KS3 · German · Year 9
The environment: wo- and da-compounds
The environment: verbs of opinion
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Your learning goal
I can form wo- and da-compounds in the context of helping the environment.
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I can form wo- and da-compounds in the context of helping the environment.
Key learning points
- Da-compounds are used to replace and refer back to inanimate (non-living) nouns which have already been mentioned.
- Use wo-compounds to ask questions with prepositions. Place the prefix wo- + preposition at the start of the question.
- For animate things (people and animals), use an object pronoun instead of a da-compound to replace the noun.
- For ‘who’ questions with prepositions relating to animate nouns, use a form of ‘wer’, not a wo-compound.
- Use dar- and wor- for da- and wo-compounds with prepositions starting with a vowel.
Words to know
- da, dar-
- prefix added to prepositions to replace an inanimate noun
- wo, wor-
- prefix added to prepositions to ask questions
Common mistakes
Form questions with prepositions in the same way as in English, by adding a preposition at the end, e.g., 'What is he interested in?'
German doesn't leave prepositions hanging at the end of questions like in English. Form questions by placing the prefix 'wo-' or 'wor-' before the preposition at the start of the question.
For parents, carers and teachers
- For a less challenging version of Task A1a, place the English words in the correct gaps and ask students to translate into German.