KS3 · German · Year 7
What is it like? 'Ist' with adjectives
In the classroom: 'sein', nouns, articles, questions
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Your learning goal
I can ask what something is like, answer creatively with a range of adjectives, and understand known words and cognates in a longer passage.
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I can ask what something is like, answer creatively with a range of adjectives, and understand known words and cognates in a longer passage.
Key learning points
- 'Wie?' has two meanings: 'How?' and 'What ... like?', e.g., 'Wie geht's?' and 'Wie ist der Mann?'.
- 'Ist' means 'is'.
- Use an adjective after 'ist' to say what something or someone is like.
- Learners can build and use their own treasure trove of vocabulary that is important to them.
Words to know
- wie?
- how?
- ist
- is
- adjective
- a word that gives information about a noun
Common mistakes
'Wie' always means 'how'.
'Wie?' has two meanings: 1. 'How?' (e.g., 'Wie geht's?' - How's it going? / How are you?_; 2. 'What?' (e.g., 'Wie ist [der Gast]?' - What is [the guest] like?). Encourage pupils to learn both meanings and specific examples.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Always refer to the vocabulary learning steps to support the learning of both previously met and new vocabulary.