Leben in Deutschland test: the words the questions are made of
For anyone preparing for the Leben in Deutschland test at A2 to B1 who knows the facts but stalls on the German of the questions, this page gives the fifty recurring words by family.
Read the page →How to prepare for the Einbürgerungstest / Leben in Deutschland test
For candidates who know the questions are published and want a method, covering what the catalogue asks, which fields carry the points, and how to work through them in German.
Read the page →Der, die or das? The endings that decide German gender
For A2 to B1 learners who still guess the article, nine endings and three meaning groups that settle most of the nouns you meet.
Read the page →The four German cases in one table
For learners from A2 upwards who want the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive on one page, with the sentences that show what each one does.
Read the page →weil, denn, deshalb: German connectors and where the verb goes
For A2 and B1 learners who know the words but lose the verb, with the three word-order rules and the sentences that show them.
Read the page →Separable and inseparable German verbs: the prefix system
For A2 to B1 learners, the prefix meanings, the position rule, and the stress and Perfekt tests, built from everyday verbs like anrufen and verstehen.
Read the page →German B1 letter writing: the blueprint and the Redemittel
For learners preparing a Goethe or telc B1 letter who want the fixed skeleton, the set phrases and the connectors in hand before they write a sentence.
Read the page →Goethe / telc B1 Schreiben: a model letter, sentence by sentence
For candidates facing the informal email in Goethe B1 Teil 1 who want to see one complete answer taken apart and know why each sentence is there.
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