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