Year 10

Guided writing: Foundation - Life at school and college

Year 10

Guided writing: Foundation - Life at school and college

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore a foundation style GCSE writing question related to life at school and college. We will be focusing on tense formation and structuring a paragraph.
  2. Purpose of language use: Wiederholung
  3. Grammar: Guided writing: Life at school and college

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13 Questions

Q1.
What's the German for "difficult"?
Correct answer: schwierig
stressig
wichtig
Q2.
Which of these sentences is in the perfect tense?
Correct answer: Ich habe Angst vor den Prüfungen gehabt.
Ich habe Angst vor den Prüfungen.
Ich werde Angst vor den Prüfungen haben.
Q3.
Which of these sentences is in the perfect tense?
Es wird stressig sein.
Ich freue mich auf meine neuen Klassenkameraden.
Correct answer: Ich habe viel für die Prüfungen gelernt.
Q4.
Which tense is this sentence in: "Es wird etwas stressig sein."?
Correct answer: future
perfect
present
Q5.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Ich habe gemacht viele Hausaufgaben.
Ich werde sitzen bleiben nächstes Jahr.
Correct answer: Mein Lehrer hat eine negative Meinung über mich.
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.
jede (r) (s)
any
Correct answer: every
many
Q8.
kann
Correct answer: I/(s)he can
they can
you can
Q9.
können
Correct answer: to be able, can
to have to
to like
Q10.
konnte
Correct answer: I (s)he was able to
we were able to
you were able to
Q11.
neben
against
between
Correct answer: next to, beside
Q12.
ungefähr
Correct answer: approximately
dangerous
nearby
Q13.
wenigstens
at best
Correct answer: at least
fewer

13 Questions

Q1.
How do you say "he is travelling"?
er fahre
er fahren
Correct answer: er fährt
Q2.
What topic does this sentence refer to: Der Unterricht beginnt um Viertel vor neun.
Correct answer: mein Schultag
meine Klassenfahrt
meine Schuluniform
Q3.
What topic does this sentence refer to: Manche Schüler werden Heimweh haben, denn sie verbringen einige Tage in Deutschland.
meine Fächer
Correct answer: meine Klassenfahrt
meine Schuluniform
Q4.
Finish the sentence using the most appropriate answer: Mein Lieblingsfach ist Geschichte, denn ...
... der Lehrer ist streng.
Correct answer: ... der Unterricht macht Spaß.
... wir bekommen viele Hausaufgaben.
Q5.
Finish the sentence choosing the most appropriate answer: Ich finde Deutsch toll, denn ...
... es ist etwas langweilig.
Correct answer: ... es ist wirklich interessant.
... es ist ziemlich schwierig.
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.
aus
also
Correct answer: out, out of, from
outside
Q8.
bei mir
Correct answer: at my house
by
me
Q9.
in Ordnung
disordered
Correct answer: ok, alright
untidy
Q10.
insgesamt
generally
Correct answer: in all, altogether, in total
individually
Q11.
sagen
to call
Correct answer: to say
to shout
Q12.
um
after
Correct answer: around, at
before
Q13.
wenn
because
Correct answer: if, when
so