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Describing a past holiday (Part 1/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be starting to look at how to talk about a recent holiday.
  2. Purpose of language use: Describing a past holiday
  3. Grammar: Consolidation of perfect with haben and sei. Imperfect for opinion. Revisit question word. Passive recognition of pluperfect

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13 Questions

Q1.
How do you say "it was sunny and hot"?
Es ist sonnig und heiß.
Es war sonnig and hieß.
Correct answer: Es war sonnig und heiß.
Es war sunny und heiß.
Q2.
What does " es ist kalt und neblig" mean?
Correct answer: It is cold and foggy.
It is freezing and windy.
It was cold and foggy.
It was cold or foggy.
Q3.
How do you say "it is raining and snowing"?
Es hat geregnet und es hat geschneit.
Es it geregnet und es ist geschneit.
Es regnen und es schneien.
Correct answer: Es regnet und es schneit.
Q4.
How do you say "it snowed" in German?
Es hat geschneien.
Correct answer: Es hat geschneit.
Es schneit.
Es wird schneien.
Q5.
How do you say "in Munich it will be quite cold"?
In München war es ziemlich kalt.
In München wird es zeimlich sein.
Correct answer: In München wird es ziemlich kalt sein.
In Munich wird es ziemlich kalt sein.
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.
auf
between
in front of, behind
Correct answer: on, at, to
Q8.
bestimmt
Correct answer: definite, certain
particular
uncertain
Q9.
danach
Correct answer: after it, afterwards
before
since
Q10.
schlecht
awkward
Correct answer: bad
difficult
Q11.
sofort
Correct answer: immediately
in a while
sometime
Q12.
wenig
Correct answer: few
many
none
Q13.
zwischen
Correct answer: between
near
next to

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13 Questions

Q1.
Was ist richtig?
Correct answer: Wir waren in der Türkei
Wir waren in die Türkei
Wir waren in Türkei
Q2.
Was ist richtig?
Ich habe viele Postkarten gekaufen
Correct answer: Ich habe viele Postkarten gekauft
Ich habe viele Postkarten kaufe
Q3.
Was ist richtig?
Correct answer: Warst du letzten Sommer in Frankreich?
Warst du letzten Sommer in Frankriech?
Wart du letzten Sommer in Frankriech?
Q4.
Was ist richtig?
Meine Schwester und ich habe Tennis gespielt
Meine Schwester und ich habe Tennis spielen
Correct answer: Meine Schwester und ich haben Tennis gespielt
Q5.
Was ist richtig?
Wir haben eine Stadtrundfahrt gemachen
Correct answer: Wir haben eine Stadtrundfahrt gemacht
Wir haben eine Stadtrundfahrt machen
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.
besser
best
Correct answer: better
good
Q8.
es gab
there is/there are
Correct answer: there was/there were
there will be
Q9.
hatte
Correct answer: I(s)he had
they had
we had
Q10.
leider
easily
songs
Correct answer: unfortunately
Q11.
morgens
in the morning
Correct answer: in the mornings
tomorrow
Q12.
war
Correct answer: I/(s)he was
they were
war
Q13.
zuerst
Correct answer: first
last
next