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Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing

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I can use grammar I have recently learned to write an extended text about my future plans.

I can recognise, write and pronounce [s-] and [z].

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Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing

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I can use grammar I have recently learned to write an extended text about my future plans.

I can recognise, write and pronounce [s-] and [z].

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Key learning points

  1. German [s-] sounds like English 'z'. German [z] sounds like English 'ts'.
  2. German cognates ending in ‘-tion’ have this ‘ts’ sound plus long vowel [o]n, as in 'Information'.
  3. Add -er to verb stems to create male agent nouns; for example, 'Arbeiter', 'Helfer'. Add -in for the feminine form.
  4. Develop writing with: different tenses, a range of vocabulary, and functions, e.g., opinions and reasons.

Keywords

  • Male agent noun - masculine noun for someone who performs the action of a verb, usually ending in -er; for example, worker - ‘Arbeiter’

Common misconception

'z' is pronounced the same way in both English and German.

German [z] sounds like the English 'ts'. German [s-] is pronounced like the English 'z'. Use example words to remind you of the difference, e.g., 'Zug' (train) and 'Suche' (search).


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:gedacht,(have) thought
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(have) thought

Correct Answer:gewusst,knew, (have) known
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knew, (have) known

Correct Answer:getan,did, (have) done
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did, (have) done

Correct Answer:genannt,(have) named
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(have) named

Correct Answer:gezogen,(have) pulled, moved
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(have) pulled, moved

Correct Answer:gerecht,just, fair
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just, fair

Q2.
To turn a masculine noun ending in -er into a feminine noun, add .
Correct Answer: -in, in
Q3.
'Was ist geschehen? Gab es Probleme bei deinem Schülerpraktikum? Willst du dich beschweren?'. Match the German vocabulary from this sentence to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:geschehen,happened
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happened

Correct Answer:bei,at, with
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at, with

Correct Answer:sich beschweren,to complain
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to complain

Q4.
Which of these sentences use the conditional tense?
Ich werde bald die Schule verlassen.
Correct answer: Wir würden lieber eine Ausbildung machen.
Correct answer: Wenn ich die Chance hätte, würde ich in Wien, Hauptstadt von Österreich, wohnen.
Bei uns gibt es immer Streit, wenn ich meine Hausaufgaben nicht mache.
Hattest du Zeit, die Informationen zu lesen, oder warst du zu müde?
Q5.
Which of these conjunctions use word order 3 and send the verb to the end?
denn
deshalb
Correct answer: weil
Correct answer: wenn
Q6.
Match the ways to develop and extend your writing listed below to the correct examples.
Correct Answer:tenses,present, future, conditional
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present, future, conditional

Correct Answer:vocabulary,nouns, adverbs, time phrases
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nouns, adverbs, time phrases

Correct Answer:functions,opinions, reasons
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opinions, reasons

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:brachte,brought
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brought

Correct Answer:dachte,thought
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thought

Correct Answer:lag,lay
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lay

Correct Answer:ließ,let, allowed
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let, allowed

Correct Answer:saß,sat
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sat

Correct Answer:wusste,knew
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knew

Q2.
'Meine künftige Arbeit muss bei einer bekannten Firma sein, z.B. Tesla. Tesla ist Milliarden wert!'. What do the words 'künftige', 'bekannten', and 'Milliarden' respectively mean?
future, successful, millions
final, well-known/famous, millions
Correct answer: future, well-known/famous, billions
final, successful, billions
Q3.
Which of these German words include an [s] which sounds like the English [z]?
Correct answer: Sorge - worry
Hauptstadt - capital city
Streit - argument, fight
bisher - until now
Correct answer: Situation - situation
Q4.
To form a male __________ ___________, add __________ to the verb stem. Some verb stems add __________ on the letter 'a'. 'A dancer' is 'ein __________', and 'a runner' is 'ein __________'.
1 - agent
2 - noun
3 - -er
4 - an umlaut
5 - Tänzer
6 - Läufer
Q5.
Develop and extend your writing by using a range of tenses, a range of vocabulary, and opinions. Ensure you give for your opinions.
Correct Answer: reasons, justifications, explanations, a reason, a justification
Q6.
Which of these sentences include an opinion?
Correct answer: Es ist mir wichtig, gute Noten zu bekommen.
Ich werde Mathe und Physik an der Uni studieren.
Correct answer: Ich mag Medizin und ich liebe Kinder, deshalb werde ich Kinderärztin werden.
Ich habe kein Arbeitspraktikum gemacht.
Correct answer: Die Chance, ein Arbeitspraktikum zu machen, würde mir gefallen.

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