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a word used to connect clauses or sentences

(WO1) subject - verb - object; the standard word order in a German sentence, e.g., 'Ich lerne Deutsch.'

(WO3) the verb is sent to the end of the clause or sentence

a word which describes a verb, adjective or another adverb

a verb whose stem vowel changes in the 'du' and 'er/sie/es' forms in the present tense

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Sprachen: word order, strong verbs, adjectives identical to adverbs

German

This unit revisits the present tense of strong verbs, negation with nicht and kein, compound and plural nouns in the context of learning a new language. Pupils learn to distinguish between wissen, kennen and können with opportunities to apply all these in  listening, reading, speaking and writing.

People and lifestyle: sprichst du Deutsch?

Match the German words below to their English equivalents.

Which of the following groups of conjunctions trigger word order 3? 

German adjectives are identical to __________. In the sentence 'Der Auto ist langsam', langsam means __________. But in the sentence 'Mein Freund spricht langsam', langsam means __________.

Match the German adjective or adverb in each sentence to the correct English meaning.

Strong verbs change vowel in the __________ and 'er/sie/es' forms of the verb. The most common changes are from 'a' to __________, from __________ to 'ie' and 'e' to __________.

Ich helfe, du hilfst, er/sie/es hilft, wir helfen, ihr helft, Sie/sie helfen.

Ich sehe, du siehst, der/sie/es sieht, wir sehen, ihr sieht, Sie/sie sehen.

Ich fahre, du fährst, er/sie/es fahrt, wir fahren, ihr fahrt, Sie/sie fahren.

Ich esse, du isst, er/sie/es isst, wir essen, ihr esst, Sie/sie essen.

Which of the following strong verbs are correctly conjugated? 

Was passt zusammen? Match these German verb phrases to their English meanings. 

Match the English words below to their German equivalents. 

Sort the words below into the correct order to complete the following sentence: Strong verbs change the __________ in the verb __________ in the __________ and 'er/sie/es' forms. 

In English, most adverbs end with '-ly'; for example, 'naturally'.

An adverb qualifies or modifies a verb; for example, 'he speaks quickly'.

An adjective can qualify or modify a verb; for example, 'he speaks natural'. 

The German word 'schnell' means both 'quick' and 'quickly'.

An adverb can qualify an adjective; for example, 'extremely hot'.

Which of the following statements about adverbs are correct?

Ich weiß, dass Deutschlernen Spaß macht.

Du isst gern Äpfel aber ich esse lieber Bananen.

Er geht nie ins Schwimmbad, weil er nicht schwimmen kann.

Which of the following sentences use word order 3?

Which of these conjunctions do **not** change word order?

Starter Quiz