Year 7 - German
What you do at home: present tense (weak verbs) 1st and 2nd person singular
Life at home: present tense (singular) weak verbs
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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 talk about what, when and how often you and you do things at home.
Key Notes
- [ch] can be either soft (as in 'ich') or hard (as in 'Buch').
- Remove 'en' from the infinitive, add 'st' for the 2nd person singular of most weak verbs in German.
- If the verb stem ends in 'z', add only '-t' for the 2nd person singular.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [ch]: pronounced soft as in 'ich' or hard as in 'Buch'
- frequency adverb: describes how often something happens
- 2nd person singular: form of the verb used with 'du' (you)
- verb stem: created by removing '-en' from the end of the infinitive
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- [ch] is pronounced as in the English 'cheese'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
[ch] can be either soft (as in 'ich') or hard (as in 'Buch'). Remove 'en' from the infinitive, add 'st' for the 2nd person singular of most weak verbs in German.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[ch]'
pronounced soft as in 'ich' or hard as in 'Buch'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: [ch] is pronounced as in the English 'cheese'. Correction: [ch] is soft in German after [i] or [e]. It is hard after [a] [o] or [u]. This is because [a] [o] and [u] are pronounced with a more open mouth whilst [i] and [e] have a more closed mouth.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Activities at home: build sentences from infinitive verbs, word order Study Guide
- Activities at home: verb infinitives and singular persons Study Guide
- Life at home: building sentences, present tense singular Study Guide
- Narrating with nouns: singular definite articles Study Guide
- What you do at home: questions with 'wer', 'was', 'wo' and 'wie' Study Guide
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