KS3 · German · Year 7
Opinions about school: singular 'finden', 'ihn', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' (plural)
Opinions about school: 'mögen', 'finden' and object pronouns
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Your learning goal
I can say what I, you or another person think about school using the verb 'finden' and object pronouns.
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Opinions about school: singular 'finden', 'ihn', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' (plural): 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 say what I, you or another person think about school using the verb 'finden' and object pronouns.
Key learning points
- [s] sounds like the English 'z'.
- [ß] sounds like the English 's'.
- The verb 'finden' adds an 'e' before the '-st' and '-t' endings to make it easier to pronounce: 'du findest, er findet'.
- The object pronoun 'it' is masculine 'ihn', feminine 'sie' or neuter 'es'; 'ihn' or 'sie' also mean 'him' or 'her'.
- To say 'them' in German, use the plural object pronoun 'sie' for all genders.
Words to know
- [s]
- pronounced as in 'sollen'
- [ß]
- pronounced as in 'groß' or 'lassen'
- finden
- verb meaning 'to find, finding', frequently used to seek or express an opinion and often translated as 'to think'
- object pronoun
- replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., me, you, it, them
Common mistakes
[ß] is a capitalised letter 'B'.
[ß] is a symbol representing 'ss' and is called 'Eszett' or 'scharfes s'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- For Task A2, teachers could provide students with card to create a deck of snap cards with relevant vocabulary.