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AQA 8662

GCSE German Revision

Revise GCSE German (AQA 8662) with vocabulary flashcards, grammar drills, and exam-style questions. Covers core verbs and tenses, cases and word order, the three AQA themes, and every exam task from dictation to translation.

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The Core German Verbs and the Present Tense

The core German verbs

Present tense: regular (weak) verbs

Present tense: sein, haben, werden and the modal verbs

Separable verbs and the verb bracket

Phonics: German Sounds and Spellings

ch, sch, st- and sp- (ich-Laut and ach-Laut)

Vowels: ei vs ie, long vs short, final -e

Consonants that trick English ears: z, v, w, j, s

Umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and the ß

Question Words and Role-Play Formulas

Question words: wer, was, wann, wo, warum, wie, wie viel, welche

Forming questions: verb-first and W-questions

Role-play survival formulas (ich möchte, kann ich, darf ich)

Time Markers and the Three Time Frames

Time markers: spotting past, present and future

The perfect tense with haben

The perfect tense with sein (movement and change)

Talking about the future: present + time marker and werden

The imperfect of haben and sein (war, hatte, es gab)

Higher: the narrative imperfect and the conditional

Core Grammar Toolkit

Gender and articles: der, die, das (nominative and accusative)

The dative case and key prepositions

Word order: verb-second (V2) and the verb bracket

Adjective endings

Negation (nicht, kein) and possessives (mein, dein, sein)

Higher: the genitive case and the man-passive

Theme 1: People and Lifestyle

Identity and relationships with others

Healthy living and lifestyle

Education and work

Higher vocabulary: people and lifestyle

Theme 2: Popular Culture

Free-time activities

Customs, festivals and celebrations

Celebrity culture

Higher vocabulary: popular culture

Theme 3: Communication and the World Around Us

Travel and tourism, including places of interest

Media and technology

The environment and where people live

Higher vocabulary: communication and the world

Dictation Technique

Dictation method: three plays, hold, write

Dictation spelling traps: umlauts, ß, capitalisation and homophones

Foundation dictation practice passages

Higher dictation practice passages

Listening Traps

Trap words: aber, nicht, kein and negation flips

Numbers, dates and times by ear

Hearing the time frame: verb sounds that signal tense

Reading and Translation into English

The false friends bank (Gift, bekommen, also, Rat)

Reading strategies: skim, scan and trap-check

German to English translation technique

Writing and Translation into German

The short writing task: photo and sentences

The 90-word task: three time frames, every bullet

The 150-word task

English to German translation: gold structures

Speaking: Role-Play, Read-Aloud and Photo Card

Role-play: short, exact answers

Read-aloud and follow-up questions

Photo card: extended answers

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