Freunde: 'gern' and 'lieber', dictation, comparative adverbs | German

Starter quiz

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

das Afrika

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Africa ✓

die Beziehung

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relation, relationship ✓

die Eltern

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parents ✓

das Haus

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house, home ✓

das Land

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country ✓
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

freundlich

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kind, nice, friendly ✓

gemeinsam

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common, mutual, mutually ✓

glücklich

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happy, fortunate ✓

groß

⇔

big, tall ✓

klein

⇔

small, little ✓

schön

⇔

lovely, beautiful, beautifully ✓
Is the [er] in 'jünger' stressed or unstressed?

stressed

unstressed ✓
Does the [st] in 'meistens' sound like 'scht' or 'st'?

scht

st ✓
Choose the correct statement based on the following sentence: 'Ich trinke gern Wasser aber ich trinke lieber Kaffee.'

This person prefer water.

This person prefers coffee. ✓

This person likes water and coffee equally.
Choose the correct statement based on the following sentence: 'Der Mann spricht leiser als die Eltern.'

The man speaks more quietly. ✓

The parents speak more quietly.

The man and the parents speak equally quietly.

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

der Blick

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view ✓

der Mann

⇔

husband ✓

die Vorstellung

⇔

idea ✓

schlimm

⇔

bad, serious ✓

wenigstens

⇔

at least ✓

her

⇔

from something ✓
Does [st] sound like 'scht', 'st' or both in the following sentence? 'Der Student steckt stolz seinen Stift in die Tasche.'

scht ✓

st

both scht and st
Does the following sentence contain a stressed -er, unstressed -er, or both? 'Der freundliche Lehrer erklärt sehr gerne alles.'

stressed -er

unstressed -er

both stressed and unstressed -er ✓
Fill in the gap in the following sentence to mean 'prefer': 'Ich mag Emils Stimme gern, aber ich mag ______ Leons Stimme.'

'lieber' ✓
Turn 'weit' into a comparative adverb to complete the following sentence: 'Dieses Flugzeug fliegt ______.'

'weiter' ✓
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'My husband runs faster than me.'

1

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mein

2

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Mann

3

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läuft

4

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schneller

5

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als

6

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ich

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When [er] is the stressed syllable, it usually sounds like two short syllables: 'e-uh'.
When the syllable is unstressed, [-er] sounds like ‘uh’, most often at the end of the word.
Use a verb with 'gern' to mean 'like'.
Use a verb with 'lieber' to mean 'prefer'.
Add –er to turn adverbs into comparatives.

Add -er to form all comparative adverbs.

Some comparative adverbs are irregular.