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Vocabulary overviews for PAST German 101/102/103 courses using the textbook Vorsprung [searchable Google docs!]
To practice the vocabulary for each chapter, go to the German 101 Quizlet folder (Kapitel 1-6) or the German 102 Quizlet folder (Kapitel 7-11). You can also preview the German 231 vocabulary here.
Suggested procedure:
- Work on one chapter at a time; re-visit earlier chapters regularly
- Be sure to turn on the German audio (Settings/Options > turn ON “Text to speech” and then turn OFF the English audio in the “Advanced text to speech” setting that becomes available when you turn on “Text to speech”). Do your best to imitate the audio when you read the German side of the cards!
- Spend 10-15 minutes at a time going through the cards. For each card, try to form a very simple sentence with the word as quickly as you can, and say it out loud
- Your sentences can be as simple as “[Noun] ist groß/klein/abstrakt; Ich mag [Noun] (nicht); Ich [Verb] (nicht) gern; Ich bin (nicht) [Adjective/Adverb]
- Absurd/surreal sentences can be fun & effective. Keep them simple & picture them!
- Can’t think of a sentence right away? Just say the word out loud and move on.
- Here are some ideas for forming simple sentences quickly.
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| Legacy Video Lectures |
Comprehension checks for the video lectures, and end-of-chapter worksheets (used in PAST German 101/102/103 courses) |
Vocabulary handouts & exercises for PAST German 101/102/103 courses by chapter |
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Kapitel 1 Main topics:
- Formal commands
- heißen & sein
- Questions
- der/das/die and ein/ein/eine
- The pronouns er/es/sie
- Nominative Case
- Negation: kein vs nicht
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
- See 20 items at a time, with option to “submit score”
- See all items in item bank; no “submit” option [not available yet]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet
Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
- See 20 items at a time, with option to “submit score”
- See all items in item bank; no “submit” option [not available yet]
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Kapitel 2 Main topics:
- haben
- Present tense of regular verbs
- gern
- Accusative Case
- Masculine N-nouns (Weak Nouns)
- Verb in Position 2
- Telling time
- Separable verbs
- The position of nicht & a review of nicht vs kein
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
- See 20 items at a time, with option to “submit score”
- See all items in item bank; no “submit” option [not available yet]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2
Additional practice [external site:]
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Kapitel 3 Main topics:
- Present tense of stem-changing verbs
- Accusative Pronouns
- Nominative and Accusative of Possessive Adjectives
- Coordinating Conjunctions: und, denn, sondern, aber, oder
- lieber
- The modal verbs möchte and können
- wissen & kennen
- Noun plurals
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2
Additional practice [external site:]
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Kapitel 4 Main topics:
- The Imperative
- Modal verbs
- Accusative prepositions
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet
Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
- See 20 items at a time, with option to “submit score”
- See all items in item bank; no “submit” option [not available yet]
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Kapitel 5 Main topics:
- Conversational Past tense (das Perfekt)
- Present tense verbs with seit, schon and erst
- The subordinating conjunctions weil, dass and ob
- Infinitive clauses with zu
- Word order: What we’ve learned so far
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Comprehension check [worksheet]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet
Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
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Kapitel 6 Main topics:
- Dative Case
- The subordinating conjunction wenn
- Der-words
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2
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Kapitel 7 Main topics:
- Two-way prepositions
- The verb pairs liegen/legen, stehen/stellen, hängen/hängen and sitzen/setzen
- Time expressions
- Word order: time, manner, place
- The subordinating conjunction damit
Supplementary Video with great usage examples for the 2-way prepositions
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2
Additional practice [external site:]
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Kapitel 8 Main topics:
- Reflexive verbs
- Future tense
- Prepositional verbs
- Da- and Wo-compounds
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Comprehension check [worksheet]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet
Vocabulary check [online exercise]
- See 20 items at a time, with option to “submit score”
- See all items in item bank; no “submit” option [not available yet]
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Kapitel 9, Teil 1 Main topics:
- Relative clauses
- Introduction to Subjunctive II
- würde + infinitive
- hätte & wäre
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet
Vocabulary check [online exercise]
- See 20 items at a time, with option to “submit score”
- See all items in item bank; no “submit” option [not available yet]
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Kapitel 9, Teil 2 Main topics
- Adjective endings
- Comparative & Superlative
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Comprehension check [worksheet]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Kapitel 10 Main topics:
- Narrative Past tense
- Als, wenn, wann and ob
- Word order in sentences beginning with a subordinate clause
- Past Perfect tense and the conjunctions bevor & nachdem
- Genitive Case
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2
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Kapitel 11, Teil 1 Main topics:
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Comprehension check [worksheet] |
Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet
Vocabulary check [online exercise]
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Kapitel 11, Teil 2 Main topics:
- Passive Voice
- Summary of the uses of werden
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Comprehension check [online exercise]
End-of-chapter worksheet
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