This is a Powerpoint presentation of 9 slides and is no.29 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation teaches the use of adverbs as conjunctions, stressing word order and showing how to write longer sentences by sequencing actions. It also looks at the different words to use for ‘when’ in German. Grammatical explanation, gap-fills, translation practice and oral work are all provided.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 7 slides and is no.28 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation revises co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions, explains word order when question words are used as conjunctions and shows how to build longer sentences by using modals. Along with grammatical explanations, there are slides for oral practice (Tic Tac Toe), translation sentences and a slide for pairs.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 8 slides and is no.27 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation covers food and drink, likes and dislikes, in particular ‘mögen’, ‘gern/lieber/am liebsten’, use of ‘kein’ and ‘sowohl … als auch’. Along with grammatical explanations, there are slides for oral practice (Tic Tac Toe), translation sentences, a slide for expressions of quantity and slides with vocabulary from the AQA GCSE specification.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 9 slides and is no.26 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation covers the passive voice and its avoidance through the use of ‘man’. Along with a grammatical explanation covering all tenses, there are slides for oral practice (Tic Tac Toe), translation sentences and an exercise to change a text in the passive into an active text using ‘man’.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 7 slides and is no.25 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation covers impersonal verbs. Along with grammatical explanations, there is a sentence-building table, slides for oral work (Tic Tac Toe) and translations exercise.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 17 slides and is no.24 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation looks at body parts and how to say what is wrong. There are grammatical explanations, a list of body parts, pictures to describe illness, oral practice through Tic Tac Toe, translation exercises and more complex language such as ‘to break your leg, cut your finger’ etc.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 9 slides and is no.23 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation explains how to use da-compounds to add a clause after verbs with associated prepositions e.g. ich freue mich darauf, nach Deutschland zu fahren. It also explains how to form the question word ‘what?’ with such verbs i.e. Worauf freust du dich? etc. Along with grammatical explanations, there is a list of some important such verbs, translation sentences, oral practice with Tic Tac Toe and a guided paragraph translation.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 9 slides and is no.22 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation explains the use of verbs with specific prepositions and cases attached to them (sich freuen auf + DAT usw). Along with grammatical explanations, there is a list of some important such verbs, translation practice, oral practice with Tic Tac Toe and a game of pairs.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 15 slides and is no.21 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation revises tense formation and use, but also introduces the structure ‘ich war beim Fernsehen usw’ and the pluperfect tense. Along with grammatical explanations, there are slides for oral work (Tic Tac Toe) and translation. The last two slides set a GCSE writing task.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 11 slides and is no.19 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation covers how to use possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns. Along with clear grammatical explanations, there are slides for oral work (Tic Tac Toe), gap-fill exercises and translation.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 10 slides and is no.18 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation covers how separable and reflexive verbs are used and links both with verbs that are both separable and reflexive e.g. sich anziehen. It also includes more challenging verbs such as ‘sich die Haende waschen’ and ‘sich etwas ansehen’. There are full explanations and lists of many important such verbs, slides for playing Tic Tac Toe, gapfills and translations.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 9 slides and is no.17 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation covers how to form the plural of nouns in German, including ‘-n’ for Dative plural. There are explanations, rules and exercises based on the rules. There is also a slide for pairs as well as an exercise putting the nouns into the plural.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 10 slides and is no.16 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation teaches how to use the imperative in the DU, IHR and SIE forms. There is a full grammatical explanation, oral practice via Tic Tac Toe, text manipulation exercises and also some phrases to translate.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 10 slides and is no.15 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. After a quick revision of adjective ending, this presentation introduces and practises comparative and superlative adjectives via Tic Tac Toe and translation sentences, before looking at other structures (just as big as, smaller than …) and then comparative and superlative adverbs such as ‘gern-lieber-am liebsten’.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 19 slides and is no.14 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation gives a thorough explanation of adjective endings. Starting with clothing and colours, it practices endings for the indefinite article in the Accusative case via Tic Tac Toe before moving on to cover the three tables of endings and also what happens after ‘etwas’ and ‘nichts’. The last slide is a challenging exercise where ANY appropriate adjective with correct ending should be inserted before each noun in the text.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 10 slides and is no.13 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation explains how to connect clauses through the use of relative pronouns. It begins with the Nominative case, which it practises via Tic Tac Toe and moves on to the other three cases, which it develops through translation activities, before showing the parallel with the interrogatives ‘wer’, ‘wen’, ‘wessen’, ‘wem’ and demonstrating when the relative pronouns is ‘was’. The final slide is a text about family, which includes many relative pronouns and which I’ve entitled ‘my relatives’.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 7 slides and is no.12 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation explains how to form questions in German from use of inversion to interrogatives. There is a grammatical explanation, the opportunity for oral work with two slides for Tic Tac Toe and exercises to practice forming questions.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 9 slides and is no.11 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation explains how to use two verbs in a sentence where the second is the infinitive form and preceded by ‘zu’. Along with a clear grammatical explanation, there are two slides for oral practice while playing Tic Tac Toe, as well as a list of such verbs, a sentence-building table and translation practice.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 10 slides and is no.10 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation revises (or introduces) the future and conditional tenses and, along with a detailed grammatical explanations, practises the structures via Tic Tac Toe (2 slides), tense-transfer exercises and translation sentences. It also explains the use of the conditional in ‘wenn’ clauses and includes ‘wäre’, ‘hätte’ and ‘gäbe’.

This is a Powerpoint presentation of 8 slides and is no.09 in a series of 60-minute lessons used by me to tutor a GCSE student via Zoom. The focus of each lesson is grammatical, rather than topic specific, and as such they can be slotted into topic work as required. In addition, each lesson attempts to extend the use of German to match the requirements of GCSE Higher Tier. This presentation revises modal verbs in the present, imperfect, perfect and future tenses through grammatical explanations, pairs, translation sentences and text translation both ways.