DEUTSCH – NA KLAR!  Exercises to accompany CCSF’s German program’s textbook:

http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/german/dnk/dnkexercises/exindex.htm

EINFÜHRUNG - INTRODUCTION

PRONUNCIATION

How DO you pronounce Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in German?  Listen to the sounds of the German alphabet, including those challenging umlauts!  Don't miss the sound files for popular tongue twisters such as "In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum" at

http://www.ex.ac.uk/german/abinitio/pronounce/

THEN listen to the alphabet rap song to really get it down!

http://www.ex.ac.uk/german/abinitio/pronounce/alphamfg.html

Check your knowledge of German and European geography.

http://grow.aatg.org/vol_2-2/web_exercises/exercise_pages/staedteex.html

Then take this self-correcting quiz on German terms for various countries.

http://www.quia.com/jg/273830.html

Test your knowledge of numbers (Introduction) and days of the week (Chapter 3).

http://www.quia.com/jg/288615.html

Listen to sound files for 0-100.

http://german.about.com/library/blgerlab_zahlen.htm

Guten Tag!  Here’s a self-correcting quiz of basic greetings. 

http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/widmaier/chapter1/multiple1/deluxe-content.html

Listen to sound files of greetings and everyday pleasantries.

http://german.about.com/library/anfang/blanfang01.htm

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Wie ist die Adresse?  Exercises for asking about address and telephone numbers.

http://vassun.vassar.edu/~vonderem/deutsch_heute/Kapitel01/Ubungen/adresse.html

Ich habe eine Frage!  Match up terms used in the classroom with English equivalents.

http://www.quia.com/jg/28565.html

REVIEW INTRODUCTORY VOCABULARY

http://www.quia.com/jg/28557.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/28562.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/28564.html

KAPITEL EINS  “ÜBER MICH UND ANDERE” (CHAPTER ONE)

4 sets of  basic exercises for describing people, all self-correcting. 

http://vassun.vassar.edu/~vonderem/deutsch_heute/Kapitel02/Ubungen/adjektive.html

http://vassun.vassar.edu/~vonderem/deutsch_heute/Kapitel02/Ubungen/negat2.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/1634.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/26484.html

Should you use “DU” “IHR” or “SIE”?  Take this self-correcting quiz and find out.

http://german.tqn.com/library/bldusiequiz.htm

KAPITEL EINS VERBS

http://www.quia.com/jg/23254.html

Changing “ich” to “er”.  Change pronouns in a short paragraph from first to third person.  Be careful with the verb changes! 

http://www.hschwab.com/quizzes/ichpov.htm

WORD ORDER.  When you know the one ESSENTIAL rule take this short, self-correcting quiz.

http://www.southern.dpsnc.net/german/scenes/german1/syntax1.htm

VERB CONJUGATION.  Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of present tense conjugation.

http://german.about.com/library/blregverb_qz01.htm

and here’s another:

http://www.quia.com/pop/2992.html

QUESTION WORDS.  WASWIEWOWANNWERUSW?  Play these matching games.

http://www.quia.com/jg/28439.html

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KAPITEL ZWEI  “WIE ICH WOHNE”  (CHAPTER TWO)

LIVING ACCOMODATIONS.  Multiple choice quiz.

http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/widmaier/chapter8/multiple1/deluxe-content.html

Match up house-related German nouns with their English counterparts.

http://www.quia.com/mc/65841.html

Here are more house-related terms (with plural German forms) to match up.

 http://www.quia.com/jg/29522.html

Review VOCABULARY for KAPITEL 2 with these:

http://www.quia.com/jg/29521.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/29522.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/29758.html

KAPITEL 2 VERBS

http://www.quia.com/jg/23351.html

HABEN AND SEIN.  Two essential verbs.  Test yourself! 

http://www.quia.com/jg/66007.html

Verbs with stem-vowel changes.  Practice, practice, practice. Übung macht den Meister!

http://www.quia.com/pop/3039.html

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KAPITEL DREI  “FAMILIE UND FREUNDE” (Chapter Three)

FAMILY terminology.  Here’s a gap fill-in exercise to complete, then check your answers.

http://www.hschwab.com/quizzes/familie.htm

Here are two matching, flash card, word search, and concentration exercises to test your knowledge of family-related terms.

http://www.quia.com/jg/66120.html

http://www.quia.com/mc/29762.html

FESTE UND FEIERTAGE.  Test your knowledge of German festivals and holidays.

http://www.quia.com/jg/30833.html

ORDINAL NUMBERS.  Be the first in your class to do these!

http://www.quia.com/jg/30840.html

Practice SUBJECT and OBJECT (nominative and accusative) pronouns.

http://www.quia.com/pop/15423.html

ACCUSATIVE  PREPOSITIONS.  Übung macht den Meister!

http://www.quia.com/pop/3907.html

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES and ACCUSATIVE PRONOUNS.  Don’t mix them up!

http://www.quia.com/jg/30843.html

KENNEN or WISSEN?  Take this quiz to see if you “know” the difference!

http://www.quia.com/pop/1906.html

More KENNEN or WISSEN.  Read first, then take a short test.

http://www.german.about.com/library/anfang/blanfang16.htm

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KAPITAL VIER “MEIN TAG” (Chapter Four)

DIE UHRZEIT.  It’s never too late to practice these!

http://www.quia.com/mc/31132.html

KINO, MUSIK, THEATER. 

http://www.quia.com/jg/31129.html

KAPITEL 4 VERBS

http://www.quia.com/jg/23358.html

SEPARABLE PREFIX VERBS.   A short quiz.

http://www.serve.com/shea/sepjig.swf

SEPARABLE PREFIX VERBS WITH MODALS.  A short quiz.

http://www.serve.com/shea/sepfix3.htm

MODAL VERBS.  Here’s a self-scoring quiz.

http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa032299b.htm

IMPERATIVE/COMMAND FORM

Confused about commands?  Go to this site!

http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/german/grammatik/imperative/imperative.html

TIME EXPRESSIONS.  Here’s  a matching game to practice these.

http://www.quia.com/jg/31128.html

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KAPITEL FÜNF “EINKAUFEN” (Chapter Five)

EINKAUFEN IN DEUTSCHLAND.  A one-stop virtual shopping site that will take you to department/clothing stores, food stores, you name it!  Kauf ein!

http://sps.k12.mo.us/khs/german/germany/shopping/dtshop.htm

DIE FARBEN.  Matching game for colors.  Grün/green/rot/red u.s.w.

http://www.quia.com/jg/31343.html

KLEIDUNGSSTÜCKE.  Kleider machen Leute!

http://www.quia.com/mc/31368.html

LEBENSMITTEL.  Match up important food terms from Kapitel 5.

http://www.quia.com/jg/31138.html

KAPITEL 5 VERBS

http://www.quia.com/jg/23364.html

DATIVE.  Yes, it’s the dreaded dative case.  But there’s help!

First, read this easy-to-understand presentation of the dative:

http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/german/grammatik/dative/dative.html

Then, practice dative pronouns with this exercise.

http://www.quia.com/pop/4196.html

Here are more dative pronoun and possessive pronouns dative endings to practice:

http://www.quia.com/pop/2590.html

Dative prepositions?  Kein Problem!

 http://www.quia.com/pop/4310.html

Select the appropriate pronoun for dative verbs.

http://www.quia.com/pop/4723.html

You’ll have to type in the answers yourself, but it’s self-correcting.

http://www.hschwab.com/quizzes/dativ.htm

“DER WORDS”  - DIESER, WELCHER

Try these two for “dieser” and “welcher.”

http://www.hschwab.com/quizzes/dieser.htm

http://www.hschwab.com/quizzes/welcher.htm

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KAPITEL SECHS “WIR GEHEN AUS” (Chapter Six)

ESSEN UND TRINKEN

Use these activities to test your vocabulary for eating and drinking. 

http://www.quia.com/jg/32427.html

KAPITEL 6 VERBS

http://www.quia.com/jg/23365.html

TWO-WAY PREPOSITIONS

First, read this short discussion of two-way prepositions:

http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/german/grammatik/twoways/twoways.html

Practice on these direction-only prepositions:

http://www.quia.com/pop/3800.html

Is it “Ich hänge es an die (or) der Wand?  Check your knowledge of this important concept.

http://www.quia.com/pop/3798.html

Liegen/legen and stellen/stehen.  What’s the difference? 

http://www.quia.com/pop/4354.html

Try this gap fill-in exercise to practice location vs. placement.

http://www.hschwab.com/quizzes/zimmer.htm

HABEN and SEIN in the simple past tense.

http://www.quia.com/pop/2912.html

Practice the present and past tense conjugation of “HABEN.”

http://www.quia.com/jg/23524.html

Practice the present and past tense conjugation of “SEIN.”

http://www.quia.com/jg/23517.html

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KAPITEL SIEBEN “FREIZEIT UND SPORT” (Chapter Seven)

CULTURE, HUMOR, SHOPPING, TRADITIONS, OFF-BEAT

MEINE HOBBYS.  Practice your knowledge of hobby terminology.

http://www.quia.com/jg/267887.html

DAS WETTER.  Always an important conversational topic!  Test your knowledge of weather-related terms:

http://www.quia.com/jg/260120.html

CHAPTER 7 VERBS.

http://www.quia.com/jg/26689.html

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Practice those past participles!

http://www.quia.com/jfc/48534.html

And here’s yet another chance!  Don’t miss it!

http://www.quia.com/custom/48724main.html

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Updated: 5/12/06