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GCSE German: Adjectival phrases (Foundation tier)

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  1. What is a prenominal adjective?

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    An adjective placed before the noun it describes (e.g. das große Haus). In German, prenominal adjectives take endings.

  2. Do German adjectives used after a verb such as sein take endings?

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    No. Used as a verbal complement (Das Haus ist groß), the adjective is uninflected.

  3. In AQA GCSE German, adjective endings are required in which three cases?

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    Nominative, accusative and dative (the genitive is not required).

  4. Why can the German adjective billig translate as both "cheap" and "cheaply"?

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    German has no separate adverb form: the uninflected adjective also serves as the adverb.

  5. Which German word follows a comparative to mean "than"?

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    als (e.g. größer als ich).

  6. Which German structure expresses "as … as" in comparisons?

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    so … wie (e.g. so groß wie ich).

  7. The comparative of the German adjective gut is ?.

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    besser

  8. The comparative of the German adjective hoch is ?.

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    höher

  9. The comparative of the German word viel is ?.

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    mehr

  10. What is the comparative of the German adjective teuer?

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    teurer — the e before the r is dropped.

  11. What is the comparative of the German adjective groß?

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    größer — the vowel gains an umlaut.

  12. In AQA GCSE German, are comparative spelling changes such as teuer → teurer individually credit-bearing?

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    Not normally — such spelling changes are not individually credit-bearing at this level.

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