Year 10 - German
Gesund und ungesund: expanding vocabulary, reading skills, role play
Lifestyle and wellbeing: positive Lebensentscheidungen
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Unit Summary
This unit revises word patterns, plurals, direct and indirect object pronouns and interrogative and demonstrative adjectives (welch-) and (jed-). Nominative and accusative use of abstract adjectival neuter nouns after viel and wenig are taught in the context of healthy living and lifestyle choices.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use cognates and time frames to understand texts about health issues and take part in a role play about healthy living.
Key Notes
- Cognates are words that have the same meaning and look the same or very similar to English words.
- Cognates are very useful in reading tasks, as they can help us to quickly identify the overall theme of a text.
- We can use adverbs of time and verb tenses to distinguish between past, present and future actions and events
- In a role play, you are required to say a short phrase in response to each prompt.
- In a role play, it is important to include at least one verb in each phrase. You must also ask one question.
Vocabulary To Learn
- cognate: word with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and German
- time frame: a period of time during which something happens; refers to present, past or future
- role play: a task with a situation and prompts to ask and answer questions, simulating a conversation
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The present tense in German can only be used to refer to the present.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Cognates are words that have the same meaning and look the same or very similar to English words. Cognates are very useful in reading tasks, as they can help us to quickly identify the overall theme of a text.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'cognate'
word with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and German. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The present tense in German can only be used to refer to the present. Correction: The present tense can also be used with appropriate adverbs of time to refer to the near future, e.g., 'Am Samstag spiele ich Tennis.'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Einkaufen: 'welch-' and 'dies-' in nominative, accusative, dative Study Guide
- Gesund bleiben: abstract adjectival neuter nouns, adding '-los' Study Guide
- Gesundheit: position of indirect and direct objects with two nouns Study Guide
- Isst du gesund? Nouns without plurals, plural rules Study Guide
- KaDeWe: cardinal and ordinal numbers Study Guide
- Neue Schüler: adding '-keit' and '-heit', adjectives as adverbs Study Guide
- Psychische Gesundheit: position of indirect and direct objects Study Guide
- Was möchtest du? Present and conditional 'mögen' Study Guide
- Würdest du Veganer werden? Conditional with 'würde', 'hätte', 'wäre', 'sollte' Study Guide
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