pronounced as in 'richtig'; is either soft like 'ich' or hard like 'ik'

describes where, how or when something is happening; adverbial phrases such as 'im Café' and 'in die Stadt' also function as adverbs

A1 - 1 wichtig (hard)

A1 - 2 wenig (soft)

A1 - 3 notwendig (soft)

A1 - 4 Schwierigkeit (hard)

A1 - 5 richtig (soft)

A1 - 6 fertig (hard)

C1 - 1 Hallo Wolfgang! Na, [-] ich fahre am Samstag nach Berlin.

C1 - 2 [-] Ich nehme zuerst den Zug nach London.

C1 - 3 [London] erreiche ich in vier Stunden.

C1 - 4 [In London] kann ich mein Butterbrot essen.

C1 - 5 [-] Ich fahre dann nach Amsterdam. 

C1 - 6 [Dort] gibt es Busse nach Berlin.

C1 - 7 [Im Bus] schlafe ich. 

C1 - 8 [-] Die Reise dauert elf Stunden!

C1 - 9 [-] Ich erreiche früh am Sonntagmorgen Berlin.

C1 - 10 [In Berlin] hilfst du mir, oder?

What there is in different places: inversion with adverbs

German

This unit introduces the concept of adverbs of time before place in German word order. Pupils apply this knowledge in both question and answer form. They extend their range of questions with 'Wie viel' and 'Wie viele' and practise the sound-symbol correspondence [ig] (final).

Berlin: word order

to take, last (time); taking, lasting (time)

Fill in the gap to complete the following sentence: 'Er __________ im Sportverein.'

the soft pronunciation of 'ich' is considered 'standard German'

[ig] is pronounced hard in all of Germany

Fill in the gap in the following sentence with the correct form of 'gehen' or 'fahren': 'Wir {{}} mit dem Zug.'

Translate the following sentence into English: 'Du gehst in die Stadt.'

Translate the following sentence into German: 'She is in the room.'

Which of these statements is **not** in word order 1? (subject - verb - adverb - noun)

Fill in the gap to complete the following sentence: 'Mia __________ dienstags mit Freunden Klarinette.'

Fill in the gap to complete the following sentence: '__________ geht Wolf in die Stadt.'

Starter Quiz