Year 11 - German
Das Leben mit Behinderung: stem changes in present tense weak verbs
Lifestyle and wellbeing: Meine Welt
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits a range of known grammar in the context of social and global inequalities. The future and conditional tenses are reactivated. 'Nach' and 'nachdem', 'vor' and 'bevor' are revisited. Word order 3 with conjunctions ob, sobald, solange, bis and damit are practised.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a range of present tense verbs, including those with small changes to the stem, in extended writing about living with a disability.
Key Notes
- Weak verbs follow a regular pattern of changes in the present tense.
- For verbs stems ending in 'd', 't', 'm' or 'n', add 'e' before the ending in the 'du', 'er, sie, es' and 'ihr' forms.
- For verb stems ending in 's', 'ß', 'x' or 'z', add just 't' instead of 'st' in the 'du' form, e.g., 'du tanzt'.
- For verb stems ending in '-el', remove the 'e' in the first person singular of the present tense, e.g., 'ich lächle'.
- The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.
Vocabulary To Learn
- weak verb: verb that follows a regular pattern of changes
- stem: part of the verb that appears in all forms, created by removing the '-en' or '-n' ending of the infinitive
- BORDER: extended writing acronym
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- For verb stems ending in '-el', remove the 'e' from the stem in all present tense forms.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Weak verbs follow a regular pattern of changes in the present tense. For verbs stems ending in 'd', 't', 'm' or 'n', add 'e' before the ending in the 'du', 'er, sie, es' and 'ihr' forms.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'weak verb'
verb that follows a regular pattern of changes. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: For verb stems ending in '-el', remove the 'e' from the stem in all present tense forms. Correction: For verb stems ending in '-el', remove the 'e' from the stem in the first person singular of the present tense only.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Armut in Deutschland: 'bis' as preposition, 'bis' and 'wenn' as conjunctions Study Guide
- Biodiversität: definite and indefinite articles after prepositions, da-compounds Study Guide
- Die Umwelt: word order with questions, questions with wo-compounds Study Guide
- Diskriminerung im Alltag: 'damit' da-compound vs 'damit' conjunction Study Guide
- Du siehst nicht krank aus: word order in 2-verb structures with conjunctions Study Guide
- Energiekrise in Deutschland: future vs conditional, 2-verb rule Study Guide
- Gemeinsam statt einsam: prepositions vor, nach and conjunctions bevor, nachdem Study Guide
- Meine Welt - Platz für alle: extended listening and spoken production Study Guide
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