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New Year's resolutions: word order with two-verb structures

New Year's resolutions: future tense

Unit Summary

This unit consolidates knowledge of the future tense, two-verb structures, and the use of zu infinitive. It introduces word order 3 with two-verb structures as pupils learn to give reasons for New Year's resolutions.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to express New Year's resolutions using extended sentences, a range of conjunctions and two-verb constructions.

Key Notes

  • Seeing vocabulary in a range of contexts is a good way to support effective learning.
  • Chinese New Year is celebrated every January/February by around 120,000 people of Chinese descent who live in Germany.
  • Conjunctions like 'denn' and 'aber' do not cause a change in word order.
  • Subordinating conjunctions like 'weil' and 'obwohl' send the verb to the end of the clause (word order 3).
  • In two-verb structures with subordinating conjunctions, the short form verb is after the infinitive at the end.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • conjunction: word that connects ideas between clauses in a sentence
  • word order 3 (WO3): after certain conjunctions, the verb is sent to the end of the sentence or clause

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • When using two-verb constructions, the second verb is always in the infinitive and comes at the end of the clause.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Seeing vocabulary in a range of contexts is a good way to support effective learning. Chinese New Year is celebrated every January/February by around 120,000 people of Chinese descent who live in Germany.

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

word that connects ideas between clauses in a sentence. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: When using two-verb constructions, the second verb is always in the infinitive and comes at the end of the clause. Correction: When a two-verb construction follows a subordinating conjunction like 'weil', the short form of the verb moves to the end, after the infinitive (WO3), e.g., 'Ich hoffe, dieses Jahr zu feiern, weil es Spaß machen wird.'.

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