Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- describing capabilities and preferences using limited forms of the modal verbs können and mögen, for example, Ich kann gut schwimmen; Er mag Cricket; Wir möchten eine Party machen
- recognising and describing past events using the simple past tense of familiar verbs such as war, hatte, ging, sah, spielte and machte
- joining words, phrases and sentences using und, oder and aber
- understanding and formulating questions using subject–verb inversion, for example, Magst du Sport?
- understanding a range of question words and the intended/related answer, for example, woher, welcher and wie viel
- locating events in time with regard to days, months, seasons and ‘half past’ time, for example, Ich spiele im Winter Fußball; Die Schule beginnt um halb neun
- describing location formulaically using prepositional phrases such as im Wasser; in der Luft; auf dem Land; neben dem Tisch; auf der linken Seite
- using the correct verb form associated with a noun or pronoun or combination thereof, for example, Die Lehrerin singt ein Lied; Herr Schwarz trinkt Kaffee; Sie spielt Tennis; Mein Freund und ich sprechen Englisch
- using ordinal numbers to give the date, for example, Heute ist der dritte Juli; Er hat am siebten August Geburtstag
- referring to quantities of people and things (including money) using cardinal numbers up to 100
Begin to develop a metalanguage in German for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLGEU132)
Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- describing capabilities and preferences using limited forms of the modal verbs können and mögen, for example, Ich kann gut schwimmen; Er mag Cricket; Wir möchten eine Party machen
- recognising and describing past events using the simple past tense of familiar verbs such as war, hatte, ging, sah, spielte and machte
- joining words, phrases and sentences using und, oder and aber
- understanding and formulating questions using subject–verb inversion, for example, Magst du Sport?
- understanding a range of question words and the intended/related answer, for example, woher, welcher and wie viel
- locating events in time with regard to days, months, seasons and ‘half past’ time, for example, Ich spiele im Winter Fußball; Die Schule beginnt um halb neun
- describing location formulaically using prepositional phrases such as im Wasser; in der Luft; auf dem Land; neben dem Tisch; auf der linken Seite
- using the correct verb form associated with a noun or pronoun or combination thereof, for example, Die Lehrerin singt ein Lied; Herr Schwarz trinkt Kaffee; Sie spielt Tennis; Mein Freund und ich sprechen Englisch
- using ordinal numbers to give the date, for example, Heute ist der dritte Juli; Er hat am siebten August Geburtstag
- referring to quantities of people and things (including money) using cardinal numbers up to 100
Begin to develop a metalanguage in German for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLGEU132)