Die Ehe - für oder gegen - GCSE

A ready-to-use GCSE German lesson focusing on discussing the advantages and disadvantages of marriage and expressing personal opinions.

Students practise the difference between wollen and werden before moving on to speaking and writing about marriage, future relationships and children. The lesson then develops higher-level opinion phrases using dass clauses and vocabulary linked to marriage and weddings.

The resource includes:

• Translation practice using wollen and werden
• Partner speaking questions about marriage, ideal partners and children
• Useful opinion phrases such as Ich glaube, dass…, Ich bin der Meinung, dass… and Ein Vorteil/Nachteil ist, dass…
• Arguments for and against marriage
• Key vocabulary on marriage, weddings, divorce and relationships
• Gap-fill and sentence-building activities
• English–German translation practice
• A personal discussion task on whether students would like to marry
• A GCSE-style 90-word writing task

Suitable for KS4/GCSE German and ideal for developing speaking and writing skills while consolidating future tense, modal verbs and complex opinion structures.

Includes a PowerPoint presentation with vocabulary, grammar, translation, speaking and writing activities.