Year 11

What you can do at home and school to protect the environment (Part 1/3)

Year 11

What you can do at home and school to protect the environment (Part 1/3)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at comparative adverbs and introduce the core vocabulary to discuss protecting the environment at home.
  2. Purpose of language use: What you can do at home and at school to protect the environment
  3. Grammar: Modal verbs in subjunctive (recap. Comparative adjectives and adverbs

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13 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is NOT a comparative adverb?
Correct answer: oft
öfter
seltener
Q2.
What is the correct translation of the following German sentence: Ich werde häufiger das Licht abschalten, wenn ich ein Zimmer verlasse.
I will often turn the light on when I leave a room.
Correct answer: I will turn the light off more often when I leave a room
I will turn the light on more often when I leave a room
Q3.
How to we say 'to separate rubbish'?
das Licht abschalten
den Müll recyceln
Correct answer: den Müll trennen
Q4.
Which of these items are NOT harmful for the environment?
die Plastiktüten
die Spraydosen
Correct answer: die Stofftüten
Q5.
Which two of these verbs means 'to use'?
Correct answer: benutzen
Correct answer: verwenden
wiederholen
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in German in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
an
and
Correct answer: at, on
because
Q8.
lassen
to last
Correct answer: to leave, let, allow
to listen
Q9.
schlimm
Correct answer: bad, serious
slim
slippery
Q10.
setzen
to seize
Correct answer: to set, place, put
to settle
Q11.
bereits
Correct answer: already
beret
simply
Q12.
bleiben
to believe
to live
Correct answer: to stay, remain
Q13.
eigentlich
Correct answer: actual, real
only
own