Year 10 - German
Düsseldorf: past participles of strong and irregular verbs, questions
Travel and tourism: Reiseziele
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Unit Summary
This consolidation unit revisits all of the grammar covered in previous units in the context of travel destinations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Pupils learn to use 'man' in order to avoid the passive, and also learn 'sein' and 'ihr' in nominative, accusative and dative to mean 'its'.
Lesson Summary
You understand how to form the past participles of strong and irregular verbs, and can ask and answer questions in the perfect tense about a past trip.
Key Notes
- The vowels [a], [o] and [e] can be pronounced long as in 'gezogen' or short as in 'gewonnen'.
- Strong verbs form past participles by adding 'ge-' and '-en' around the verb stem, e.g. 'gelesen'. Others are irregular.
- To form a closed question in the perfect tense, swap the position of 'haben' or 'sein' with the subject.
- For open questions in the perfect tense, place a question word before 'haben' or 'sein'; the subject follows.
- The past participles 'gefallen' and 'gemocht' both mean 'liked'. Use indirect object pronouns with 'gefallen'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- past participle: verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
- closed question: a question which can be answered with yes/no, formed by inverting the subject and verb in a sentence
- open question: a question starting with a wh- word, followed by word order 2
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Questions are formed in the same way in both German and English.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The vowels [a], [o] and [e] can be pronounced long as in 'gezogen' or short as in 'gewonnen'. Strong verbs form past participles by adding 'ge-' and '-en' around the verb stem, e.g. 'gelesen'. Others are irregular.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'past participle'
verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Questions are formed in the same way in both German and English. Correction: English uses 'do you ... ?' or 'are you ... ?' when forming questions. German inverts the position of the subject and verb in a statement to form a closed question. Add a question word at the start to change it into an open question.
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- Berlin: 'wissen' vs 'kennen' Study Guide
- Bern: 'es gibt' vs 'da sind', determiners and prepositions Study Guide
- Das Ruhrgebiet: perfect tense irregular verbs, imperfect tense, 'früher' Study Guide
- Die Sächsische Schweiz: 'man' + verb, 'Lieblings-' and 'Haupt-' Study Guide
- Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn: past tense, past participles, time-manner-place Study Guide
- Eine Reise: present tense, separable verbs, possessive adjectives Study Guide
- Frankfurter Buchmesse: uncountable quantifiers, abstract adjectival neuter nouns Study Guide
- Graz: word order rules, possessive adjectives Study Guide
- Reisen: extending vocabulary Study Guide
- Romantische Straße: future tense, present tense with adverbs to express future Study Guide
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