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2.4 Reading Comprehension
German · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Time phrases in a paragraph: Es ist acht Uhr; Es ist halb neun; Es ist Viertel nach zehn; um sechs Uhr
- halb is half TO the next hour: halb neun = 8:30, not 9:30
- A school-day text: aufstehen, frühstücken, die Schule beginnt, Pause, der Bus
- Extracting who / when / what; inferring late or on time only from the times on the page
What you will be able to do
- identify time expressions from reading texts
- read a short timetable paragraph for comprehension
- distinguish Uhr, halb and Viertel in context
Key questions
“What role does time play in our lives?”
Lessons
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halb is half to, not half past
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead Uhr, halb and Viertel in short sentences and match each line to a clock, without importing English half past.
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Amina's day: extract the hour
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead a school-day paragraph, pull each time onto a timetable, and infer from the page whether the bus is late.