KS4 · German · Year 10
Romantische Straße: future tense, present tense with adverbs to express future
Travel and tourism: Reiseziele
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I can recognise and use different linguistic structures to discuss future holiday plans.
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Romantische Straße: future tense, present tense with adverbs to express future: 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 recognise and use different linguistic structures to discuss future holiday plans.
Key learning points
- Pronunciation is important for clear communication. Pay particular attention to the pronunciation of cognates.
- To form the future tense, use the present tense of werden to mean 'will/going to’ and an infinitive verb at the end.
- Use a future time phrase with the present tense to mean 'going to' or ‘-ing’, e.g., 'tomorrow I’m doing my homework'.
- 'Ich will' (from the verb 'wollen') means 'I want to', but is a false friend; 'ich werde' is 'I will'.
Words to know
- werden
- auxiliary verb used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive to express the future, e.g., 'ich werde reisen'
Common mistakes
'Ich will' in German means 'I will' in English.
'Ich will' (from the verb 'wollen') means 'I want to', but is a false friend. The future tense in German needs 'werden' with a 2nd verb in the infinitive.
For parents, carers and teachers
- There are two options for the translation task. Option 1 is suited to Higher Tier, option 2 to Foundation Tier.