Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts, by recognising and using
context-related vocabulary and elements of the German grammatical system, including:
- understanding the concept of nominative and accusative cases for the subject and object of a sentence
- understanding that German has multiple words for ‘the’ and ‘a/an’ according to the gender of the relevant noun, and that the article for masculine nouns changes in the accusative case, for example, Die Frau hat einen BMW.
- using die as the definite article of plural nouns and recognising common ways to form plurals of nouns
- using adjectives that follow the noun, for example, Unsere Deutschlehrerin ist intelligent.; Die Berge in Österreich sind sehr schön.; Meine Augen sind blau.
- noticing the relationship between gender, article, case and adjectival ending when using adjectives that precede the noun, for example, Ich habe einen kleinen Bruder.
- joining words, phrases and sentences using the coordinating conjunctions und, oder and aber, for example, Am Wochenende spiele ich Tennis und sehe fern.
- noticing that the pronoun may change after certain verbs with a direct object, for example, Ich mag dich.; Wir brauchen ihn.
- using personal pronouns as the subject of the sentence
- using personal pronouns to refer to people and things, for example, Was kostet die App? Sie kostet …; Wo sind deine Haustiere? Sie sind im Garten.
- using the subject-verb inversion to form questions, for example, Hast du Geschwister?
- forming questions using interrogatives, such as wann, was, wer, wie, wo and wie viele
- using the possessive adjectives mein and dein in nominative and accusative cases, for example, Ich liebe meinen Hund.
- recognising that in German a subject + verb can have multiple English translations, for example, wir spielen can mean ‘we play’, ‘we are playing’, ‘we do play’, ‘we shall/will play’ and ‘we’re going to play’, and applying this understanding to own sentence formation
- using the subject-verb-object word order, for example, Ich spiele Basketball.
- understanding the concept of regular and irregular verbs, and that this is a feature of both German and English
- noticing that German word order is flexible and that other elements apart from the subject can begin a sentence, for example, Am Wochenende sehe ich fern.
- using the subject-verb inversion to keep the verb as the second idea/element in the sentence, for example, Heute spiele ich Basketball.
- using the present tense of regular verbs and some common irregular verbs, including sein and haben
- negating verbs and adjectives using nicht and nouns using kein/e, for example, Er ist nicht älter als ich.; Nein, Marcus hat keine Geschwister.
- noticing informal singular and plural commands, for example, Steht auf!; Komm mit!
- referring to quantities of people and things using cardinal numbers to a thousand, and common fractions, for example, Ich habe eine Halbschwester.
Build metalanguage to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts
Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts, by recognising and using
context-related vocabulary and elements of the German grammatical system, including:
- understanding the concept of nominative and accusative cases for the subject and object of a sentence
- understanding that German has multiple words for ‘the’ and ‘a/an’ according to the gender of the relevant noun, and that the article for masculine nouns changes in the accusative case, for example, Die Frau hat einen BMW.
- using die as the definite article of plural nouns and recognising common ways to form plurals of nouns
- using adjectives that follow the noun, for example, Unsere Deutschlehrerin ist intelligent.; Die Berge in Österreich sind sehr schön.; Meine Augen sind blau.
- noticing the relationship between gender, article, case and adjectival ending when using adjectives that precede the noun, for example, Ich habe einen kleinen Bruder.
- joining words, phrases and sentences using the coordinating conjunctions und, oder and aber, for example, Am Wochenende spiele ich Tennis und sehe fern.
- noticing that the pronoun may change after certain verbs with a direct object, for example, Ich mag dich.; Wir brauchen ihn.
- using personal pronouns as the subject of the sentence
- using personal pronouns to refer to people and things, for example, Was kostet die App? Sie kostet …; Wo sind deine Haustiere? Sie sind im Garten.
- using the subject-verb inversion to form questions, for example, Hast du Geschwister?
- forming questions using interrogatives, such as wann, was, wer, wie, wo and wie viele
- using the possessive adjectives mein and dein in nominative and accusative cases, for example, Ich liebe meinen Hund.
- recognising that in German a subject + verb can have multiple English translations, for example, wir spielen can mean ‘we play’, ‘we are playing’, ‘we do play’, ‘we shall/will play’ and ‘we’re going to play’, and applying this understanding to own sentence formation
- using the subject-verb-object word order, for example, Ich spiele Basketball.
- understanding the concept of regular and irregular verbs, and that this is a feature of both German and English
- noticing that German word order is flexible and that other elements apart from the subject can begin a sentence, for example, Am Wochenende sehe ich fern.
- using the subject-verb inversion to keep the verb as the second idea/element in the sentence, for example, Heute spiele ich Basketball.
- using the present tense of regular verbs and some common irregular verbs, including sein and haben
- negating verbs and adjectives using nicht and nouns using kein/e, for example, Er ist nicht älter als ich.; Nein, Marcus hat keine Geschwister.
- noticing informal singular and plural commands, for example, Steht auf!; Komm mit!
- referring to quantities of people and things using cardinal numbers to a thousand, and common fractions, for example, Ich habe eine Halbschwester.
Build metalanguage to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts