KS3 · German · Year 9
What makes us happy? Authentic texts, relative pronouns and comparatives
School exchange: verbs with prepositions
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Your learning goal
I can apply the full extent of my linguistic knowledge to help me understand authentic texts about happiness.
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What makes us happy? Authentic texts, relative pronouns and comparatives: 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 apply the full extent of my linguistic knowledge to help me understand authentic texts about happiness.
Key learning points
- By regularly revisiting a range of vocabulary, you will be better prepared to understand authentic texts.
- Add –er to an adjective or adverb to form the comparative. Some comparatives are irregular, such as 'gut' - 'besser'.
- Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause, without starting another sentence.
- Relative clauses start with a relative pronoun. Use the definite article that matches the noun in the main clause.
- 'Wenn' (if, when[ever]) is a conjunction that triggers word order three, sending the verb to the end of the statement.
Words to know
- comparative
- a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
- relative clause
- adds information about the noun in the main clause
- wenn
- conjunction meaning 'if, when(ever)'
- word order three (WO3)
- after certain conjunctions, the verb is sent to the end of the sentence or clause
Common mistakes
Words which look the same in English and German will have the same meaning.
There are many false friends in German. These are words that look exactly the same but do not have the same meaning: for example, 'bald' means 'soon'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Encourage students to make flashcards of false friends.