Question 1: Essential Nouns in German

Can you match the listed words with the pictures? This colour-coding will help you: 

masculine nouns | feminine nouns | neuter nouns | plural nouns

Deutsch • Eltern • Frau • Handy • Junge • Katze • Kinder • 

Lehrer • Lehrerin • Mädchen •  Mann  • Schule  

Question 2: Essential Rules of German Grammar

a In German, the word for "I" is .

b This word is written with a small lettera capital, except at the start of a sentence.

c German nouns belong to one of fourtwothree genders.

d The full form of a German verb is called the conjugatedinfinitive form.

e The word the in English can be translated to derein, einedie and dasein. This is called the indefinitedefinite article.

f The word for a/an in English can be translated to einder or einedie in German. These words are referred to as the definiteindefinite article.

The Most Important Verb in the Language, Part 1

Choose the correct conjugation of the verb "sein" for each pronoun in the conjugation table below.

Question 4: Using the verb "to be"

The Most Important Verb in the Language, Part 2

Fill in the missing words. Use the table above  to help you. The words you will need to use are in red.

bin X2 • bist • ist X4 • seid • sind X2

a I am tired. → Ich müde.

b My friend is funny. → Mein Freund lustig.

c My mother is nice. → Meine Mutter nett.

d They are lazy. → Sie faul.

e We are hard-working. → Wir fleißig.

f (to twins): You two are eleven years old, aren't you? → Ihr zwei elf Jahre alt, oder?

g Your father is strict. → Dein Vater streng.

h I think I'm musically talented. → Ich glaube, ich musikalisch.

i You are my friend. → Du mein Freund.

j He is a nice teacher. → Er ein netter Lehrer.

Listening Practice

Introducing yourself and stating your age

Recording: Herr Jäckisch kindly recorded this text.

Listen to the recording as often as you need to do so and fill in the missing words in the conversation below. Then answer the true/false questions. NOTE: In German, the word richtig means right or correct, while the word falsch means false or incorrect.

Gap Words: 

bist • Deutsch • du x 2 • guten • heiße • ich • ja • nein • zwölf 

Here are two special German letters, just in case your keyboard doesn't allow you to type them: ß  ö

ⓐ Hallo!

ⓑ  Tag!

ⓐ Ich Finn.

ⓑ Hallo, Finn! Wie alt du?

ⓐ Ich bin Jahre alt.

ⓑ Ich bin auch zwölf.

ⓐ Und wie heißt ?

ⓑ  heiße Mia.

ⓐ Lernst du , Mia?                                           

ⓑ , ich lerne Deutsch.

ⓐ Bist sportlich?

ⓑ , leider nicht, aber ich bin musikalisch.

Richtig oder falsch?

a falschrichtig: Finn und Mia sind 13 Jahre alt.

b falschrichtig: Mia ist musikalisch.

c falschrichtig: Mia lernt Deutsch.

d richtigfalsch: Mia ist sportlich.