KS3 · German · Year 7
What you and others do and when: time phrases as nouns and adverbs
Activities: time phrases, word order, prepositions
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Your learning goal
I can talk about what I and others do when and how often using time phrases and adverbs.
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I can talk about what I and others do when and how often using time phrases and adverbs.
Key learning points
- Accurate pronunciation of words prevents misunderstandings.
- Days of the week and times of day are nouns, e.g., 'am Montag' - 'on Monday'.
- A time phrase is a multi-word phrase, such as ‘am Montag’.
- To change a noun into an adverb, remove its capital letter and add '-s' to the end, e.g., 'dienstags' - 'on Tuesdays'.
- Use noun forms of days to talk about one-off events and adverb forms to describe regular events.
Words to know
- noun
- word for a person, place, or thing
- adverb
- word that describes a verb or an adjective, e.g., 'montags'
- time phrase
- a multi-word phrase that describes when something happens, e.g., 'am Montag'
Common mistakes
Nouns in German have capital letters in the same situations as English nouns.
German nouns are always capitalised, no matter where or how they are used in a sentence.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Students could translate or summarise in English what happens to Heidi and Wolf in Task A1 to consolidate understanding.