Activity and timing: what you did when

Activity and timing: what you did when

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at activity and timing: how to say 'what you did when'. We will revisit the (past) perfect tense and learn to tell the time: (e.g. half past the hour). We will also practice the sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) [y].

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12 Questions

Q1.
What is the correct English translation of 'typisch'?
type
Correct answer: typical
typing
Q2.
What type of school is a 'Gymnasium'?
Correct answer: a grammar school
a gym school
a primary school
Q3.
Which of these words would have the 'y' pronounced in the English way?
Hymne
Correct answer: Party
Physik
Q4.
Was ist 'Sylt'?
ein Meer
ein See
Correct answer: eine Insel
Q5.
Which of these words for 'you' would you use in German if you were meaning people in general?
du
Correct answer: man
Sie
Q6.
What is the correct part of 'haben' for the pronoun 'er'?
habe
hast
Correct answer: hat
Q7.
What is the correct part of 'sein' for the pronoun 'er'?
bist
Correct answer: ist
sind
Q8.
What is the correct part of 'haben' for the pronoun 'wir'?
Correct answer: haben
hast
hat
Q9.
What is the correct part of 'sein' for the pronoun 'ich'?
Correct answer: bin
bist
sind
Q10.
What is the correct past past participle for the verb 'helfen'?
gehelft
gehilft
Correct answer: geholfen
Q11.
What time would you meet your friend if you were told 'um halb zwei'?
Correct answer: at half past one
at half past two
at twenty minutes to two
Q12.
How do you say half past six in German
halb drei
halb sechs
Correct answer: halb sieben

Lesson appears in

UnitGerman / Year 8 Unit 6

German