Beginner Level Worksheets

Beginner-Level Worksheets

I. Sentence structure:

1. Word order: changing the word order in simple sentences.

2. Word order: online exercise to change word order. One clause only.

3. Questions: online exercise to make simple questions.

4. Questions: online exercise to make questions (Kapitel 1 Deutsch Heute).

5. Sentence creation: making statements or questions out of fragments.

6. Clauses: which clauses belong together? (online exercise, coordinating and subordinating).

7. Sentence starters: complete sentences with an appropriate second clause (coordinating

and subordinating conjunctions).

8. Word order: online exercise, changing the beginning of a sentence

9. Indirect questions: word order for indirect questions. Online exercise.

10. Word order: online exercise for word order after subordinating and coordinating conjunctions

11. Clauses: team or individual activity to make sentences with subordinating/coordinating

conjunctions. Teachers may wish to assign points for correct sentences and turn this into a

friendly competition.

12. Subordinate clauses in the present perfect: online exercise

II. Verbs:

1. Conjugation (present tense): adding correct endings to regular verbs.

2. Conjugation (present tense): online exercise, regular verbs only.

3. Irregular verb conjugation (present tense): online exercise (Deutsch Heute, Kap. E-3)

4. Irregular verbs: completing table of irregular verbs in the present tense.

5. Irregular verb conjugation: Fill in the blank (Deutsch Heute Kap. E-4)

6. Irregular verb conjugation: online ex., irregular present tense ( Deutsch Heute, Kap. E-7)

7. Crossword puzzle: Irregular present tense verbs.

8. Modal verbs/infinitives: Audio activity with text and exercises.

9. Separable prefix verbs: worksheet with four separable prefix activities (Deutsch Heute

Kap. 4); online exercise for separable prefix verbs.

10. Modal quiz: timed online modal quiz

11. Modal conjugation: online exercise; present tense of modals

12. Irregular participles: timed online quiz (Deutsch Heute, Kap. 6)

13. Present perfect tense: reading text with practice for past participles.

14. Present perfect: change sentences from present to present perfect; online exercise.

15. Verbs as Nouns: online exercise.

16. Verbs used as nouns: oral partner activity

17. Present to Present Perfect: changing present-tense sentences to present perfect.

18. Present Perfect: verbs that use "sein". Online exercise.

19. "Position verbs": online exercise for liegen/legen/stehen/stellen/sitzen/setzen/

hängen/stecken; very easy.

20. Imperatives: online exercise (easy, Deutsch Heute Kap. E - 3)

21. Imperatives: online exercise for imperative (harder, uses separable prefix verbs)

III. Cases:

1. Direct objects: practice sentences with typical accusative patterns. Classroom/individual

activity.

2. Nominative and Accusative articles and pronouns: online exercise with family vocab.

3. Reise zum Mond: classroom activity to practice accusative objects or separable prefixes.

4. Articles/pronouns: Online fill-in-the-blank exercises (Deutsch Heute Kap. E - 4),

Ex. 1

5. Der-words: timed online fill-in-the-blank exercise (nominative/accusative only)

6. Accusative and Dative objects: timed online exercise; add the correct article form.

7. Dative Prepositions: easy worksheet and listening activity.

8. Direct and indirect objects: online multiple-choice sentences. Which one is correct?

Difficult for beginners, but possible with help.

9. Subject, direct object or indirect object: Online exercise to identify elements in

German sentences.

10. Direct and indirect objects: easy; focus on correct case endings.

11. Direct and indirect objects: grammar handout with practice sentences, focus on word

order for dative and accusative nouns and pronouns.

12. Dative prepositions: online exercise for use of dative prepositions.

13. Dative prepositions: online quiz

14. Dative/accusative review: exercises for dative and accusative objects and pronouns.

15. Nominative/accusative/dative: recognizing gender and case markers

16. Prepositions: Choose the correct preposition, mostly idiomatic expressions; very simple

online exercise (Deutsch Heute, Kap. 7).

17. Article endings: online exercise for article endings (nom./accus./dat.); with and without

prepositions.

18. Two-Way Prepositions: power point presentation to provide additional examples for

two-way preposition sentences.

19. Two-Way Prepositions: multiple choice quiz.

20. Two-Way Prepositions: pretty easy exercise.

IV. Pronouns:

1. Personal pronouns (nominative): Simple powerpoint for replacing nouns with pronouns.

2. Possessive pronouns: Nominative only! Very easy.

3. Possessive pronouns: online exercise. Nominative only! (Deutsch Heute, Kap. 2)

4. Possessive pronouns: With family vocabulary. Two-in-one exercise.

5. Personal pronouns: nominative and accusative. Easy online exercise.

6. Dative and accusative pronouns: online exercise for replacing dative and accusative

noun objects with pronouns.

V. Miscellaneous:

1. Basic Introductions: Classroom activity for teachers.

2. Numbers: online math exercise to write out German numbers.

3. Calendar activity: days of the week, ordinal numbers.

4. German last names: analyzing some German last names found in U.S. phone books.

5. Chapter 1 Review: Review exercises for chapter 1 of Deutsch Heute (9th ed.)

6. General Review: this is actually a placement test, but the first two sections feature good

review questions for students with 1-2 semesters of German and could be used in a classroom

with teacher assistance/grading. You won't be able to get online results unless you are applying

to Willamette University.

7. Chapter 3 Review: review exercises for chapter 3 of Deutsch Heute (9th ed.)

8. Chapter 4 Review: review exercises for chapter 4 of Deutsch Heute (9th ed.)

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