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Year 10 - German

Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present

My neighbourhood: Stereotypen

Unit Summary

This unit introduces 'es gibt' (existence) vs 'es ist/sind' (location) as pupils understand articles on common stereotypes. They learn and apply the pronouns jemanden, niemanden and revise the pronouns 'it' and 'they' as well as the singular and plural relative pronouns in the nominative case.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to understand relative clauses and the historic present in an extended text.

Key Notes

  • Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause, without starting another sentence.
  • Some relative clauses are embedded in a main clause.
  • Match subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' with the gender and number of a noun to mean 'it' and 'they'.
  • The historic present narrates events in the past to make them feel more immediate.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • subject pronoun: represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., 'I', 'we', 'they'
  • relative clause: adds information about the noun in the main clause
  • historic present: narrates events in the past using the present tense

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Like English, German uses 'it' and 'they' as subject pronouns to replace nouns.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause, without starting another sentence. Some relative clauses are embedded in a main clause.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'subject pronoun'

represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., 'I', 'we', 'they'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Like English, German uses 'it' and 'they' as subject pronouns to replace nouns. Correction: In German, subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' mean 'it' and 'they' and match the grammatical gender and number of the noun.

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