a form of adjective or adverb used to express the highest degree of a quality, e.g., the tallest, the most interesting

inverts the subject and verb in a sentence

Wie sind deine Familie und Freunde? Adding un-, word order, superlatives

German

This unit revisits possessive adjectives and comparatives in a familiar context of friends and family. Pupils expand vocabulary knowledge with word pattern endings of '-keit' and '-heit'. They revisit 'gern' 'lieber', and comparative adverbs before learning superlative adjectives and adverbs.

People and lifestyle: Familie und Freunde

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

Match these irregular superlative forms to their English meanings.

Translate the following sentence into German: 'In my opinion, you were lucky.'

Translate the following sentence into German: 'I think that you were satisfied.'

Turn 'schlecht' into a superlative to fill the gap in the following sentence: 'Sie spricht {{}} Deutsch.'

Match the German phrases below to the correct English translations.

Match each word order to the correct example sentence.

Meiner Meinung nach sein Blick ist freundlich.

Meiner Meinung nach ist sein Blick freundlich.

Meiner Meinung nach sein Blick freundlich ist.

Which of these sentences uses the correct word order?

Ich glaube, dass er ist jung für sein Alter.

Ich glaube, dass ist er jung für sein Alter.

Ich glaube, dass er jung für sein Alter ist.

If 'möglich' means 'possible', what does 'unmöglich' mean?

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