Year 10
Year 10

Describing people (Part 1/3)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise describing people using possessive adjectives.
  2. Purpose of language use: Describing people, discussing friendships
  3. Grammar: Possessive adjective. Adjective endings in nominative and accusative

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13 Questions

Q1.
How would you translate 'My mother is a creative woman'?
Mein Mutter ist ein kreativer Frau
Mein Mutter ist ein kreatives Frau
Correct answer: Meine Mutter ist eine kreative Frau
Q2.
What case do we use when we use adjectives with the verb 'sein'?
Accusative
Correct answer: Nominative
Q3.
What do you call a word that replaces the definite article (the) and tells us who or what something belongs to?
Correct answer: a possessive adjective
the accusative case
the nominative case
Q4.
How do you translate 'I have a cheeky brother'?
Ich habe ein frecher Bruder
Ich habe ein freches Bruder
Correct answer: Ich habe einen frechen Bruder
Q5.
How do we say 'his' and 'her' in German?
dein / euer
mein / dein
Correct answer: sein / ihr
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in German in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
denken
to know
to say
Correct answer: to think
Q8.
kaum
Correct answer: hardly
nearly
only
Q9.
ohne
beside
with
Correct answer: without
Q10.
schon
Correct answer: already
always
rarely
Q11.
sogar
Correct answer: even, in fact
perhaps
surely
Q12.
werde
(s)he becomes, gets
Correct answer: I become, get
to become
Q13.
werden
to be
Correct answer: to become, get
to have