Year 9 - German
Past and future goals: revisiting tenses and word order, translation skills
Past ambitions and future goals: past, present and word order
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits past, present and future tenses, modal verbs and word order rules as pupils apply known grammar and vocabulary in reading and speaking about past and future goals.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand and translate texts on past achievements and future goals, applying knowledge of perfect and present tenses, present and imperfect modals, and word order.
Key Notes
- Frequent reading aloud and transcription can aid fluency in both speaking and comprehension.
- When discussing past goals, use the perfect for most verbs, but the imperfect for modals.
- For future goals, the present tense can be used to express future intentions, with a future time phrase.
- The word 'als' can mean 'when' in the past tense, 'as a' (role), or 'than' in comparisons.
- Translation into and from German requires attention to vocabulary, tenses, word order, accuracy, and careful checking.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Sound-symbol correspondence: (SSC) relationship between letters and their sounds
- word order one (WO1): subject - verb - object - the standard word order in a German sentence, e.g., 'ich lerne Deutsch'
- word order two (WO2): inverts the subject and verb in a sentence
- word order three (WO3): after certain conjunctions, the verb is sent to the end of the sentence or clause
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- To talk about the future in German you have to use the future tense with 'werden'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Frequent reading aloud and transcription can aid fluency in both speaking and comprehension. When discussing past goals, use the perfect for most verbs, but the imperfect for modals.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'Sound-symbol correspondence'
(SSC) relationship between letters and their sounds. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: To talk about the future in German you have to use the future tense with 'werden'. Correction: In German, you can use the present tense and a future time phrase to talk about the future: 'ich spiele nächste Woche Tennis' - 'I'm playing/going to play tennis next week'. 'Planen' and 'vorhaben' in the present tense also express future intentions.
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