Year 7 - German
Poems: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
Plans and places: future vs present meaning for present tense
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Unit Summary
This unit provides pupils with the opportunity to apply their knowledge of verbs in the present tense and time adverbials to communicate future intention. Pupils learn to distinguish between 'zu' and 'nach' for destinations and apply them accurately with the dative case.
Lesson Summary
You understand the importance of noun gender, can use 'in' and 'auf' to express movement or location, and can test your understanding of language by reading and writing a poem.
Key Notes
- Knowing the grammatical gender of nouns is important for accurate grammar and clear communication.
- To say where something or someone is moving to, use 'in' ('into') and 'auf' ('onto') with the accusative case.
- To say where something or someone is located, use 'in' ('in') and 'auf' ('on') with the dative case.
- Texts, such as poems, can help us understand how language works in context.
Vocabulary To Learn
- grammatical gender: a way to categorise all nouns as either feminine, masculine or neuter
- in: preposition meaning 'in', 'into'
- auf: preposition meaning 'on', 'onto'
- accusative case: case used after a preposition to indicate movement towards something or someone
- dative case: case used after a preposition to indicate the location of something or someone
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- As long as we know the meaning of a noun, we don't need to worry about its grammatical gender.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Knowing the grammatical gender of nouns is important for accurate grammar and clear communication. To say where something or someone is moving to, use 'in' ('into') and 'auf' ('onto') with the accusative case.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'grammatical gender'
a way to categorise all nouns as either feminine, masculine or neuter. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: As long as we know the meaning of a noun, we don't need to worry about its grammatical gender. Correction: Knowing the grammatical gender of a noun is very important, because the gender affects the form of other parts of a sentence, such as the article or preposition. This in turn affects the clarity and comprehensibility of the message.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Make plans: present tense (future meaning), numbers 13-31, dates Study Guide
- Poems: plural nouns, responding to a poem Study Guide
- Summer plans: contrasting uses of the present tense, 'nächst-' Study Guide
- Summer plans: present tense (future meaning) 1st person, 'nächst-' Study Guide
- Where people go: 'zu' vs 'nach', present tense (future meaning) Study Guide
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