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What you and others do and when: time phrases as nouns and adverbs

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I can talk about what I and others do when and how often using time phrases and adverbs.

I can correctly pronounce a range of sounds to avoid misunderstandings.

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What you and others do and when: time phrases as nouns and adverbs

Learning outcomes

I can talk about what I and others do when and how often using time phrases and adverbs.

I can correctly pronounce a range of sounds to avoid misunderstandings.

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Key learning points

  1. Accurate pronunciation of words prevents misunderstandings.
  2. Days of the week and times of day are nouns, e.g., 'am Montag' - 'on Monday'.
  3. A time phrase is a multi-word phrase, such as ‘am Montag’.
  4. To change a noun into an adverb, remove its capital letter and add '-s' to the end, e.g., 'dienstags' - 'on Tuesdays'.
  5. Use noun forms of days to talk about one-off events and adverb forms to describe regular events.

Keywords

  • Noun - word for a person, place, or thing

  • Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective, e.g., 'montags'

  • Time phrase - a multi-word phrase that describes when something happens, e.g., 'am Montag'

Common misconception

Nouns in German have capital letters in the same situations as English nouns.

German nouns are always capitalised, no matter where or how they are used in a sentence.

Students could translate or summarise in English what happens to Heidi and Wolf in Task A1 to consolidate understanding.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Put the days of the week in order.
1 - Montag
2 - Dienstag
3 - Mittwoch
4 - Donnerstag
5 - Freitag
6 - Samstag
7 - Sonntag
Q2.
Which pairs of words differ by only one sound?
Correct answer: vier, wir
Correct answer: Rad, Rat
Correct answer: schon, schön
schwimmen, beginnen
machen, backen
Q3.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:am Montag,on Monday
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on Monday

Correct Answer:Nachmittag (m),afternoon
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afternoon

Correct Answer:Abend (m),evening
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evening

Correct Answer:Morgen (m),morning
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morning

Correct Answer:am Wochenende,at the weekend
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at the weekend

Correct Answer:jetzt,now
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now

Q4.
Which statements are correct?
Correct answer: Nouns are always capitalised in German.
Nouns are always next to the subject in a German sentence.
Correct answer: Nouns can be one of three grammatical genders in German.
Nouns can be one of four grammatical genders in German.
Correct answer: The gender of a compound noun is the same as its final noun.
Q5.
Which word is the adverb in the following sentence? 'Ich esse jetzt den Apfel.'
Ich
esse
Correct answer: jetzt
den
Apfel
Q6.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'I swim on Tuesday.' Use word order 1.
Correct Answer: Ich schwimme am Dienstag.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which two words differ by one sound?
Correct answer: Burg (m)
Correct answer: Berg (m)
Weile (f)
Beinen (ntpl)
spielen
Q2.
When would you add 'am' before a noun (e.g., 'Montag', 'Abend')?
Correct answer: to talk about what you are doing at a specific moment in time; a future plan
Correct answer: to talk about a one-off event
to talk about what you do regularly at a particular time; a habit
to change a noun into an adverb
to change an adverb into a noun
Q3.
Change 'Sonntag' into an adverb.
Correct Answer: sonntags
Q4.
Select the words that are not nouns.
Correct answer: mittwochs
Heft
Correct answer: spielen
Spiel
Jacke
Q5.
Where is a time phrase (e.g., 'am Abend') usually placed in a word order 1 sentence?
before the subject
Correct answer: between the verb and the noun
between the subject and the verb
Q6.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'On Thursday I read.' Use word order 2.
Correct Answer: Am Donnerstag lese ich.

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