Exam Tips & Common Errors

Part of Healthy living and lifestyle · Section 4 of 4

Exam TipsUnit: Theme 1: People and LifestyleGCSE

This exam tips covers Exam Tips & Common Errors within Healthy living and lifestyle for GCSE German. Revise Healthy living and lifestyle in Theme 1: People and Lifestyle for GCSE German with 10 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic shows up very often in GCSE exams, so students should be able to explain it clearly, not just recognise the term. It is section 4 of 4 in this topic. Treat this as a marking guide for what examiners are looking for, not just a fact list.

💡 Exam Tips & Common Errors

  • Use Sport treiben, not Sport machen — it reads as more accurate German.
  • Add a frequency phrase (dreimal pro Woche) to score detail and develop your answer.
  • Contrast healthy vs unhealthy habits in writing: Ich esse gesund, aber ich schlafe zu wenig.

❌ Common error: Ich mache Sport jeden Tag.

✓ Correct: Ich treibe jeden Tag Sport.

Why it costs marks: the idiomatic German for "do sport" is Sport treiben, not Sport machen. While Sport machen is sometimes heard colloquially, Sport treiben is what the AQA mark scheme expects and reads as more accurate German.

Practice questions for Healthy living and lifestyle

What does 'gesund' mean in English?

  • A. Tired
  • B. Healthy
  • C. Ill
  • D. Hungry
1 markfoundation

What does 'das Gemüse' mean in English?

  • A. Fruit
  • B. Meat
  • C. Bread
  • D. Vegetables
1 markfoundation

Quick recall flashcards

die Gesundheit
health — feminine noun, no plural. E.g. Die Gesundheit ist sehr wichtig.
müde
tired — adjective. E.g. Ich bin müde, weil ich zu wenig geschlafen habe.

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