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Year 8 - German

Tips for a happy life: read and respond to a text

My plans: future tense

Unit Summary

This unit revisits a range of learning from previous units, principally the future tense and tw0 verb structures, and infinitive clauses with 'zu'. Pronouns are revisited as well as word order 3 with 'wenn'.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to distinguish between subject, direct object and indirect object pronouns, and read and respond to a longer text.

Key Notes

  • The sound-symbol correspondence [ie] is pronounced as in 'Liebe'.
  • The sound-symbol correspondence [ei] is pronounced as in 'frei'.
  • Pronouns replace nouns. Subject pronouns replace the noun doing the action of the verb.
  • After most verbs, use direct object pronouns (accusative case), e.g., 'Ich habe ihn.'
  • After certain verbs or prepositions, indirect object pronouns (dative case) are used, e.g., 'Ich helfe ihm'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • [ie]: pronounced as in 'Liebe'
  • [ei]: pronounced as in 'frei'
  • subject pronoun: replaces the noun doing the action of the verb, e.g., I, you, she, they
  • direct object pronoun: replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., me, you, it, them
  • indirect object pronoun: replaces the noun indirectly receiving the action of the verb, e.g., to me, to you, to it, to them

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Use the same word order as English when using indirect object pronouns.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

The sound-symbol correspondence [ie] is pronounced as in 'Liebe'. The sound-symbol correspondence [ei] is pronounced as in 'frei'.

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

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

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Use the same word order as English when using indirect object pronouns. Correction: In German, the indirect object pronoun comes straight after the verb, not at the end of the sentence. For example, 'Musik ist mir wichtig.' - 'Music is important to me.'.

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