Year 10 - German
Weltreligionen und ihre Feste: expanding vocabulary, describing photos
My personal world: Beziehungen und Feste
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits verbs with prepositions, and adds to previous knowledge of da- and wo- compounds in the accusative and the dative. Reflexive verbs are revisited in the context of family relationships, together with word order and the use of wen, wem, with reflexive questions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand texts about different religions and festivals and you can describe a photo of a celebration using the present tense.
Key Notes
- The acronym PALM is useful for describing photos. It stands for People, Action, Location, Mood.
- It is useful to add opinions to personalise photo descriptions.
- There is only one present tense in German. This is important to remember when describing what is happening in a photo.
Vocabulary To Learn
- simple present: describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
- present continuous: describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The present continuous in German is different to the simple present.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The acronym PALM is useful for describing photos. It stands for People, Action, Location, Mood. It is useful to add opinions to personalise photo descriptions.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'simple present'
describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The present continuous in German is different to the simple present. Correction: The present continuous in German is the same as the simple present, so 'sie essen' means 'they eat' and 'they are eating'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Beziehungen: reflexive and non-reflexive verbs, reciprocal verbs Study Guide
- Familie: direct object pronouns, singular and plural Study Guide
- Frauen im Motorsport: da-compounds, wo-compounds Study Guide
- Freunde: 'wen' and 'wem' - interrogative, word order with reflexive questions Study Guide
- Junge Pflegende: accusative and dative reflexive pronouns, 'welch-' Study Guide
- Karneval: indirect object pronouns, verbs with indirect objects, 'bei', 'beim' Study Guide
- Traditionen: 'jed-', dative verbs, translation Study Guide
- Traditionen: da-compounds, 'damit' as conjunction and wo-compounds Study Guide
- Vorbilder: accusative definite articles, verbs with accusative prepositions Study Guide
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