A list of common exam question types in English and in German for the Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing exams.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Listening exam (both tiers). It explains the format of the exam, tips for before, during, and after the exam, some useful questions words and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - the General Conversation part at the Foundation tier. It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some useful questions words, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.

Display posters for creating more interesting opinions and justifications in German using emojis. Starts with ways to state your opinion, then lists intensifiers, explains “weil”, “denn”, and “da”, and then gives three pages of emoji adjectives to use. I recommend printing off on at least A3 size, in colour, and laminate them.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the 40-word essay part (which only appears on the Foundation tier). It explains the format of the exam, information on the word count, the mark scheme, some general tips, some common question vocabulary, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet explaining how to state your opinion in German, how to use interesting intensifiers, giving reasons using “weil”, “denn”, and “da”, and then plenty of adjectives using emojis. Goes well with the 6-page classroom display posters (​https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-making-your-opinions-interesting-display-with-emojis-6-pages-12164824)

A PowerPoint presentation regarding the German language, its similarity to English, some cognates and loan words, techniques for working out new words and a classroom class talk speaking activity for students to have in their books and use through the year. You’ll need to adapt the worksheet and PowerPoint so that it reflects your school’s reward name (I talk about gaining a “Silver” and a “Gold”). I have loads of Y7 German lessons (including Knowledge Organisers), plus KS4 German Knowledge Organisers for the entire GCSE course available from my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 5.1 - Home. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Forming plurals”, and "Using prepositions”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 11.1 - University or Work? It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Understanding and using the future tense”, “Using welcher?”, and “Using infinitives following zu”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 6.2 - Healthy and unhealthy living. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using modal verbs”, “Saying must not and don’t have to”, and “Using als when talking about the past”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 1.2 - Marriage and partnership. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using adjectives to describe people and things”, “Using the future tense”, and “Using comparative and superlative adjectives”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 2.2 - Mobile Technology. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using the perfect tense”, and “Using the imperfect tense”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 5.2 - Where You Live. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using inversion to form questions”, “Using the verb können correctly”, and “Using interrogatives to form questions”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

Knowledge Organiser (KO) for German GCSE AQA OUP Textbook 4.2 - Festivals in Germany and Geman-speaking countries. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using the perfect tense”, and “Using personal pronouns”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes: Grammar Giving your opinion Saying “because” Adjectival endings Key Phrases School subjects Snacks Saying the time Intensifiers and adjectives for opinions Uniform It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”. Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers: Introduction to German My Family School Free Time My Home My Town Food and Shopping Body and Fitness Daily Routine Film, TV, Music and Social Media These can be purchased individually or as a bundles. You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes: Grammar Using separable verbs Verb as the second idea Daily routine in the 3rd person Key phrases Daily routine vocabulary and phrases Word order (time, manner, place) Routine tense phrases It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”. Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers: Introduction to German My Family School Free Time My Home My Town Food and Shopping Body and Fitness Holidays Film, TV, Music and Social Media These can be purchased individually or as a bundles. You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 14-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity and then tests the numbers up to 12. It then introduces the numbers up to 31 and practises them with a simple match-up activity, a listening activity, and some number puzzles. Please note that there is a reference to the Linguascope worksheet on numbers up to 31, which I can’t share as it’s protected by Copyright. This is lesson 6 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 39-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the idea of compound nouns with a video, practice, and information about plurals and gender. It then introduces 10 new “pet” words and goes through the plural forms. There is then a song and a listening exercise to practise plurals. There is also a reminder about how to say “My”, plus information on giving names and saying “it” (with video clip). There is a reading comprehension (included) and it ends with a writing exercise to describe what pets you have. This is lesson 23 and 24 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An 11-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then asks students to translate a German passage covering many topics covered in lesson 1 to 24. There is a walk-through for peer marking, plus some grade boundaries to give a grade. There are also three targets if the teacher is marking with some specific work for those targets. This is lesson 25 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger