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Year 10 - German

Familie und Freunde: translation, comprehension, conversation

My personal world: Familie und Freunde

Unit Summary

This unit revisits possessive adjectives and comparatives in a familiar context of friends and family. Pupils expand vocabulary knowledge with word pattern endings of '-keit' and '-heit'. They revisit 'gern' 'lieber', and comparative adverbs before learning superlative adjectives and adverbs.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures to understand and talk about friends and family.

Key Notes

  • We use possessive adjectives frequently when talking about friends and family.
  • The adverb 'gern' is used with a verb to mean 'like'; 'lieber' with a verb means 'prefer'.
  • Add –er to turn adverbs into comparatives.
  • The imperfect tense in German is used most often to narrate past events in writing, so is often used in stories.
  • When answering conversation questions, strong answers are full sentences including extra detail, opinions and reasons.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • possessive adjective: shows who something belongs to, e.g., my, your
  • comparative: a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
  • lieber: comparative adverb meaning 'more gladly', 'rather'
  • gern: adverb meaning 'gladly', 'like to'
  • imperfect tense: verb tense used most often in German to narrate past events in writing

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • When answering conversation questions, it's good to keep answers as short as possible, as in a role-play task.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

We use possessive adjectives frequently when talking about friends and family. The adverb 'gern' is used with a verb to mean 'like'; 'lieber' with a verb means 'prefer'.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'possessive adjective'

shows who something belongs to, e.g., my, your. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: When answering conversation questions, it's good to keep answers as short as possible, as in a role-play task. Correction: To give strong answers in conversation, it's important to answer in full sentences and give details in our answers, including opinions and reasons, where appropriate.

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