Year 10 - German
Romantische Straße: future tense, present tense with adverbs to express future
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 recognise and use different linguistic structures to discuss future holiday plans.
Key Notes
- Pronunciation is important for clear communication. Pay particular attention to the pronunciation of cognates.
- To form the future tense, use the present tense of werden to mean 'will/going to' and an infinitive verb at the end.
- Use a future time phrase with the present tense to mean 'going to' or '-ing', e.g., 'tomorrow I'm doing my homework'.
- 'Ich will' (from the verb 'wollen') means 'I want to', but is a false friend; 'ich werde' is 'I will'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- werden: auxiliary verb used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive to express the future, e.g., 'ich werde reisen'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 'Ich will' in German means 'I will' in English.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Pronunciation is important for clear communication. Pay particular attention to the pronunciation of cognates. To form the future tense, use the present tense of werden to mean 'will/going to' and an infinitive verb at the end.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'werden'
auxiliary verb used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive to express the future, e.g., 'ich werde reisen'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: 'Ich will' in German means 'I will' in English. Correction: 'Ich will' (from the verb 'wollen') means 'I want to', but is a false friend. The future tense in German needs 'werden' with a 2nd verb in the infinitive.
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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
- Düsseldorf: past participles of strong and irregular verbs, questions 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
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