Was machst du gern? 55What do you like to do?

Hobbies and sports, days ofthe weekJulia needs a tennis partnerand Usa ofters to help out.Will they win?

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Tag! Wie heißt du? 1 Wann hast duHi! What's your name? Geburtstag? 69Greetings, numbers 1-10 When's your birthday?Julia introduces Sabrina

Dates and seasons, foodto her friends AndreasAndreas goes shoppingand Patrick.with Patrick - but there isa problem ...Student exchange 79

Wie geht's? 15How are you?

Feelings, numbers up to 100 Was ist deinAndreas discovers that lieblingsfach? 83Julia is more sporty than What's your favouritehe thinks. subject?

School, telling time

Hast du Geschwister? 29 Nobody has done theirphysics homework. Who

00 you have any brothers can sidetrack the teacher?and sisters?

Family, countries, coloursPatrick introduces us to Was ist los? 97his family. What's wrong?

The body, going to the fair,fast food

Hast du ein Haustier? 43 The four friends enjoy the00 you have a pet? fair. Then one of them has

Animals, continents a little too much to eat ...

Andreas wants a pet.His friends help him find

Summary of grar:nmar pointsthe right one.

The town musicians of German-English word list

Bremen 52 English-German word list

Chapter contents

Introduction

You already know some German!

Where is German spoken?

An email from Germany

Kapitel 1

Tag! Wie heißt du?

Topics

• meeting people• likes and dislikes

Communicative tasks

• greeting people• giving and asking names• introducing others• describing a person or thing• saying goodbye• asking and saying where

people live• exchanging telephone

numbers• expressing and accepting

thanks• apologising• expressing likes and hates• agreeing and disagreeing

Language as a system

• Herr, Frau• ja, nein• personal pronouns: ich, du, er,

sie• verb forms: ich heiße, wohne,

mag, hasse; du heißt, wohnst,magst, hasst; er/sie ist, mag

• adjectives: nett, lustig, neu,cool, etc.

• numbers 0-10• ich nicht, ich auch• definitions: noun, adjective

Pronunciation

• j, s, v, w, Z, ch• rhyme: Z

Cultural information

• school: Realschule• dialect: Plattdeutsch

• the euro

Wie geht's?

Topics

• how are you?• ages

Communicative tasks

• saying how you are• asking and giving the meaning

of words• asking how to speil words• spelling words• asking and giving ages• asking for and giving

confirmation• asking and giving first and

family names• saying wh ich dass someone

is in• exchanging email addresses

Language as a system

• wie geht's? - sehr gut, nichtso gut, etc.

• verb forms: ich bin, du bist• adjectives: sauer, krank, müde,

verliebt, etc.• the alphabet• meanings: wie heißt ... auf

Deutsch?• spelling: wie schreibt man

das?• numbers up to 100• confirming: stimmt das? - das

stimmt• 'the' with names: der Timo,

die Kat ja

Pronunciation

• the alphabet

Cultural information

• Easter: customs, poem andrecipe

Kapitel 3

Hast du Geschwister"

Topics

• family• countries• colours

Communicative tasks

• asking and saying whetheryou have brothers or sisters

• asking and giving informationabout family members

• asking and saying wherepeople come from

• asking and saying what colourthings are

Language as a system

• personal pronouns: es, wir, sie(plural)

• verb forms: ich habe, du hast,er/sie hat; es ist; sie sind

• possession: Patricks Bruder,der Bruder von Patrick

• gender of nouns• plurals• possessive adjectives: meinte,

dein/e• definition: verb• regular present tense verb

endings

Pronunciation

• vowels: a, 0, u, ä, Ö, ü• tongue twisters: a and 0

Cultural information

• countries in Europe, theEuropean Union, car numberplates

• poem: Die Farben

Language as a system

• ordinal numbers: am/denersten

• personal pronoun: ihr• more verbs with accusative:

mitbringen, kaufen, essen, etc.• frequency: wie oft? - oft,

manchmal, nie

Cultural information

• seasons and daylight-savingtime

• food at recess: das Pausenbrot• student exchange• a trip on the Mosel; Eltz Castle

Topics

• seasons, birthdays and otherdates

• snacks and party food

Wann hast duGeburtstag?

Communicative tasks

• asking and giving dates ofbirthdays

• talking about whose birthdayis in wh at season

• giving the date• wishing someone a happy

birthday• asking and saying what food

and drink to bring to a party• talking about what you eat

and drink at recess

Cultural information

• Saturday: Samstag/Sonnabend• junior fire brigade• cycling in Münster

Pronunciation

• vowels: e, i, ie, ei

Language as a system

• liking: gern, nicht gern• favourites: lieblings-• times of day: am

Montagnachmittag• irregular verbs: lesen,

fernsehen, Rad fahren• word order: 'when' before

'what'

Communicative tasks

• talking about free-timeactivities

• asking someone whether theylike to do asport or hobby

• saying if you like or don't liketo do something

• saying wh at your favouritesport or hobby is

• saying when you dosomething

Was machst du gern?

Topics

• hobbies and sports• days of the week

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Pronunciation

• animal sounds

Cultural information

• fairytale: Die BremerStadtmusikanten

• animal sounds

Kapitel4

Language as a system• opinion: wie findest du ...?• irregular verbs: haben, sein• accusative forms after haben:

den, einen, etc.• possessiveadjectives: sein/e,

ihr/e• not any: kein/e

Hast du ein Haustier?

Communicative tasks• asking and saying whether you

have any pets• asking and giving information

about pets• saying which continent

animals come from• saying what you think of

different animals

Topics• pets and other animals

Germany, Switzerland,Liechtenstein and "Äustria xi

Europe 38

Continents 46

Between Cochemand Marburg 81

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Learnins Strategies

You will find tips on'Iearning how to learn'in the Lerntipps onpages 14, 28, 40, 41, 42,82,96 and 110.

Kapitel 8Was ist los?

Topics

• parts of the body• going to the fair• fast food

Communicative tasks

• asking what's wrong• saying wh at hurts• saying you hope someone will

get better• making arrangements to go

somewhere• saying you are hungry or

thirsty• ordering something to

eat and drink

Language as a system

• ordering politely: ichmöchte/nehme

• suggesting adestination:gehen wir ... ?

• expressions with haben: hast duAngst, Durst, Hunger, Zeit?

• word order with time phrases:inversion

• definitions: adverb and phraseof time

Cultural information

• fairs and carnivals• Pommes and other fast food• Christmas: customs, poem

Topics

school: subjects, timetable,stationerytelling the time

Communicative taskssaying wh at your favouritesubject issaying wh at you think of asubjecttalking about teachersasking and giving the timetalking about the timetablesaying at what time somethingstarts or ends

Was ist deinLieblingsfach?

Language as a systemopinion: ich finde Mathelangweiligtelling analogue and digitaltimeordinal numbers: in der erstenStunde

Cultural informationschool in Germany: timetable,Schülerlotsen, Schultüten,environmental awarenessthe 24-hour clock