Topic Five (1.5): Besser essen
Objectives for this topic
- Talking about healthy eating
- Using man soll
Introduction
In this topic, you will learn how to talk about healthy living. You will also discover how to use the phrase man soll to make suggestions.
Working through your coursebook
Please work through the following sections in your coursebook, completing all listed exercises:
- Complete exercise 1 on page 106. Match the German sentences (1-8) with their English translation (a-h)
- Complete exercise 2 on page 106. Translate the sentences into German. Ensure you follow the guidance from the Grammatik box in order to get the word order right.
- Complete exercise 3 on page 106. Listen to the audio. Decide whether the tips are good or bad.
LISTEN – Audio Exercise 3 (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.
- Complete exercise 4 on page 106. Make dialogues about healthy eating.
Extra: why not act them out with Lego figures and film them?
- Complete exercises 5 and 6 on page 107. Read the text and find the German translation for the English expressions in the text (a-f). Then answer the questions from exercise 6 in English.
Review
Complete exercise 7 on page 107. Write four sentences about whether you eat healthily.
Extra: why not add a reason for your eating habits, using man soll in each of your sentences?
Interactive Kerboodle activities
Log into Kerboodle and complete the following activities for this module:
- Complete this grammar exercise to practise man soll:
PRACTISE – Using man soll (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.
- Complete this listening activity:
LISTEN – Talking about healthy eating (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.
- Complete this reading and translation worksheet:
COMPLETE – Reading and Translation Worksheet (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.
- Complete the strategy worksheet on dealing with authentic texts:
COMPLETE – Strategies for reading authentic texts (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.
Interactive LanguageNut activities
Log into Language Nut and complete the Module 1 Topic 5 activities in the 'Assignments' section.
- vocab trainer; vocab trainer; eating out; food and drink
- vocab trainer; vocab trainer; eating out; fruit and veg
Support and extension exercises for this topic
- Watch this YouTube video to learn more about the indefinite pronoun man
WATCH – Using the indefinite pronoun man (YouTube) Links to an external site.
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 1.5
CHECK – Answers 1.5 Download CHECK – Answers 1.5
CHECK – Worksheet Answers 1.5 Download CHECK – Worksheet Answers 1.5
CHECK – Audio transcripts 1.5 Links to an external site.
Grammar Alert
- read the Grammatik box on page 106 to find out about using Man soll
- read the Strategie box on page 107 to get more ideas on how to deal with authentic texts.
Vocabulary
Study the vocabulary section Besser essen on page 117 of your textbook.