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At school and at home: present tense (weak verbs) 1st and 3rd person singular

Learning outcomes

I can talk and write about what I or another person does at home and school, and can link my ideas together using 'und', 'aber' or 'oder'.

I can correctly pronounce [a], [e], [ei], [i], [w], [o], [ie] and [z].

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At school and at home: present tense (weak verbs) 1st and 3rd person singular

Learning outcomes

I can talk and write about what I or another person does at home and school, and can link my ideas together using 'und', 'aber' or 'oder'.

I can correctly pronounce [a], [e], [ei], [i], [w], [o], [ie] and [z].

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Key learning points

  1. Revisit [a], [e], [ei], [i], [w], [o], [ie] and [z].
  2. Remove 'en' from the infinitive, add 'e' for the 1st person singular of weak verbs in German.
  3. Remove 'en' from the infinitive, add 't' for the 3rd person singular of weak verbs in German.
  4. Use 'und', 'oder' and 'aber' to link ideas and make longer sentences.
  5. 'Sein' is an irregular verb and does not follow a regular pattern of verb endings.

Keywords

  • Conjunction - a word used to link ideas together and make longer sentences

  • Weak verb - a verb which follows a regular pattern of changes

Common misconception

The same verb endings can be added to all verb stems.

Weak verbs (also known as regular verbs) follow a set pattern of changes to verb endings. Strong verbs (also known as irregular verbs) do not follow this pattern.

Add an element of competition to Task C by awarding points for each different verb and conjunction used in students' sentences.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German words or phrases below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:der/die/das Erste,the first one
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the first one

Correct Answer:Wer hat einen Grund?,Who has a reason?
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Who has a reason?

Correct Answer:Hast du ein Beispiel?,Do you have an example?
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Do you have an example?

Correct Answer:spielen,to play, playing
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to play, playing

Correct Answer:machen,to do, doing
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to do, doing

Correct Answer:reden,to talk, talking
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to talk, talking

Q2.
Which statements are correct?
Correct answer: The 1st person (ich) present tense verb ending is '-e'.
Correct answer: The 3rd person (er/sie) present tense verb ending is '-t'.
The verb stem is the only form of the verb found in a dictionary.
Correct answer: The verb stem is created by removing the '-en' ending of the infinitive.
There are two present tenses in German.
Q3.
Match the sentence starters below to the correct sentence endings.
Correct Answer:Ich,lerne in der Schule.
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lerne in der Schule.

Correct Answer:Hast,du ein Klassenzimmer?
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du ein Klassenzimmer?

Correct Answer:Wer hat,einen Grund?
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einen Grund?

Correct Answer:Er,sitzt im Unterricht.
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sitzt im Unterricht.

Correct Answer:Mia macht,eine Aufgabe.
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eine Aufgabe.

Correct Answer:Die Frau redet,mit Freunden.
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mit Freunden.

Q4.
Which of these words contain a long vowel?
Correct answer: [a] sagen
[a] kalt
[o] Kopf
Correct answer: [i] wir
[i] finden
Q5.
Fill in the gap to complete the following sentence: ' schreibe eine Liste.'
Correct Answer: Ich
Q6.
Fill in the gap with the correct present tense verb ending to complete the following sentence: 'Er red mit Freunden.'
Correct Answer: et, redet

5 Questions

Q1.
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:arbeiten,to work, working
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to work, working

Correct Answer:kochen,to cook, cooking
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to cook, cooking

Correct Answer:putzen,to clean, cleaning
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to clean, cleaning

Correct Answer:oder,or
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or

Correct Answer:und,and
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and

Correct Answer:aber,but
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but

Q2.
What is a weak verb?
a verb which follows an irregular pattern of changes
Correct answer: a verb which follows a regular pattern of changes
a verb which is not found in a dictionary
Q3.
Which of these words are conjunctions?
Correct answer: aber
Boden (m)
Correct answer: und
nochmal
spielen
Q4.
True or false? [ie], as in 'Liebe', makes the same sound as [ee], as in 'Kaffee'.
Correct Answer: False
Q5.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'I work or I play.'
Correct Answer: Ich arbeite oder ich spiele., Ich arbeite oder spiele, Ich arbeite oder ich spiele, Ich arbeite oder spiele., 'Ich arbeite oder ich spiele.'

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