McKinnon Secondary College

German Grammar

(info and online exercises)

(See also the Vocabulary Resources list)

Noun gender, endings, der/die/das etc

The Amazing »der/die/das« Table online! • plus printable PDF versions: [PDF logo] black&white or colour (150Kb)

Verb Stuff

Thanks to Verbix.com, see tables showing all forms of any German verb:

Type the infinitive of the verb, eg machen, into the yellow box above and click »Go!«
Don't type capital letters! Here's help on how to type umlauts.

Word order

verb as 2nd idea (basic sentences)

verb as 2nd idea (different ways of starting sentences)

verb as 2nd idea (time info before place info!)

basic word order (D Nutting)

Conjunctions

Handout: list of conjunctions with example sentences and practice ([PDF logo] PDF, 143Kb)

Conjunctions - interactive exercise, pick the right conjunction for the sentence

»Wie sollte ein Austauschschüler sein?« - interactive exercise, pick the right conjunction for the sentence

Die Berliner Mauer - intro text, pick the right conjunctions

Various Stuff

Prepositions:

  1. quiz (A) on "two-way" prepositions : they use Accusative/Dative (movement/location...multiple-choice exercise)
  2. quiz (B) on "two-way" prepositions : they use Accusative/Dative (movement/location...gap-fill exercise)
  3. quiz on the prepositions zu & nach
  4. prepositions handout : a list of prepositions with example sentences & practice sentences ([PDF logo] PDF, 90Kb)

Pronouns:

the personal pronouns

Relative Pronouns:

Nominative & Accusative (#1)
Nominative & Accusative (#2)
Wo ich früher wohnte... (Nominative & Accusative)

Question words:

Interrogatives (question words: pick right one to fill gap)

Adjectives:

How to compare things using adjectives in German

Genitive:

"Kaufen Sie dieses Haus!" - cloze reading text

Various:

Lernnetz - »Grammatik zum Selbstlernen« ... Johannes Jänen's set of resources (from Sweden)

Tricky Expressions in German

Compiled by D Nutting

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