Year 8 - German
The Black Forest: prepositions, perfect tense questions
Past journeys: perfect tense with 'sein'
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces the German perfect tense with 'sein' for verbs of movement, practising it in contrast to the perfect tense with 'haben' in singular forms. 'Mit' is introduced with modes of transport allowing pupils to practise word order manner before place.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to ask and answer questions about things that happened or have happened on a past trip.
Key Notes
- Regular practice of vocabulary helps with understanding and effective communication.
- Prepositions are used before nouns and pronouns and show where, when or how something happens.
- The perfect tense is formed with a part of 'haben' or 'sein' and a past participle to say what someone did or has done.
- Questions about past events can be formed by inverting the subject and the part of 'haben' or 'sein'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preposition: word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
- perfect tense: German past tense which translates two English past tenses: e.g., 'I did' and 'I have done'
- closed question: a question that can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The words for 'the' and 'a' are always the same after prepositions.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Regular practice of vocabulary helps with understanding and effective communication. Prepositions are used before nouns and pronouns and show where, when or how something happens.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preposition'
word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The words for 'the' and 'a' are always the same after prepositions. Correction: Prepositions take a specific case, e.g., 'durch' always takes the accusative. Some prepositions take different cases to create different meanings, e.g., 'in' and 'auf' can take the accusative, to show movement to, or the dative, to show location.
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