KS4 · German · Year 10
Meine Familie: possessive adjectives, extended reading
My personal world: Familie und Freunde
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Your learning goal
I can use possessive adjectives to talk about family.
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Meine Familie: possessive adjectives, extended reading: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can use possessive adjectives to talk about family.
Key learning points
- Possessive adjectives describe who a noun belongs to.
- Possessive adjectives change endings depending on gender and case.
- An unstressed ‘er’ sounds like the English ‘uh’.
- A vocalic ‘r’ sounds like the English ‘a’ or ‘ah’.
- The consonantal ‘r’ is rolled at the back of the throat.
Words to know
- unstressed -er
- pronounced as in 'wieder'
- vocalic 'r'
- pronounced as in 'Uhr'
- consonantal 'r'
- pronounced as in 'rot'
- possessive adjective
- shows who something belongs to
Common mistakes
Possessive adjectives don't need endings.
Possessive adjectives take the same endings as 'ein'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Pupils may like to discuss or write about their families or important people in their lives - teachers will know whether this is appropriate for their class.