Homeworks for Year 7 German : Spring Term Feb- March

Task 1: Assessment Prep Unit 4 Assessment Preparation: Use your exercise book to revise all work on pets, family, ages, birthdays and colours You are preparing for a listening and a reading assessment, so you must be able to identify all the above in full sentences/ text and spoken passage form Additionally, you may use the website: www.linguascope.com Username: barnwellms Password: global Use the beginners section to revise vocab on numbers, colours pets and family. You can also hear + remind yourself of the pronunciation of the words , if you have speakers/ headphones

Task 2: Celebrity Description Describe a celebrity of your choice Select an image and use the 3rd person (Er/ Sie) to describe what he or she looks like (hair/ eyes/ size) As well as your exercise book/ sheets, you may also use the website: www.linguascope.com Username: barnwellms Password: global Use the beginners section – the Meine Familie und ich tab - to remind you of decscriptive words and phrases (Haare und Augen –hair and eyes- section and Das Aussehen – appearance will help you with this task) You can also hear + remind yourself of the pronunciation of the words , if you have speakers/ headphones. Make sure you write in full sentences. Extension task: Can you add intensifiers?

Task 3: First and 3rd person Description Describe yourself and either a member of your family or a friend Select an image , if you have one and use the 1st person (ich) 3rd person (er/ sie) to describe looks and personality As well as your exercise book/ sheets, you may also use the website: www.linguascope.com Username: barnwellms Password: global Use the beginners section – the Meine Familie und ich tab - to remind you of decscriptive words and phrases (Haare und Augen –hair and eyes- section , Das Aussehen – appearance and Die Charakereigenschaften- personality traits- will help you with this task) You can also hear + remind yourself of the pronunciation of the words , if you have speakers/ headphones. Make sure you write in full sentences. Extension task: Can you add opinions and reasons with connectives? Example : you could say why you like your friend – I like Abbie because she is really funny and always happy- Ich mag Abby, weil sie echt lustig und immer glücklich ist Use your own ideas for this

Task 4: Verb practice A : Match and write out the German, English equivalents in full : eg. Ich bin =I am B: Choose 5 of them and make them in to full sentences, adding words of your own

Task 5: Vocabulary learning Learn these words and phrases off by heart. It will improve and speed up your writing in the assessment next lesson. Er ist/ Sie ist= He is/ She is Er hat/ Sie hat= He has/ She has sehr= very echt= really ziemlich/ ganz= quite oft= often manchmal= sometimes nicht= not nie= never aber= but