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Year 9 - German

Birthdays: recounting personal experiences

Everyday culture: present tense weak and strong verbs

Unit Summary

This unit revisits strong and weak verbs in all persons, as well as numbers, question formation, negation and adjective agreement. Vocabulary is revisited and extended as pupils describe event preparations, pictures and paintings.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to understand and write about birthday experiences in past and present tenses.

Key Notes

  • Numbers 20 and above are formed as unit + 'und' + ten, e.g., 21 - 'einundzwanzig'.
  • There are a number of rules for forming noun plurals which should be learnt and practised.
  • Encountering previously taught language when listening and reading in German develops our comprehension.
  • Awareness of register helps us choose words and structures suited to spoken or written language.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • noun: word for a person, place, or thing
  • register: level of formality or style of language used, depending on the audience, purpose, and context

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • German numbers 21 and above work the same as in English: ten followed by unit.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Numbers 20 and above are formed as unit + 'und' + ten, e.g., 21 - 'einundzwanzig'. There are a number of rules for forming noun plurals which should be learnt and practised.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'noun'

word for a person, place, or thing. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: German numbers 21 and above work the same as in English: ten followed by unit. Correction: In German, numbers 21 and above are structured unit-und-ten, e.g., 'einundzwanzig' - twenty-one. It translates literally as 'one and twenty'.

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