Topic Six (1.6): Kultur und Grammatik

Objectives for this topic

Learning more about German culture
Revising and consolidating grammar

Introduction

In this topic, you will discover more interesting facts about Germany. You will also have the opportunity to revise and consolidate the grammar covered in Module 1.

Working through your coursebook

Please work through the following sections in your coursebook, completing all listed exercises:

Complete exercise 1 on page 20: read the article in the purple box, then complete the English sentences with the correct information
Complete exercise 2 on page 20: listen to the audio and decide if the statements are positive or negative.

LISTEN – Audio Exercise 2 Links to an external site.

Complete exercise 4 on page 21: read the text and complete Hera’s profile with the relevant information.
Complete exercise 5 on page 21: listen to the audio, then put the sentences (a-h) into the correct order.

LISTEN – Audio Exercise 5 Links to an external site.

Complete exercise 6 on page 21: choose four sentences from exercise 5 and translate them into English.

Extra: can you translate all of them?

After having revised what you have learned about genders and articles, complete exercises 1,2 and 3 on page 22.
After having revised the verb sein, complete exercises 4 and 5 on page 22 to consolidate your knowledge.
After having revised the verb wohnen, complete exercises 6 and 7 on page 23 to consolidate your knowledge.
After having revised the verb haben, complete exercises 8 and 9 on page 23 to consolidate your knowledge.
Complete exercise 10 on page 23: listen to the audio and repeat what you hear, trying to sound as close to the audio as possible.

LISTEN – Audio Exercise 10 Links to an external site.

Complete exercise 11 on page 23: listen to the audio and practise saying the sentences.

LISTEN – Audio Exercise 11 Links to an external site.

Review

Complete the ‘Was kann ich schon’ section on page 24 and page 25.

Complete exercise 1 on page 24: Match the questions on the left with the answers on the right.
Complete exercise 2 on page 24: read the texts, then answer the questions by stating who the questions refer to.
Complete exercise 3 on page 24: listen to the audio and note people’s birthdays and ages.

LISTEN – Audio Exercise 3 Links to an external site.

Complete exercise 4 on page 24: listen to the audio and decide if the statements are true or false.

LISTEN – Audio Exercise 4 Links to an external site.

Complete exercise 5 on page 25: write the birthdays in full words instead of numbers
Complete exercise 6 on page 25: put the words into the correct order to form an accurate sentence.
Complete exercise 7 on page 25: translate the text into German. Note: be sure to check spelling (capital letters for nouns!).

Once you have completed all of these tasks, count up your points and find out if you have won bronze, silver or gold!

Interactive Kerboodle activities

Log into Kerboodle and complete the following activities for this module:

complete this exercise to practise pronunciation

PRACTISE – Pronunciation (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.

Support and extension exercises for this topic

After you have worked out whether you have earned the gold, silver or bronze badge in the review section, complete the corresponding activities on pages 26 to 27.

Cultural Understanding

Neuschwanstein Castle, near Füssen, Germany, was built by Bavaria’s King Louis II (‘Mad King Ludwig’) in 1868 but work was never completed. It has 1.4 million visitors per year and is one of the three most visited tourist attractions in Germany. It was the inspiration behind Disney’s Cinderella castle. Can you find 5 interesting facts about this castle online?

Check your answers

If you would like to check your answers for this topic, you can do so by consulting the Echt module answers for Topic ‘Kultur’, ‘Sprachlabor’ and ‘Was kann ich schon?’

CHECK – Answer 1.6 Download CHECK – Answer 1.6

CHECK – Audio Transcripts Links to an external site.