Starter quiz

  • Match the German words below to their English equivalents.
    • der Ausdruck
      term, expression ✓
    • der Blick
      view, look ✓
    • der Baum
      tree ✓
    • der Unterschied
      difference ✓
    • die Reihe
      row, line ✓
    • der Satz
      sentence ✓
  • Match the following German verbs to their English equivalents.
    • bilden
      to form, educate ✓
    • klingen
      to sound ✓
    • merken
      to notice ✓
    • unterrichten
      to teach ✓
    • lernen
      to learn ✓
    • heißen
      to be called ✓
  • Match the forms of 'haben' below to the correct sentences to construct sentences in the perfect tense.
    • habe
      Ich __________ früher in Syrien gewohnt. ✓
    • hast
      __________ du die Bedeutung von der Religion verstanden? ✓
    • hat
      Er __________über die Bedeutung von der Religion gesprochen. ✓
    • haben
      __________ Sie früher etwas über internationale Probleme gelesen? ✓
    • habt
      __________ ihr die Information online gefunden? ✓
  • Put the words below in the correct order: The past participles of __________ verbs sandwich the verb __________ with 'ge' and '-t'. Verbs beginning with 'er' or __________ do not need __________.
    • 1
      weak
    • 2
      stem
    • 3
      'be'
    • 4
      'ge'
  • Put the words below in the correct order: The past participles of strong __________ sandwich the verb stem with 'ge' and __________. Sometimes the verb __________ __________ changes.
    • 1
      verbs
    • 2
      '-en'
    • 3
      stem
    • 4
      vowel
  • Which of the following statements are true?
    • All past participles start with 'ge'.
    • In a normal sentence in German, the participle comes at the end of the sentence.  ✓
    • All past participles end with '-en'.
    • All past participles follow the rules for either weak or strong past participles
    • Some past participles don't follow the rules for strong or weak verbs.  ✓
+