Study Hub

Study Guides

This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.

Back to Study HubBrowse Year 7 German Guides

Year 7 - German

Life at home: building sentences, present tense singular

Life at home: present tense (singular) weak verbs

Unit Summary

This unit introduces pupils to verb infinitives and the patterns for weak (regular) high frequency verbs in the 1st and 3rd persons singular. Pupils learn how to use them in familiar contexts at school and at home. They practise sound-symbol correspondences long and short [o] and [i].

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use weak verbs in the present tense in singular persons to translate or write a letter to a penfriend in German.

Key Notes

  • [u] can be either short (followed by 2 or more consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant or 'h').
  • 'Buch' is an exception, with a long [u] before 2 consonants.
  • There is only one present tense in German: 'ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • [u]: pronounced as in 'du' or 'Punkt'
  • present tense: describes habitual events in the present or what is happening now: 'I do' or 'I'm doing'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • There are two present tenses in German, as in English.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

[u] can be either short (followed by 2 or more consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant or 'h'). 'Buch' is an exception, with a long [u] before 2 consonants.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[u]'

pronounced as in 'du' or 'Punkt'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: There are two present tenses in German, as in English. Correction: There is only one present tense in German. 'Ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.

More Lessons In This Unit

Browse all guides in the Year 7 German guide library.