German single-word past tense used mainly to narrate past events in writing; e.g., 'war', 'hatte', 'gab', 'fand'

work out the likely meaning of an unfamiliar word based on knowledge of the surrounding words in the text and the structure of the word itself

prefix added to prepositions to avoid repetition of the noun

prefix added to prepositions to form questions

Explanation - Es war ein armes kleines Mädchen, das stickte nur mit kurzen ...

B1d feeedback - 1 Es war ein armes kleines Mädchen, das stickte nur mit ...

B1d feedback - 2 Ich glaube, Lina war ihr Name. Sie wurde eine schöne Dame.

B1d feedback - 3 War fleißig, brav und lernte gerne, da kam ein Prinz aus ...

B1d feedback - 4 Der sagte: „Liebe gute Lina, komm mit mir auf mein Schloss ...

B1d feedback - 5 Dort sitzen sie nun alle beide, auf einem Thron von gelber ...

Fairy tales and poetry: da- and wo- compounds, imperfect

German

Fairy tales: diminutives, singular imperfect tense

Der Rattenfänger: understanding a Grimm brothers' fairy tale, imperfect tense

This unit introduces the imperfect (simple past) tense of regular and highly frequent irregular verbs in singular persons.Da- compounds are revisited along with the perfect tense and the historic present in the narration of a story.

Storytelling: imperfect tense

'Mein Bruder kauft eine Geige, denn er ist musikalisch.' What does 'Geige' mean?

Which question correctly asks 'What are you waiting for?'?

'Das Wetter? Ich habe Angst {{}}'. Write the correct word for 'of it'.

Write in German: 'I saw a stone'. Use the imperfect tense.

'Das Theaterstück? Ich habe keine Zeit __________.' Choose the correct missing word.

Order the words to say: 'She finds out about nature.'

Order the words to say: 'I always take a good book with me.'

Write in German: 'I need your (singular informal) help'.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Fairy tales and poetry: da- and wo- compounds, imperfect

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.