Talking about your dream job (Part 2/3)

Talking about your dream job (Part 2/3)

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will consolidate the imperfect tense and recognise irregular imperfect tense verbs in the context of jobs we did in the past.
  2. Purpose of language use: Talking about your dream job
  3. Grammar: Combining tenses, perfect, imperfect, present, conditional, Irregular imperfect tense recognition

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13 Questions

Q1.
What's the German for "to work abroad"?
bei einer Firma arbeiten
Correct answer: im Ausland arbeiten
im Land arbeiten
Q2.
What's the German for "to do an apprenticeship"?
ein Lehrer sein
eine Lehre
Correct answer: eine Lehre machen
Q3.
What's the German for "I used to work"?
ich arbeite
Correct answer: ich arbeitete
ich arbeiteten
Q4.
Translate: I wanted to be a teacher.
Ich will Lehrer sein.
Ich wollte Lehre sein.
Correct answer: Ich wollte Lehrer sein.
Q5.
Translate: I used to work in a café for a year.
Ich arbeite in einem Café für ein Jahr.
Correct answer: Ich arbeitete für ein Jahr in einem Café.
Ich arbeitete in einem Café für ein Jahr.
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.
Q7.
etwas
everything
nothing
Correct answer: something
Q8.
geben
to gain
Correct answer: to give
to have
Q9.
es gibt
Correct answer: there is/there are
there was/there were
there will be
Q10.
sprechen
to chatter
to gossip
Correct answer: to speak
Q11.
spricht
Correct answer: (s)he speaks, is speaking
I speak
they speak
Q12.
viel
a few
Correct answer: much, a lot
some
Q13.
wichtig
correct
Correct answer: important
incorrect

13 Questions

Q1.
What's the translation of "ich schrieb"?
I will write
I write
Correct answer: I wrote
Q2.
What's the translation of "ich verbrachte"?
I did
I passed
Correct answer: I spent (time)
Q3.
Which verb fits into the sentence: Ich _________ einige Stellenanzeigen.
fuhr
Correct answer: las
tat
Q4.
Which verb fits into the sentence, so that it is in the imperfect tense: Er _______ letzte Woche zum Arbeitsamt.
gehen
geht
Correct answer: ging
Q5.
Which of these sentences are in the imperfect tense? [3 answers]
Correct answer: Er bewarb sich um eine Stelle als Köchin.
Ich bewerbe mich um eine Stelle als Köchin.
Correct answer: Ich fand es ausgezeichnet.
Correct answer: Ich fuhr mit dem Bus zum Arbeitspraktikum.
Ich schreibe viele Bewerbungen.
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.
Q7.
bisschen
Correct answer: a little
a lot
some
Q8.
dann
after that
next
Correct answer: then
Q9.
darf
I/(s) he must
I/(s)he can
Correct answer: I/(s)he may, is allowed to
Q10.
deshalb
also
however
Correct answer: therefore
Q11.
dürfen
to be able to
Correct answer: to be allowed to, may
to have to
Q12.
manchmal
always
never
Correct answer: sometimes
Q13.
nie
Correct answer: never
occasionally
sometimes

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