 - viel Kraft
4 - hat,
5 - ist
6 - diese
7 - Frau
Q4.
Which sentence ending is correct? 'Ich setze mich auf den Stuhl und __________.'
ich mit dem Mädchen spreche
Correct answer: ich spreche mit dem Mädchen
Q5.
Which tense does the following sentence use? '1900 bekommt die Frau gute Ergebnisse.'
Correct Answer: historic present, the historic present
Q6.
How would we most likely say '1900 bekommt die Frau gute Ergebnisse.' in English?
In 1900, the woman receives good results.
Correct answer: In 1900, the woman received good results.

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