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Weltreligionen und ihre Feste: expanding vocabulary, describing photos

I can understand texts about different religions and festivals and I can describe a photo of a celebration using the present tense.

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Weltreligionen und ihre Feste: expanding vocabulary, describing photos

I can understand texts about different religions and festivals and I can describe a photo of a celebration using the present tense.

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Key learning points

  1. The acronym PALM is useful for describing photos. It stands for People, Action, Location, Mood.
  2. It is useful to add opinions to personalise photo descriptions.
  3. There is only one present tense in German. This is important to remember when describing what is happening in a photo.

Keywords

  • Simple present - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'

  • Present continuous - describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'

Common misconception

The present continuous in German is different to the simple present.

The present continuous in German is the same as the simple present, so 'sie essen' means 'they eat' and 'they are eating'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:Kirche (f),church
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church

Correct Answer:Weihnachten (nt),Christmas
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Christmas

Correct Answer:Fest (nt),festival, celebration
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festival, celebration

Correct Answer:feiern,to celebrate, celebrating
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to celebrate, celebrating

Correct Answer:Stimmung (f),atmosphere
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atmosphere

Correct Answer:genießen,to enjoy, enjoying
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to enjoy, enjoying

Q2.
Which of these sentences include an opinion?
Correct answer: Ich denke, dass sie glücklich sind.
Correct answer: Ich glaube, dass sie zu Hause sind.
Sie feiern Weihnachten.
Es gibt einen Mann und eine Frau.
Correct answer: Meiner Meinung nach sind sie in einer Großstadt.
Q3.
How do you say 'there is' or 'there are' in German?
Correct Answer: es gibt
Q4.
Which of these English sentences are in the present continuous?
Correct answer: I am thinking about school.
He goes to church.
They celebrate Easter.
Correct answer: She is eating with friends.
They learn German.
Q5.
Which translations of 'Die Familie feiert.' are correct?
Correct answer: The family celebrates.
The family celebrated.
Correct answer: The family is celebrating.
The family will celebrate.
Q6.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'They are eating.'
Correct Answer: Sie essen.

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English vocabulary.
Correct Answer:die Synagoge,synagogue
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synagogue

Correct Answer:die Moschee,mosque
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mosque

Correct Answer:die Kirche,church
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church

Correct Answer:der Tempel,temple
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temple

Q2.
Match the followers of these religions to their holy buildings.
Correct Answer:der Christ, die Christin,die Kirche
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die Kirche

Correct Answer:der Muslim, die Muslime,die Moschee
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die Moschee

Correct Answer:der Jude, die Jüdin,die Synagoge
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die Synagoge

Correct Answer:der Hindu, die Hindu,der Tempel
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der Tempel

Q3.
Eid al-Fitr ist ...
eine wichtige Feier für Christen.
Correct answer: eine wichtige Feier für Muslime.
eine wichtige Feier für Hindus.
eine wichtige Feier für Juden.
Q4.
Which of these adjectives are not considered positive?
Correct answer: gemein
großzügig
hilfsbereit
höflich
Correct answer: eifersüchtig
Q5.
The acronym PALM, used for describing photos, stands for People, Action, Location and .
Correct Answer: Mood
Q6.
Complete the following sentence to translate 'I believe that they are celebrating Christmas.' into German: 'Ich glaube, dass .'
Correct Answer: sie Weihnachten feiern, sie Weihnachten feiern.

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