Compare activities: strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular, compound nouns | German

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Match the German and English.
- heißen
  
  ⇔
  
  to be called, being called ✓
- leben
  
  ⇔
  
  to live, living ✓
- wünschen
  
  ⇔
  
  to wish, wishing ✓
- es gibt
  
  ⇔
  
  there is, there are ✓
- wird
  
  ⇔
  
  becomes, is becoming ✓
- kaum
  
  ⇔
  
  hardly ✓
Fill in the gap in the following sentence with the correct form of 'wohnen': 'Du ______ mit deiner Mutter.'
- 'wohnst' ✓
Which of these words have short vowels?
- Kopf (m) ✓
- Junge (m) ✓
- mir
- geben
- fahren
How can you identify a strong verb?
- only verbs with an 'e' or 'a' in their stem can be strong verbs ✓
- by looking up the infinitive in the dictionary ✓
- all verbs with an 'e' or 'a' in their stem are strong verbs
- if the verb has an umlaut on a vowel it will always be strong
Fill in the gap in the following sentence with the correct form of 'sprechen': 'Der Junge __________ im Klassenzimmer.'
- spreche
- sprichst
- spricht ✓
- sprechen
Fill in the gap to complete the translation of the following sentence into English: 'Sie fährt jedes Jahr nach Österreich.' - 'She ______ to Austria every year.'
- 'drives' ✓

Consonantal [r] ...
- is pronounced after a long vowel.
- is pronounced at the start of a syllable. ✓
- is pronounced after a consonant. ✓
- is pronounced after a short vowel. ✓
- often sounds barely there.
Which of these words or phrases have a vocalic [r], which is pronounced after a long vowel?
- Uhr (f) ✓
- rot
- sehr oft ✓
- Regel (f)
- Markt (m) ✓
The grammatical gender of a compound noun is ...
- the same as its first noun.
- the same as its final noun. ✓
- always neuter.
- always masculine.
- always feminine.
Match each strong verb to their vowel change.
- helfen
  
  ⇔
  
  e to i ✓
- lesen
  
  ⇔
  
  e to ie ✓
- schlafen
  
  ⇔
  
  a to ä ✓
- laufen
  
  ⇔
  
  au to äu ✓
Translate the following compound noun into English: 'das Urlaubshaus'
- 'holiday house' ✓
Translate the following sentence into German: 'He never forgets the ball.'
- 'Er vergisst den Ball nie.' ✓

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[r] is a rolling sound at the start of a syllable, after a consonant or a short vowel. This is consonantal [r].
[r] is a gentle 'ah' sound after a long vowel and in '-er'. It often sounds barely there. This is vocalic [r].
Combine two or more nouns to form a compound noun. Its grammatical gender will be the same as that of the final noun.
The English meaning of German compound nouns is not always a word-for-word translation.
Strong verbs have a vowel change in their verb stem in the ‘du’, ‘sie’, ‘er’ and ‘es’ forms.

Compound nouns take the gender of their first noun.

Compound nouns take the gender of their final noun.

[r] - pronounced with a rolling sound as in 'reden', or a gentle 'ah' sound as in 'Uhr'
Compound noun - two or more nouns put together to make one longer noun
Strong verb - a verb which changes its vowel in the verb stem of some of its forms