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Year 9 - German

Everyday routine: using verbs reflexively, 24-hour clock

Ordinary routines and special events: reflexive verbs

Unit Summary

This unit introduces reflexive verbs in the present tense and teaches pupils to recognise reflexive vs non-reflexive use of common verbs. The 12 and 24- hour clock are revisited so that pupils can describe their actions and routines on a daily basis and for special occasions and festivals.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to talk about routine activities and times using the 24-hour clock.

Key Notes

  • Regular revisiting of phonic rules supports effective transcription and reading aloud.
  • Practising new and known vocabulary regularly supports successful recall.
  • For 24-hour clock, we say 'Uhr' instead of ':' and minutes are said as numbers, e.g., 'vierzehn Uhr fünfunddreißig'.
  • Open questions are formed by using a question word and inverting the subject and verb, e.g., 'Wann gehen wir ins Kino?'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • open question: question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Saying times in 24-hour format in German works in exactly the same way as in English.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Regular revisiting of phonic rules supports effective transcription and reading aloud. Practising new and known vocabulary regularly supports successful recall.

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

question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Saying times in 24-hour format in German works in exactly the same way as in English. Correction: Saying the time in 24-hour format uses numbers like in English. The difference is that German needs 'Uhr' - 'o'clock' - between the hour and the minutes, e.g., 21:50 is 'einundzwanzig Uhr fünfzig'.

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