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Welcome to St Oswald’s German Practice Pages

Language learning can be really good fun if you think of it as a code that you need to crack. Lots of German words are very similar to English words and there are a few tricks you can learn to help you when you need to guess the meaning of a new word.The letter f in German is often swapped for a p or ph in English words.Can you guess what these German words mean?Schiff Apfel Foto

It’s the same with v and f sometimes. What do you think these words mean?Volk bevor Ofen

Here are some picture clues to help you:

Lots of German words are compound nouns (nouns made up of two or more words). Some are very funny. If you can break the word down into smaller words you might be able to work out what it means. Here are some of my favourite German compound nouns; can you guess what we really call them in English?

Handschuhe Hand shoes Kaninchen Small canine (dog)

Fingerhut Finger hatEinhorn One hornFledermaus Flutter mouseArmbanduhr Bracelet clock

Here are some picture clues to help you:

How to learn vocabularyOn the next pages you will find words to learn and games and activities to help you practise your German. One of the best ways to memorise vocabulary is to teach it to someone else. You could also try

drawing pictures and labelling them in German making post-it notes with your favourite words on

and sticking them around the house so that you see them every day

making up songs or raps with your new words in (they don’t have to make sense)

doing actions when you say the words recording yourself speaking in German on your

phone or ipod and playing it back making a wordsearch with the new words in (you

could bring it to school for us all to have a go at)

Das deutsche Alphabet (How to pronounce the letters)

Aah

Bbay

Csay

Dday

Eay

Feff

Ggay

Hhar

Ieee

Jyot

Kcar

Lel

Mem

Nen

Ooh

Ppay

Qcoo

Rerr

Sess

Ttay

Uoo

Vfow

Wvay

Xeeks

Yoopsilo

n

Ztsett

Äae

Öoe

Üue

ßss

Die Farben The coloursDer Regenbogen The rainbow

When you think you know these colours, you can colour test yourself by colouring the words on the next page:

Match up the German and the English colours:

schwarz greybraun silver

weiß blackgrau multi-colouredsilber whitegold brownbunt gold

Tiere Animals (and what they say)Die Katze sagt miau!

Der Hund sagt wau wau!

Die Kuh sagt muh!

Here is the link to the song we love singing in class about the little chick who says Piep!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjBCjfB3Hq8

Can you remember what these animals are called? Choose from the words underneath.

der Fisch das Meerschweinchendie Schildkröte die Maus das Kaninchen

Sing the numbers song 1-10

Eins zwei dreiEins zwei drei

Vier fünf sechsVier fünf sechs

Sieben acht neunSieben acht neun

Zehn zehn zehnZehn zehn zehn

What comes next?

elfzwölf

dreizehnvierzehnfünfzehnsechzehnsiebzehnachtzehnneunzehnzwanzig

Can you spot a pattern?Which numbers don’t follow the pattern?

My birthday is on the date monthMein Geburtstag ist am

ersten 1st Januar

zweiten 2nd Februardritten 3rd Märzvierten 4th Aprilfünften Maisechsten Junisiebten Juliachten Augustneunten Septemberzehnten Oktoberelften Novemberzwölften Dezemberdreizehntenvierzehntenfünfzehntensechzehntensiebzehntenachtzehntenneunzehntenzwanzigsteneinundzwanzigstenzweiundzwanzigstendreiundzwanzigstenvierundzwanzigstenfünfundzwanzigstensechsundzwanzigstensiebenundzwanzigstenachtundzwanzigstenneunundzwanzigstendreißigsten 30theinunddreißigsten

Work out how to say when your birthday is using the table above.

Questions and answers about yourself- you just need to fill in your own details.

The English translations are on the next page.

Q: Wie heißt du?A: Ich heiße …Q: Wie alt bist du?A: Ich bin … Jahre alt.Q: Wo wohnst du?A: Ich wohne in …Q: Hast du Geschwister?A: Ja, ich habe … or Nein, ich habe keine Geschwister.Q: Hast du ein Haustier?A: Ja, ich habe … orNein, ich habe kein Haustier.

Here’s what they mean…Q: What are you called?A: I’m called …

Q: How old are you?A: I am … years old.Q: Where do you live?A: I live in …Q: Have you got any siblings?A: Yes, I have… or No, I don’t have any siblings.Q: Do you have a pet?A: Yes, I have … or No, I don’t have a pet.

Asking for something in the classroom

SchereBleistiftSpitzerFarbstiftFilzstiftEtuiPapier

HeftBuchStuhlBrilleRadiergummiLinealKlebstiftKuli

Choose the correct word from the box.

1. Ich habe keine _____________________.

2. Ich brauche einen ______________.

3. Wo ist mein ______________________?

4. Hast du einen _____________________?

5. Ich habe keinen ____________________.Lineal Schere Stuhl Bleistift Spitzer