This exam tips covers Exam Tips & Common Errors within Higher vocabulary: people and lifestyle for GCSE German. Revise Higher vocabulary: people and lifestyle in Theme 1: People and Lifestyle for GCSE German with 10 exam-style questions and 12 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. 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
- Drop one or two abstract nouns into a Higher answer to lift the band — Verantwortung, Einfluss, Herausforderung.
- Open with an opinion frame like Meiner Meinung nach to signal a developed opinion to the examiner.
- Remember Einfluss auf takes the accusative: einen großen Einfluss auf ...
❌ Common error: Meiner Meinung nach es ist wichtig.
✓ Correct: Meiner Meinung nach ist es wichtig.
Why it costs marks: Meiner Meinung nach counts as the first element, so the verb must come SECOND (ist), before the subject es. Writing Meiner Meinung nach es ist breaks the V2 rule — a common Higher error.
Practice questions for Higher vocabulary: people and lifestyle
What does 'die Verantwortung' mean in English?
What does 'das Vorbild' mean in English?