Class 9 (IX) German (CBSE / ICSE / IGCSE)

German (Deutsch) language for class 9 students (CBSC, ICSE, IGCSE). Learn about the topics, assessments, textbooks, resources and evaluation methods used in CBSE and ICSE-affiliated schools for Class 9 (IX) German language.

The following learning objectives apply for Class IX students.

Lesson: Celebration (to talk about future plans, to allocate responsibilities, to give a suggestion, to accept and decline a proposal)

Subordinate clause “wenn” “”u” + Infinitive
“brauchen” +…+ “zu”+Infinitive
Preposition of time “während” + Genitive

Lesson: Shopping and consumption (To follow a timeline and describe an event, to give reasons for one’s actions and decisions)

Subordinate clause “um…zu”, Subordinate clause “damit”

Lesson: Feelings and relationships (to ask for someone’s opinion and give one’s own opinion, to agree or disagree, to talk about what one would do in a particular situation).

Subjunctive II: “würde” + Infinitive

Fixed Prepositions (Question word “Wo(r)”+ Preposition), Pronouns “da(r)”+ Preposition, Articles and Nouns in Genitive.

Lesson: Hamburg: A city tour (to give a suggestion, to give chronological sequence of events, to talk about activities happening simultaneously).

Subjunctive II: “sollen”, Subordinate clauses of time “während”, “bevor”.

Related: More German topics, books and resources here

Assessment

• Reading: Comprehension (unseen passage)
• Writing: Based on stimulus, compose an E-Mail, or compose a dialogue or an SMS
• Applied Grammar: Fixed prepositions with verbs, Question words “Wo(r)”, Pronouns “da(r)”. Article and nouns in Genitive, Genitive prepositions. Subordinate clauses (um…zu, wӓhrend, bevor, damit, wenn). Subjunctive (Konjunktiv II) “würde” + Infinitive. Relative pronouns (Nominative, Accusative and Dative). Separable verbs.
• Textbook: Completing a seen passage with the vocabulary provided

Recommended German books

• Team Deutsch 2/1
• Planet 2
• Ping Pong 2
• Wir 3
• Langenscheidt Euro Dictionary
• K.M. Sharma; German-Hindi/Hindi-German (German Hindi Dictionary Deutsch Hindi Worterbuch) Rachna Publishing House