Year 10

Describing a school day (Part 2/3)

Year 10

Describing a school day (Part 2/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at how to ask questions with reference to school subjects and a timetable.
  2. Purpose of language use: Describing a school day
  3. Grammar: Present tense: weak verb consolidatio. Question words and WO2

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13 Questions

Q1.
How do you say "at" in relation to a time?

an
Correct answer: um
zu

Q2.
What is the German word for "quarter"?

Vier
Correct answer: Viertel
Vierzehn

Q3.
Which clock do Germans use?

Correct answer: 12-hour and 24-hour clock
Only 12-hour clock
Only 24-hour clock

Q4.
How would you write the time 10:10 in words?

Correct answer: Zehn nach zehn
Zehn Uhr zwanzig
Zehn vor zehn

Q5.
How would you say "at half past six" in German?

um halb sechs
Correct answer: um halb sieben
um sechs Uhr

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.
hier

Correct answer: here
near
there

Q8.
oft

always
Correct answer: often
usually

Q9.
warum

when
where
Correct answer: why

Q10.
wer

what
where
Correct answer: who, whoever

Q11.
wie

Correct answer: how
when
where

Q12.
wo

when
Correct answer: where
who

Q13.
zu Hause

(towards) home
Correct answer: at home
from home

13 Questions

Q1.
The word "langweilig" means...

Correct answer: boring
difficult
easy

Q2.
The German question word "was" means...

was
Correct answer: what
when

Q3.
To form a question in German you...

don't have a verb
put the verb at the end of the sentence
Correct answer: switch the verb and the subject around

Q4.
The present tense conjugation for "du" is...

-e
-en
Correct answer: -st

Q5.
The word "du" means ...

he
they
Correct answer: you (singular, informal)

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.
denn

Correct answer: because
then
therefore

Q8.
früh

Correct answer: early
late
soon

Q9.
spät

early
Correct answer: late
later

Q10.
nach

Correct answer: after, toward
before
from

Q11.
Uhr

Correct answer: clock, watch, o'clock
hour
times

Q12.
Viertel

four
Correct answer: fourth
quarter, district

Q13.
vor

Correct answer: in front of, before, ago
of
to