What others do and when: main clause word order and inversion
Learning outcomes
I can describe what I and others do and when, using both word order 1 and word order 2.
I can correctly pronounce ‘t’ and [th].
What others do and when: main clause word order and inversion
Learning outcomes
I can describe what I and others do and when, using both word order 1 and word order 2.
I can correctly pronounce ‘t’ and [th].
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Key learning points
- The sounds ‘t’ and [th] sound the same in German, as in ‘Hotel’ and ‘Theater’.
- Word order 1 (WO1) means that the words in a sentence follow this pattern: subject - verb - adverb - noun.
- Word order 2 (WO2) means that the sentence begins with something other than the subject.
- The verb doesn’t change position in WO2.
- Practising writing from memory is important to practise your application of vocabulary and grammar.
Keywords
[th] - pronounced as in ‘Theater’
Word order - the order of words in a sentence
WO1 - abbreviation for word order 1, the standard word order of a German sentence (subject - verb - adverb - noun)
WO2 - abbreviation for word order 2, which inverts the subject and verb in a sentence
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective
Common misconception
The sounds ‘t’ and [th] make the same sound in English as they do in German.
The sounds ‘t’ and [th] sound the same in German. Even though many words with these spellings come from English, German pronounces 't' and [th] in the same way.
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
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library
choir
club, association
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theatre
orchestra