Who, what, how and where? Forming questions, compound nouns | German

Starter quiz

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- der Tisch
  
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  table ✓
- das Fenster
  
  ⇔
  
  window ✓
- die Flasche
  
  ⇔
  
  bottle ✓
- die Tafel
  
  ⇔
  
  board ✓
- das Heft
  
  ⇔
  
  exercise book ✓
Match each article to the correct grammatical gender.
- der
  
  ⇔
  
  masculine ✓
- die
  
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  feminine ✓
- das
  
  ⇔
  
  neuter ✓
Match up the long form of each German verb to the correct English translations.
- wissen
  
  ⇔
  
  to know, knowing ✓
- sein
  
  ⇔
  
  to be, being ✓
- sagen
  
  ⇔
  
  to say, to tell ✓
Match the German adjectives to the correct English translations.
- blau
  
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  blue ✓
- rot
  
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  red ✓
- gelb
  
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  yellow ✓
- klein
  
  ⇔
  
  small ✓
- groß
  
  ⇔
  
  big ✓
True or false? If someone asked you 'Wie sagt man das?', you would tell them how to say something.
- True ✓
- False
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- die Farbe
  
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  colour ✓
- die Nummer
  
  ⇔
  
  number ✓
- der Ort
  
  ⇔
  
  place ✓
- ich weiß nicht
  
  ⇔
  
  I don't know ✓
- guten Tag
  
  ⇔
  
  hello ✓

Which of these words are compound nouns?
- der Tag
- der Fußball ✓
- das Haus
- das Tier
- das Haustier ✓
Match the German nouns below to the correct English translations.
- der Lehrer
  
  ⇔
  
  teacher ✓
- das Wasser
  
  ⇔
  
  water ✓
- die Welt
  
  ⇔
  
  world ✓
- das Wort
  
  ⇔
  
  word ✓
- der Freund
  
  ⇔
  
  friend ✓
Match the German question words to the correct English translations.
- Wo?
  
  ⇔
  
  Where? ✓
- Wer?
  
  ⇔
  
  Who? ✓
- Was?
  
  ⇔
  
  What? ✓
- Wie?
  
  ⇔
  
  How? / Like what? ✓
Match the questions below to the correct answers.
- Wo ist die Klasse?
  
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  Die Klasse ist da. ✓
- Was ist das?
  
  ⇔
  
  Das ist ein Fenster. ✓
- Wie geht's?
  
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  Gut, danke. ✓
- Wer ist das?
  
  ⇔
  
  Das ist der Deutschlehrer. ✓
- Wie ist der Mann?
  
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  Der Mann ist klein. ✓
What is the most natural English translation of 'nicht wahr' at the end of a question?
- isn't it? ✓
- not true?
- not correct?
A translator has translated these sentences from English into German. Which ones are correct?
- The table is there. - 'Tisch ist da.'
- The window is yellow. - 'Das fenster ist gelb.'
- What is that? - 'Was ist das?' ✓
- Hello, how are you? - 'Hallo, wie geht's?' ✓
- Where is the football? - 'Wer ist der Fußball?'

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[w] sounds like the English [v].
The question word 'Wer?' means 'Who?'.
The question words 'Was?', 'Wo?' and 'Wie?' mean 'What?', 'Where?' and 'How?'.
Two nouns can combine to form a compound noun, which takes the gender of the 2nd noun; for example, 'der Fußball'.

'Wer?' means 'Where?'.

'Wer?' means 'Who?'. A good way to remember its meaning is to think of a ‘hoover’: 'Who Wer?'.

Compound noun - two or more nouns put together to make one long word
[w] - pronounced [w] as in 'Wo?'
Wer - who
Information question - wh- word question that requires more information in the answer than just yes/no
Translator - person who translates text from one language to another