KS3 · German · Year 8
What is important to you? Revisit subject and object pronouns
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Your learning goal
I can identify and use subject and object pronouns in spoken and written German, in the context of talking about things which are important to me.
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What is important to you? Revisit subject and object pronouns: 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 identify and use subject and object pronouns in spoken and written German, in the context of talking about things which are important to me.
Key learning points
- Nouns are often the subject of a sentence. Sometimes, nouns are replaced by pronouns.
- Subject pronouns show the grammatical gender of the subject, e.g., ‘das Lied ist toll’ - ‘es ist toll’.
- Object pronouns show the grammatical gender of the object, e.g., ‘ich sehe den Mann’ - ‘ich sehe ihn’.
- Use the accusative case with direct object pronouns, e.g., ‘ich sehe ihn’.
Words to know
- subject pronoun
- replaces the noun doing the action of the verb, e.g., I, you, she, they
- object pronoun
- replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., me, you, it, them
- accusative case
- case used for the direct object in a sentence, after most verbs and some prepositions
Common mistakes
'Es' is the only word used to translate 'it' in German.
'Es' is for neuter nouns or abstract ideas. Use the correct subject or object pronouns according to the grammatical gender of the noun they replace.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Encourage students to use appropriate intonation and emotion in their voices when reading aloud the jokes.