Starter quiz

  • When is a vowel short?
    • when it is followed by more than one consonant  ✓
    • when it is followed by one consonant
    • when it is followed by the letter ‘h’
  • What type of nouns have a capital letter in German?
    • proper nouns like the names of people or countries
    • common nouns like 'table' or 'bottle'
    • all nouns  ✓
  • What do 'der', 'die' and 'das' all mean?
    • 'The' ✓
  • Match these German nouns to their English meanings.
    • der Tisch
      (the) table ✓
    • die Tafel
      (the) board ✓
    • das Fenster
      (the) window ✓
    • die Flasche
      (the) bottle ✓
    • das Heft
      (the) book ✓
  • Put these parts of a sentence in the correct order to form a German sentence. The first word in this sentence has not been capitalised.
    • 1
      wo
    • 2
      ist
    • 3
      der
    • 4
      Gast
    • 5
      ?
  • Put these parts of a sentence in the correct order to form a German sentence. The first word in this sentence has not been capitalised.
    • 1
      das
    • 2
      Fenster
    • 3
      ist
    • 4
      da
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