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How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns

Learning outcomes

I can ask and answer questions in speaking and writing about more than one thing, and build my own sentences from known vocabulary.

I can recognise the [äu] sound.

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How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns

Learning outcomes

I can ask and answer questions in speaking and writing about more than one thing, and build my own sentences from known vocabulary.

I can recognise the [äu] sound.

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Key learning points

  1. [äu] is an important sound symbol correspondence, used often in noun plurals; for example, 'Häuser'.
  2. 'Wie viele ...?' means 'How many ...?'.
  3. Knowing noun genders well is key to applying German plural noun rules 1 to 4 correctly.
  4. Place a question word directly in front of the verb to change a closed question into an open one.

Keywords

  • [äu] - pronounced [äu] as in 'Mäuse'

  • Wie viele? - how many?

  • Plural - more than one

Common misconception

All plurals are formed in the same way.

Nouns have different rules for plurals depending on their gender and spelling.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these nouns names a family member?
Correct answer: der Vater
der Tisch
das Haus
der Lieblingssport
Q2.
Match the German words to the correct translations.
Correct Answer:die Band,band
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band

Correct Answer:der Film,film
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film

Correct Answer:der Sänger,singer
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singer

Correct Answer:das Stück,slice
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slice

Q3.
Which word would correctly complete the following sentence? 'Der Arzt __________ klein.'
Correct answer: ist
sind
hat
haben
bist
Q4.
Which of the following nouns are the same in their singular and plural forms?
Correct answer: der Lehrer
Correct answer: das Mädchen
Correct answer: der Engel
der Zug
der Tisch
Q5.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'You have a question.'
Correct Answer: Du hast eine Frage., Du hast eine Frage
Q6.
Translate the following question into English: 'Wie schreibt man das?'
Correct Answer: How do you write that?, How do you spell that?

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these words contain the [äu] sound?
der Junge
das Haus
Correct answer: die Bäume
die Sängerin
Correct answer: die Mäuse
Q2.
There is a number missing from the following sequence. Write it in German: eins, zwei, drei, fünf.
Correct Answer: vier
Q3.
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'the book is good but small'.
1 - das
2 - Buch
3 - ist
4 - gut
5 - aber
6 - klein
Q4.
Match up the question words in German and English.
Correct Answer:wer?,who?
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who?

Correct Answer:wie?,how?
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how?

Correct Answer:wie viele?,how many?
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how many?

Correct Answer:wo?,where?
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where?

Correct Answer:was?,what?
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what?

Q5.
90% of __________ nouns in German follow plural rule one, adding either -e at the end or -e at the end and an umlaut to the vowel. What is the missing word?
Correct answer: masculine
feminine
neuter
all
Q6.
Translate the following question into German: 'What is your favourite band?'
Correct Answer: Was ist deine Lieblingsband?

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