Life at home: building sentences, present tense singular | German

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Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- bitte
  
  ⇔
  
  please ✓
- danke
  
  ⇔
  
  thank you ✓
- oder
  
  ⇔
  
  or ✓
- und
  
  ⇔
  
  and ✓
- aber
  
  ⇔
  
  but ✓
- nochmal
  
  ⇔
  
  again ✓
Match the singular persons below to the correct present tense verb endings.
- ich
  
  ⇔
  
  -e ✓
- du
  
  ⇔
  
  -st ✓
- er, sie, es
  
  ⇔
  
  -t ✓
What is the adverb in the following sentence? 'Ich zeichne im Klassenzimmer.'
- im Klassenzimmer ✓
- zeichne
- ich
Which verbs add a '-t' to the stem in the 2nd person singular present tense, instead of '-st'?
- tanzen ✓
- putzen ✓
- reden
- sein
- haben
Which verbs add '-e-' to the verb stem in the 2nd and 3rd person singular present tense, before the verb ending?
- tanzen
- arbeiten ✓
- reden ✓
- kochen
- wohnen
Translate the following sentence into German: 'I play music every day.'
- 'Ich spiele jeden Tag Musik.' ✓

Select the words with a long [u]:
- Buch ✓
- Minute ✓
- gut ✓
- unten
- du ✓
Which translations of 'er nutzt' are correct?
- she uses
- he is using ✓
- she is using
- he uses ✓
Put the words below into word order 1 (subject, verb, adverb, noun).
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  ich
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  lese
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  im
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Garten
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  ein
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  Buch
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- lieber
  
  ⇔
  
  dear (m) ✓
- liebe
  
  ⇔
  
  dear (f) ✓
- die Liebe
  
  ⇔
  
  love ✓
- viele Grüße
  
  ⇔
  
  best wishes ✓

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[u] can be either short (followed by 2 or more consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant or 'h').
'Buch' is an exception, with a long [u] before 2 consonants.
There is only one present tense in German: 'ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.

There are two present tenses in German, as in English.

There is only one present tense in German. 'Ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.

[u] - pronounced as in 'du' or 'Punkt'
Present tense - describes habitual events in the present or what is happening now: 'I do' or ‘I’m doing’