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Identifying things: ‘ist’, ‘sein’ and learning vocabulary

I can identify things using ‘was’, ‘ist’ and correct noun gender and use different strategies for learning vocabulary.

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Identifying things: ‘ist’, ‘sein’ and learning vocabulary

I can identify things using ‘was’, ‘ist’ and correct noun gender and use different strategies for learning vocabulary.

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Key learning points

  1. 'Sein' means 'to be, being' and 'ist' means 'is'.
  2. When learning a noun, learn its gender and the correct word for 'the'.
  3. Regular revisiting helps you to learn your vocabulary.
  4. Learners can build their own repertoire (treasure trove) of vocabulary that is important to them.

Keywords

  • Sein - to be, being

  • Ist - form of 'sein', meaning 'is'

  • Vocabulary - collection of words in a language

  • Gender - way to categorise all nouns as either feminine, masculine or neuter

Common misconception

Learning the gender of nouns is not important.

It is important to learn the gender of nouns so that you can use them accurately in sentences.

Acknowledge that there are other possible answers for Task A, 'Was ist die Ausnahme?'. Any answer that can be justified and makes sense is acceptable.
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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? German nouns always have a grammatical gender.
Correct Answer: True
Q2.
Match these German nouns to their English meanings.
Correct Answer:die Flasche,(the) bottle
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(the) bottle

Correct Answer:der Gast,(the) guest
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(the) guest

Correct Answer:der Tisch,(the) table
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(the) table

Correct Answer:das Paar,(the) pair
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(the) pair

Q3.
Which word best fits in the gap in the following sentence? 'Mia __________ hallo.'
sagen
Correct answer: sagt
ist
was
Q4.
Is 'sagen' the long or short form of the verb?
Correct Answer: Long, The long form, long form, the long
Q5.
What type of words are 'was' and 'wo'?
Correct Answer: Question words, questions, question
Q6.
When do long vowel sounds occur in German?
Correct answer: when followed by a single consonant
Correct answer: when followed by an 'h'
Correct answer: when there is a double vowel
when followed by more than one consonant

6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? 'Sein' and 'to' be' are irregular verbs?
Correct Answer: True
Q2.
What does 'Wortschatz' mean?
Correct Answer: Vocabulary , vocab
Q3.
Put these vocabulary learning steps in the correct order, from 1-6.
1 - I have seen this word before.
2 - I know what the word means.
3 - I can read the word aloud.
4 - I can spell the word correctly.
5 - I can use the word in a sentence.
6 - For nouns, I know the gender of the word and the correct word for 'the'.
Q4.
Match the German words below to their English meaning.
Correct Answer:ist,is
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is

Correct Answer:sein,to be, being
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to be, being

Correct Answer:sagen,to say, saying
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to say, saying

Correct Answer:sagt,says, is saying
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says, is saying

Q5.
Match each gender to the correct example word.
Correct Answer:die,Tafel
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Tafel

Correct Answer:das,Paar
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Paar

Correct Answer:der,Tag
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Tag

Q6.
Complete the following sentence: 'Was __________ das?'.
sein
sagt
Correct answer: ist

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