German translation: travel and tourism
A. Starter
Match the conjunctions by writing the letters in the grid below.
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2=
3=
4=
5=
6=
7=
8=
German
English
1. denn
a. but
2. da
b. since
3. seit
c. and
4. aber
d. where
5. und
e. as
6. wenn
f. therefore
7. dann
g. or
8. oder
h. because
9. deswegen
i. when
10. wann
j. then
11. entweder
k. if
12. wo
l. either
9=
10 =
11 =
12 =
B. Translation warm-up
Translate the sentences, using the first letter of each German word to help you.
1. I like going to France because it is sunny. (i. f. g. n. F. w. e. s. i.)
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2. Last year I went to Spain with my family. (L. J. b. i. m. m. F. n. S. g.)
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3. I stayed in a hotel and it was quite small. (i. b. i. e. H. g. u. e. w. z. k.)
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4. I ate in a restaurant where the food was fantastic. (i. h. i. e. R. g. w. d. E. f. w.)
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5. Next year I will hopefully go to Italy with my friends. (N. J. w. i. h. m. m. F. n. I. f.)
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C. Translate into English (Foundation)
1. Ich habe in einem alten Restaurant gegessen, aber es war schrecklich.
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2. Das Wetter war meistens kalt und es hat geschneit.
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3. Ich fand das Hotel zu klein und dunkel.
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4. Meine Mutter hat das Zimmer ganz gut gefunden, denn es war hell.
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5. Nächsten Sommer will ich wieder nach Spanien fahren.
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D. Translate into German (Foundation)
1. Last year I went skiing in Germany because there was a lot of snow.
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2. The weather was quite sunny but sometimes windy.
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3. In the summer holidays I often went swimming.
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4. The holiday was interesting but tiring.
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5. It was very long and therefore too boring.
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E. Checklist
1. Is your first verb the ‘second idea’?
2. Where you have a second verb is it at the end?
3. Are your verb endings correct?
4. Where have you put your time phrases?
5. Can you extend these sentences to make them more complex?
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C. Translate into English (Higher)
Letztes Jahr bin ich mit meiner Familie nach Kroatien gefahren, wo es schön ist, aber nur wenn
die Sonne scheint! Der Flug hat leider zehn Stunden gedauert. Am ersten Tag haben wir Leute
kennengelernt und danach eine Show gesehen wo ich viel getanzt habe. Meiner Meinung nach,
war es aufregend, aber ermüdend. Alles in allem habe ich viel Spaß im Urlaub gehabt, aber
nächstes Jahr bleibe ich lieber in England.
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D. Translate into German (Higher)
I like going to Austria because I like going skiing best of all. I always stay in either a youth hostel
or a hotel. Holidays are usually relaxed but last year I went to Athens where we saw the sights
and I took photos and did a city tour. Athens is spectacular and beautiful and I want to go there
again.
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E. Checklist
1. Is your first verb the ‘second idea’?
2. Where there is subordination (connectives which change the word order), have
you remembered to send the verb to the end?
3. Have you used the imperfect or perfect tense or a mixture?
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Teaching notes
This resource is designed to develop translation skills with a focus on grammatical
accuracy and contains similar tasks to the new GCSE exam questions for all boards. The
resource is differentiated: all students complete the tasks on p.1 and then you can give
Foundation students p.2 while Higher students move straight onto p.3.
Translations below are suggestions only – there may be other possible correct
translations. By using the mark scheme suggested below, students can track their
progress as they practise their translation skills using our other similar worksheets on
different topics.
For Foundation translations (individual sentences), allow two marks per sentence: one
for communicating the key message and one for grammatical accuracy, giving a total out
of 10.
For Higher translations (short paragraphs), the answers are broken into six sections.
Each section can be given one mark for communication and one mark for grammatical
accuracy, to give a total out of 12.
Answers
A. Starter
1=h
2=e
3=b
4 =a
5=c
6=k
7=j
8=g
9=f
10 = i 11 = l 12 = d
B. Translation warm-up
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2.
3.
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5.
Ich fahre gern nach Frankreich, weil es sonnig ist.
Letztes Jahr bin ich mit meiner Familie nach Spanien gefahren.
Ich habe in einem Hotel gewohnt und es war ziemlich klein.
Ich habe in einem Restaurant gegessen, wo das Essen fantastisch war.
Nächstes Jahr werde ich hoffentlich mit meinen Freunden nach Italien fahren.
C. Foundation translation into English
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2.
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4.
5.
I ate in an old restaurant but it was terrible.
The weather was mostly cold and it snowed.
I found the hotel too small and dark.
My mother found the room really good because it was light.
Next summer, I want to go to Spain again.
D. Foundation translation into German
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Letztes Jahr bin ich in Deutschland Ski gefahren, weil es viel Schnee gab.
Das Wetter war ziemlich sonnig, aber manchmal windig.
In den Sommerferien bin ich oft schwimmen gegangen.
Der Urlaub war interessant, aber ermüdend.
Es war sehr lang und deswegen zu langweilig.
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C. Higher translation into English
Last year I went to Croatia with my family where it is nice, but only when the sun is
shining! / Unfortunately the flight took ten hours. / On the first day we got to know
people and afterwards we saw a show where I danced a lot. / In my opinion it was
exciting but tiring. / All in all I had a lot of fun on holiday, / but next year I'd prefer to
stay in England.
D. Higher translation into German
Ich fahre gern nach Ӧsterreich, weil ich am liebsten Ski fahre. / Ich wohne immer
entweder in einer Jugendherberge oder in einem Hotel. / Die Ferien sind normalerweise
entspannt, aber letztes Jahr bin ich nach Athen gefahren, wo wir die
Sehenswürdigkeiten gesehen haben / und ich Fotos und eine Stadttour gemacht habe. /
Athen ist spektakulär und schön und ich will wieder dorthin fahren.
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