Year 10
Year 10

Talk about school life (Part 1/3)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at strong and weak verbs in the present tense within the context of school.
  2. Purpose of language use: Talk about school life
  3. Grammar: Present tense: weak and strong strong verbs haben, sein

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13 Questions

Q1.
When the verb ending changes it is called ...?

Correct answer: Conjugation
Declension
Weak

Q2.
What kind of verbs follow the same conjugation pattern?

All verbs
Strong verbs
Correct answer: Weak verbs

Q3.
Infinitive verbs in German end in ...?

-e
Correct answer: -en
-et

Q4.
The conjugation for the er/sie form is...?

-e
-en
Correct answer: -t

Q5.
For strong verbs like "fahren", what happens in the er/sie conjugation?

Correct answer: Add an umlaut to the vowel
It ends in -en
Nothing
Others

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.
haben

(I) have
(you) have
Others
Correct answer: to have, having

Q8.
hat

Correct answer: he/she has
I had
I have
Others

Q9.
sein

he/she has
he/she is
Correct answer: to be, being

Q10.
ist

am
are
Correct answer: is

Q11.
machen

to bake
Correct answer: to do, make
to play

Q12.
oder

Correct answer: or
order
other

Q13.
wieder

Correct answer: again
always
whether