Year 10 - German
Frankfurter Buchmesse: uncountable quantifiers, abstract adjectival neuter nouns
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 will learn to use 'viel' and 'wenig' with neuter adjectival nouns and complete a dictogloss task to reinforce your grammatical understanding.
Key Notes
- 'Viel' means 'a lot' or 'much'. The opposite is 'wenig', which means 'little'.
- Adjectival nouns, like adjectives, change according to gender, case and the article used with them.
- Following 'wenig' or 'viel', capitalise an adjective and add '-es' to turn it into a neuter adjectival noun.
- Use dictogloss tasks to reinforce your grammatical understanding in different contexts.
Vocabulary To Learn
- adjectival noun: a type of noun that takes the same endings as adjectives
- viel: word meaning 'a lot', 'much', sometimes followed by a neuter adjectival noun
- wenig: word meaning 'little', often followed by a neuter adjectival noun
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Adjectives don't have capital letters in German, so to say 'the green ones' in German, no capital letter is needed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Viel' means 'a lot' or 'much'. The opposite is 'wenig', which means 'little'. Adjectival nouns, like adjectives, change according to gender, case and the article used with them.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'adjectival noun'
a type of noun that takes the same endings as adjectives. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Adjectives don't have capital letters in German, so to say 'the green ones' in German, no capital letter is needed. Correction: Whilst adjectives don't have capital letters, adjectival nouns always have capital letters; 'die Grünen' - 'the green ones'.
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