Unit 1 Catch-up Plan

German 1 – Unit 1 Catch-up Plan​

Directions:​

• Read through all the blue slides.​

• Complete all the tasks/questions

• Let Mrs. Bilby know when you are finished.​

• Use your notes to help you.
  

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​Formal and Informal:

• ​The way you address people when speaking changes depending on who you are speaking to.

• Sometimes you are casual/informal, sometimes you are formal.

• In English, we speak formally or informally by:

  • using courteous forms of address

  • using casual vs polite expressions.

• In German, we speak formally or informally by

  • Using casual vs polite expressions.

  • using different pronouns.
    

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​Formal and Informal:

• Addressing one person informally:

  • always use "du."
    

• Addressing more than one person informally:

  • use "ihr"
    

• Addressing someone in a formal setting:

  • use "Sie" for one person or for multiple people
    

• Note: Always use formal language (Sie) when gretting an adult or stranger.
  

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​Formal and Informal:

• Verb Conjugation:

  • Change the form of a verb depending on its subject or tense.

  • When you change the subject, you must also change the verb.

    • Woher kommst du?

    • Ich komme aus Hannover.

    • Woher kommen Sie?

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​Formal and Informal:

• In addition to using formal and informal pronouns, you can use formal and informal expressions.

• Formal Greetings:

  • Guten Morgen - Good Morning

  • Guten Tag - Hello/Good Day

  • Guten Abend - Good Evening

• Informal Greetings:

  • Hallo! - Hi

  • Morgen - Morning

  • Tag - Hi

  • Grüß dich! - Hi there

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​Formal and Informal:

• Excuse yourself formally/informally:
  

• Formal:

  • Entschuldigen Sie, bitte.

    • Excuse me, please.
      

• Informal:

  • Entschuldigung.

    • Excuse me.

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​Formal and Informal:

• Formal/Informal forms of address:
  

• Formal:

  • Herr - Mr.

  • Frau - Mrs./Ms./Miss
    

• Informal:

  • First names

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​Formal and Informal:

• Formal Informal Farewells:

• Formal:

  • Auf Wiedersehen - Goodbye
    

• Informal

  • Wiedersehen - Bye

  • Tschüss - bye

  • Bis später - see you later

Categorize

Options (8)

Auf Wiedersehen

Guten Morgen

Entschuldigen Sie, bitte.

Bis später

Hallo

Entschuldigung

Tschüss

Tag!

Organize these options into the right categories:

Formal Expressions

Informal Expressions

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Word Order

• In informational questions, the question word comes first, followed by the verb, and then the subject (pronoun).

  • Look at how these two questions follow that order:

    • Was machst du gern?

    • Woher kommst du?

• In statements, the subject (pronoun) comes first, followed by the verb.

  • Look at how these statements follow that order:

    • Ich komme aus Berlin.

    • Ich wohne in Deutschland.

Reorder

Rearrange the following words to form a question:

• Woher

• kommst

• du

• ?

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Rearrange the following words to form a question:

• Wie

• alt

• bist

• du

• ?

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Rearrange the following words to form a question:

• Wie

• heißt

• du

• ?

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Rearrange the following words to form a statement:

• Ich

• wohne

• in

• Pennsylvania

• .

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2

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4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Rearrange the following words to form a statement:

• Ich

• heiße

• Peter

• .

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2

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4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Rearrange the following words to form a statement:

• Meine

• Mutter

• ist

• nett

• .

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• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Verb Forms

• Verbs paired with the pronouns "du" have an "st" ending.

  • Look at the following examples:

    • Was machst du gern?

    • Woher kommst du?

    • Wo wohnst du?

• Verbs paired with the pronouns "ich" have an "e" ending.

  • Look at the following examples:

    • Ich lese gern.

    • Ich surfe gern.

    • Ich sehe gern fern.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct verb form, based on the subject of the sentence.

Ich _____ aus Philadelphia.

• komme

• kommst

Multiple Choice

Select the correct verb form, based on the subject of the sentence.

______ du in Pennsylvania?

• wohne

• wohnst

Multiple Choice

Select the correct verb form, based on the subject of the sentence.

Ich ______ Niko.

• heiße

• heißt

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Gern

• In German, the word "gern" is used to indicate that you enjoy doing something.

• "Gern" is an adverb and must be used with a verb. It is NOT a verb and does not mean "like."

  • Ich lese. = I read.

  • Ich lese gern. = I like to read. (Literally "I read gladly.")

• "Gern" can be added to a wide range of sentences and questions, by placing the verb after the subject-verb combination.

• Note the following examples:

  • Ich gehe gern ins Kino.

  • Ich schwimme gern.

  • Ich sehen gern fern.

  • Surfst du gern?

  • Gehst du gern in den Park?

Reorder

The following sentence says that you do something. Re-order the words, adding "gern" in the right spot to indicate that enjoy doing that activity.

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Ich esse.

• Ich

• esse

• gern

• .

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

The following sentence says that you do something. Re-order the words, adding "gern" in the right spot to indicate that enjoy doing that activity.

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Ich mache Videos

• Ich

• mache

• gern

• Videos

• .

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

The following sentence says that you do something. Re-order the words, adding "gern" in the right spot to indicate that enjoy doing that activity.

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Ich gehe mit Freunden aus.

• Ich

• gehe

• gern

• mit Freunden

• aus

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5

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

The following sentence says that you do something. Re-order the words, adding "gern" in the right spot to indicate that enjoy doing that activity.

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Ich spiele Musik.

• Ich

• spiele

• gern

• Musik

• .

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2

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

The following sentence says that you do something. Re-order the words, adding "gern" in the right spot to indicate that enjoy doing that activity.

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Ich gehe in die Turnhalle.

• Ich

• gehe

• gern

• in die Turnhalle

• .

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

The following sentence says that you do something. Re-order the words, adding "gern" in the right spot to indicate that enjoy doing that activity.

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Ich mache Sport.

• Ich

• mache

• gern

• Sport

• .

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Genders

• In German, all nouns have a gender: masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural.

• Definite articles are ways of saying "the." In German, there is more than one way to say "the.

• Look at the chart below to see some different ways:

​Masculine - der	​Feminine - die	​Neuter - das	​Plural - die
​der Baseball	​die Kunst	​das Buch	​die Bücher
​der Film	​die Musik	​das Essen	die Filme
​der Fußball	​	​das Kino	die Tiere
​der Strand	​	​das Tier	die Videospiele
​	​	​das Videospiel	​

Categorize

Options (8)

Ball (m)

Film (m)

Mutter (f)

Eltern (pl)

Mappe (f)

Tiere (pl)

Kind (n)

Buch (n)

Match the following nouns with their correct article.

der

die

das