Who, what, how and where? Forming questions, compound nouns
Learning outcomes
I can ask questions in German using the question words 'Wer?', 'Wie?', 'Was?' and 'Wo?' and can form compound words.
I can pronounce [w] correctly.
Who, what, how and where? Forming questions, compound nouns
Learning outcomes
I can ask questions in German using the question words 'Wer?', 'Wie?', 'Was?' and 'Wo?' and can form compound words.
I can pronounce [w] correctly.
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Lesson details
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Key learning points
- [w] sounds like the English [v].
- The question word 'Wer?' means 'Who?'.
- The question words 'Was?', 'Wo?' and 'Wie?' mean 'What?', 'Where?' and 'How?'.
- Two nouns can combine to form a compound noun, which takes the gender of the 2nd noun; for example, 'der Fußball'.
Keywords
Compound noun - two or more nouns put together to make one long word
[w] - pronounced [w] as in 'Wo?'
Wer - who
Information question - wh- word question that requires more information in the answer than just yes/no
Translator - person who translates text from one language to another
Common misconception
'Wer?' means 'Where?'.
'Wer?' means 'Who?'. A good way to remember its meaning is to think of a ‘hoover’: 'Who Wer?'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
table
window
bottle
board
exercise book
masculine
feminine
neuter
to know, knowing
to be, being
to say, to tell
blue
red
yellow
small
big
colour
number
place
I don't know
hello
Exit quiz
6 Questions
teacher
water
world
word
friend
Where?
Who?
What?
How? / Like what?
Die Klasse ist da.
Das ist ein Fenster.
Gut, danke.
Das ist der Deutschlehrer.
Der Mann ist klein.