In this topic, you will learn how to buy food in German. You will also discover the dative case of the personal pronouns ich and du.

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

Complete exercise 1 on page 100. Listen to the audio and state the price for each item.

Extra: for extra listening practice, why not listen to the audio again once you have corrected your answers?

Complete exercise 2 on page 100. Write dialogues about what to buy and how much it is. Read the Tipp box to help you.

Extra: why not add several items, rather than just one? Then translate the sentences into English.

Complete exercise 3 on page 101. Read the text and complete the table.
Read the Strategie box on page 101 to find out more about how to justify opinions.

Complete exercise 4 on page 101. Write a paragraph about what you like eating. Aim for at least 50 words.

Extra: why not give a reason for your opinion? To add more depth, you could also add what you don’t like eating.

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

LISTEN – Buying Food (Kerboodle)

COMPLETE – Reading and Translation Worksheet (Kerboodle)

PRACTISE – Talking about what you eat and drink (Kerboodle)

If you would like to check your answers for this topic, you can do so by consulting the Echt module answers for Topic 1.2.

CHECK – Audio 1.2

Study the Grammatik box on Page 101 to learn about mir and dir

Study the vocabulary section Wie schmeckt’s? on page 116 of your textbook.