Guided Writing: Foundation - Freetime

In this lesson, we will explore a foundation-style GCSE writing question related to freetime activities. We will be focusing on tense formation before co-constructing a written answer. Lastly, there is an opportunity to practise some independent writing at the end of this lesson.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.How can you avoid using the future tense with werden?

you can'tuse the present tense with a time indicatoruse the past tense with a time indicator

1/12

Q2.What must you remember about word order if you start the sentence with the time indicator?

you must invert the subject and the verbnothing changesyou must kick the verb to the end of the sentence/clause

2/12

Q3.How do you form the present tense?

just use the infinitivetake the infinitive, remove the 'en' and add the appropriate endingtake the infinitive, add a 'ge' to the beginning and a 't' to the ending

3/12

Q4.How does the future tense work?

use a form of werden and the past participlejust use an infinitiveuse a form of werden and the infinitive

4/12

Q5.Which of the following means: Tomorrow I am going to celebrate my birthday.

Gestern habe ich meinen Geburtstag gefeiert.Morgen kaufe ich Geschenke.Morgen feiere ich meinen Geburtstag

5/12

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in German in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q6.auf

on, at, toin front of, behindbetween

6/12

Q7.bestimmt

particularuncertaindefinite, certain

7/12

Q8.danach

sinceafter it, afterwardsbefore

8/12

Q9.schlecht

badawkwarddifficult

9/12

Q10.sofort

sometimeimmediatelyin a while

10/12

Q11.wenig

manynonefew

11/12

Q12.zwischen

nearnext tobetween

12/12

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Quiz:

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.How can you avoid using the future tense with werden?

you can'tuse the present tense with a time indicatoruse the past tense with a time indicator

1/12

Q2.What must you remember about word order if you start the sentence with the time indicator?

you must invert the subject and the verbnothing changesyou must kick the verb to the end of the sentence/clause

2/12

Q3.How do you form the present tense?

just use the infinitivetake the infinitive, remove the 'en' and add the appropriate endingtake the infinitive, add a 'ge' to the beginning and a 't' to the ending

3/12

Q4.How does the future tense work?

use a form of werden and the past participlejust use an infinitiveuse a form of werden and the infinitive

4/12

Q5.Which of the following means: Tomorrow I am going to celebrate my birthday.

Gestern habe ich meinen Geburtstag gefeiert.Morgen kaufe ich Geschenke.Morgen feiere ich meinen Geburtstag

5/12

Q6.auf

on, at, toin front of, behindbetween

6/12

Q7.bestimmt

particularuncertaindefinite, certain

7/12

Q8.danach

sinceafter it, afterwardsbefore

8/12

Q9.schlecht

badawkwarddifficult

9/12

Q10.sofort

sometimeimmediatelyin a while

10/12

Q11.wenig

manynonefew

11/12

Q12.zwischen

nearnext tobetween

12/12

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Plenary quiz

Q1.Wie sagt man ' In my free time I like to read magazines' auf Deutsch?

In meiner Freizeit lese ich gern Zeitschriften.In meiner Freizeit ich lese gern Zeitschriften.In meiner Freizeit haeb ich Zeitschriften gelesen.

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Q2.Wie sagt man 'normally I watch TV' auf Deutsch?

Normalerweise ich sehe fernNormalerweise sieht er fernNormalerweise sehe ich fern

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Q3.Wie sagt man 'Ich gehe nicht gern ins Kino, weil es zu viele Leute gibt' auf Englisch?

I don't like going to town, because there are too many people.I don't like going to the cinema, because there are too many people.I like going to the cinema, because there are too many people.

3/12

Q4.Wie sagt man 'I go to town, because I want to buy new clothes' auf Deutsch?

Ich gehe in die Stadt, denn ich will neue Kleidung kaufen.Ich gehen in die Stadt, weil ich neue Kleidung kaufen will.Ich geht in die Stadt, weil ich neue Schuhe kaufen will.

4/12

Q5.Which sentence is grammatically correct (watch out for tenses and word order)?

Morgen faulenze ich, obwohl ich Hausaufgaben machen muss.Morgen ich faulenze, obwohl ich Hausaufgaben machen muss.Später faulenze ich, obwohl ich Hausaufgaben machen muss.

5/12

Q6.besser

goodbetterbest

6/12

Q7.es gab

there will bethere was/there werethere is/there are

7/12

Q8.hatte

I(s)he hadwe hadthey had

8/12

Q9.leider

unfortunatelysongseasily

9/12

Q10.morgens

in the morningin the morningstomorrow

10/12

Q11.war

warI/(s)he wasthey were

11/12

Q12.zuerst

lastnextfirst

12/12

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Guided Writing Foundation

Plenary quiz

Q1.Wie sagt man ' In my free time I like to read magazines' auf Deutsch?

In meiner Freizeit lese ich gern Zeitschriften.In meiner Freizeit ich lese gern Zeitschriften.In meiner Freizeit haeb ich Zeitschriften gelesen.

1/12

Q2.Wie sagt man 'normally I watch TV' auf Deutsch?

Normalerweise ich sehe fernNormalerweise sieht er fernNormalerweise sehe ich fern

2/12

Q3.Wie sagt man 'Ich gehe nicht gern ins Kino, weil es zu viele Leute gibt' auf Englisch?

I don't like going to town, because there are too many people.I don't like going to the cinema, because there are too many people.I like going to the cinema, because there are too many people.

3/12

Q4.Wie sagt man 'I go to town, because I want to buy new clothes' auf Deutsch?

Ich gehe in die Stadt, denn ich will neue Kleidung kaufen.Ich gehen in die Stadt, weil ich neue Kleidung kaufen will.Ich geht in die Stadt, weil ich neue Schuhe kaufen will.

4/12

Q5.Which sentence is grammatically correct (watch out for tenses and word order)?

Morgen faulenze ich, obwohl ich Hausaufgaben machen muss.Morgen ich faulenze, obwohl ich Hausaufgaben machen muss.Später faulenze ich, obwohl ich Hausaufgaben machen muss.

5/12

Q6.besser

goodbetterbest

6/12

Q7.es gab

there will bethere was/there werethere is/there are

7/12

Q8.hatte

I(s)he hadwe hadthey had

8/12

Q9.leider

unfortunatelysongseasily

9/12

Q10.morgens

in the morningin the morningstomorrow

10/12

Q11.war

warI/(s)he wasthey were

11/12

Q12.zuerst

lastnextfirst

12/12

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