KS3 · German · Year 7
Yourself and others: present tense questions and answers
Famous lives: present tense (singular) weak verbs
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Your learning goal
I can form open and closed questions in German and reconstruct a dialogue in the present tense in a dictagloss task.
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Yourself and others: present tense questions and answers: 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 form open and closed questions in German and reconstruct a dialogue in the present tense in a dictagloss task.
Key learning points
- [er] can be stressed or unstressed. It is stressed when it is the first syllable in the word.
- Closed questions are formed by swapping the verb and subject in a statement.
- Open questions are formed by placing a question word directly in front of the verb in a closed question.
- Making notes as you listen and reconstructing the text in a dictagloss task practises vocabulary and grammar knowledge.
Words to know
- [er]
- stressed on the first syllable in a word, e.g., 'er', or unstressed elsewhere, e.g., 'wieder'
- closed question
- a question that can be answered with yes or no
- open question
- a question starting with a wh- word that seeks more information from the answer than yes or no
Common mistakes
Form closed questions in German by adding 'do you ...' or 'are you ...', as in English.
Swap only the position of the subject and verb in a German statement to form a closed question.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The dictagloss task could be completed in pairs. Give them more than one opportunity to listen to the text, but not so many chances that it becomes a transcription task.