KS4 · German · Year 11
Ausflüge: formal and informal questions
My neighbourhood: Mein Wohnort
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Your learning goal
I can create formal and informal questions in response to texts and use my knowledge of questions to help form accurate answers when speaking.
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I can create formal and informal questions in response to texts and use my knowledge of questions to help form accurate answers when speaking.
Key learning points
- A closed question, also known as a yes/no question, is formed by swapping the position of the verb and subject.
- Use 'du' questions for informal singular ‘you’, 'ihr' questions for informal plural ‘you’, and 'Sie' for formal 'you'.
- When responding to questions about yourself, change the 2nd person language to 1st person language.
- When answering questions, you may need to change subject pronouns, verbs, possessive adjectives and reflexive pronouns.
Words to know
- closed question
- a question which can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'
- du
- subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and singular
- ihr
- subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and plural
- Sie
- subject pronoun meaning 'you', formal
- 2nd person
- language used to refer to ‘you’, singular or plural
Common mistakes
When answering a question about yourself, just change the verb form in the question to a 1st person verb.
It is important to change the verb form, but it might also be necessary to change other language, such as subject pronouns, possessive adjectives and reflexive pronouns in order to change the 2nd person question into a 1st person answer.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This lesson could usefully be extended to include a more open-ended speaking task, with students forming their own questions on the topic, and answering with developed answers.