Eating in a cafe or restaurant, and food opinions

Question 1

identifying tense (2)

Answer 1

-use key words to help identify the tense of each sentence in a translation (e.g. jetzt, nächste Woche)

-use grammer to help identify tense:
verbs ending in -e, -t, -st etc. indicate the present (e.g. ich gehe, schläft)
-haben/sein and a participle starting with ge- indicate past tense
-werden and an infinitive at the end indicate the future tense

Question 2

using wenn

Answer 2

including a complex sentence using wenn improves your work

e.g.
Wenn ich Hunger hätte, wurde ich Frikadellen mit Pommes bestellen.
(if I were hungry, I would order…)
Wenn ich Vegetarier wäre, würde ich meistens italienisch essen.
(if I were a vegetarien, I would eat…)

Question 3

listening strategies

Answer 3

listening extracts have a selection of vocabulary from across all the topics - so don’t just listen for the themed vocabulary

Question 4

useful phrases about food opinions

Answer 4

ekelhaft/eklig (disgusting))

Es hat mir (nicht) geschmeckt (I liked/didn’t like it)

Es gab eine grosse/kleine Auswahl an Gerichten (there was a big/small selection of dishes)

Ich würde das Restaurant (nicht) empfellen (I would/wouldn’t recommend the restaurant)

Meiner Meinung nach war es teuer/billig (in my opinion it was expensive/cheap)