KS3 · German · Year 9
The environment: verbs with prepositions, da-compounds
The environment: verbs of opinion
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I can use verbs with prepositions and da-compounds in the context of environmental issues.
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I can use verbs with prepositions and da-compounds in the context of environmental issues.
Key learning points
- [r] is a 'rolling', gentle vibration sound when at the start of a syllable, after a consonant or between two vowels.
- [r] is a gentle 'ah' sound after a long vowel and in '-er'. It sounds barely there.
- Some verbs are used with prepositions which affect the case of the noun that follows.
- Da-compounds are used to replace and refer back to inanimate (non-living) nouns which have already been mentioned.
- For animate things (people and animals), use an object pronoun instead of a da-compound to replace the noun.
Words to know
- preposition
- a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
- da-, dar-
- prefix added to prepositions to avoid repetition of the noun
Common mistakes
We can use a da-compound to refer back to any object noun already mentioned.
We can only use a da-compound to replace inanimate (non-living) nouns. For animate objects (people and animals), we use direct or indirect object pronouns to replace the noun.
For parents, carers and teachers
- For Task C3, where necessary for extra support, give students time to prepare questions before speaking with their partner, and/or provide the vocabulary for the sentence endings.