Year 11

The weather in different countries (Part 1/3)

Year 11

The weather in different countries (Part 1/3)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn to describe the weather in the present and past tenses.
  2. Purpose of language use: The weather in different countries
  3. Grammar: Impersonal verbs, werden in present tense -es wird

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13 Questions

Q1.
What does "sonnig" mean?
cloudy
foggy
Correct answer: sunny
warm
Q2.
What does "kalt und neblig" mean?
cold and cloudy
Correct answer: cold and foggy
cold or foggy
freezing and windy
Q3.
How do you say "it is raining and snowing"?
Es hat geregnet und es hat geschneit.
Es ist geregnet und es ist geschneit.
Es regnen und es schneien.
Correct answer: Es regnet und es schneit.
Q4.
Which infinitive verb do "ist" and "war" come from?
haben
Correct answer: sein
spielen
trinken
Q5.
How do you say "In Munich it was quite cold and it rained"?
In München es war ziemlich kalt und es hat geregnet.
In München war es zeimlich kalt und es hat geregnet.
Correct answer: In München war es ziemlich kalt und es hat geregnet.
In Munich war es ziemlich kalt und es hat geregnet.
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