KS4 · German · Year 10
Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing
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Your learning goal
I can use grammar I have recently learned to write an extended text about my future plans.
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Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing: 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.
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I can use grammar I have recently learned to write an extended text about my future plans.
Key learning points
- German [s-] sounds like English 'z'. German [z] sounds like English 'ts'.
- German cognates ending in ‘-tion’ have this ‘ts’ sound plus long vowel [o]n, as in 'Information'.
- Add -er to verb stems to create male agent nouns; for example, 'Arbeiter', 'Helfer'. Add -in for the feminine form.
- Develop writing with: different tenses, a range of vocabulary, and functions, e.g., opinions and reasons.
Words to know
- male agent noun
- masculine noun for someone who performs the action of a verb, usually ending in -er; for example, worker - ‘Arbeiter’
Common mistakes
'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).
For parents, carers and teachers
- Encourage students to use the extended writing checklist for their work. This list can be adapted and expanded, such as with other tenses, depending on the question and context, and with other grammar features. Higher candidates may want to use words such as 'hätte', 'wäre', 'solange', 'sobald'.