Exercise Categories
Work through the CEFR-aligned exercise tracks for this pair — each category drills a single theme, from greetings to getting around.
37 exercises · Levels A1 → A2 → B1
First Steps
Pronouns and the two key verbs: sein, haben
Marina has just arrived in Berlin. In her first café visit, she meets Luana — and picks up the German personal pronouns, the all- important verbs *sein* (to be) and *haben* (to have), and the famous *du* vs. *Sie* split.
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First Words
Articles, three genders, greetings, and numbers
Every German noun is *der*, *die*, or *das* — masculine, feminine, or neuter. Learn the article system that powers the rest of the language, the greetings you'll use every day, and your first twenty numbers.
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In the City
Regular verbs, places, and giving directions
Marina is exploring Berlin and gets lost looking for a bookstore. Learn the regular verb pattern that powers most German verbs, name the places of a city, and pick up the precise way Germans give directions.
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Food and Culture
Eating, drinking, and the German bakery
Bread is serious business in Germany — the country has more than 3,000 registered varieties. Step into a Berlin bakery with Luana and Marina, learn the verbs *essen* and *trinken*, and pick up the phrases that get you fed at a restaurant.
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Home and Family
Possessives, rooms, and the people who fill them
Marcos invites Marina and Luana to a Sunday lunch at his parents' flat. Pick up the German possessive adjectives, learn the rooms of a house, and the names of family members — masculine and feminine.
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Daily Routine
Reflexive verbs and telling the time
Wake up, wash, get dressed, head to work. Reflexive verbs are how Germans describe most of these everyday actions — and you'll finally learn why "half ten" is 9:30, not 10:30.
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Health
Body parts, symptoms, and the doctor's office
Marina catches a cold and goes to see Doktor Schneider. Learn the body parts, how to describe pain with *Ich habe… -schmerzen*, and the phrases that get you through a German *Arztpraxis*.
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The Accusative Case
When *der* becomes *den*
Welcome to your first German case. The accusative marks the **direct object** of a sentence — the thing being acted upon. Good news: only the masculine article changes. The rest stays exactly as you learned.
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Modal Verbs
Can, want, must, should, may, like
Modal verbs are the workhorses of conversational German. With just six of them — *können, wollen, müssen, sollen, dürfen, mögen* — you can talk about ability, desire, obligation, advice, permission, and preference. And you'll learn the famous rule: the main verb goes to the end.
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Shopping
Demonstratives, comparatives, and the clothing market
Marina and Luana go to a Berlin flea market to hunt for outfits. Learn how to point things out (*dieser, jener*), how to compare prices (*billiger als…*), and the vocabulary for clothing, colours, and a friendly bit of haggling.
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Preferences and Opinions
Gern, lieber, am liebsten
Germans express what they like with a tiny word that English doesn't have: *gern*. Add a verb and you've said you like doing it. Swap to *lieber* and you've said you prefer it. Swap to *am liebsten* and it's your favourite of all.
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The Perfekt Tense
How Germans actually talk about the past
The *Perfekt* is the everyday past tense in spoken German. It's built like the English *"I have eaten"* — auxiliary verb + past participle. The two tricky bits: which verbs take *haben* vs. *sein*, and where the participle goes in the sentence (the end, always).
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Memories
War, hatte, konnte — the Präteritum you actually need
The German simple past, the *Präteritum*, is mostly used in writing and storytelling. But four verbs use it even in speech: *sein, haben*, and the modal verbs. Learn *war* and *hatte* and you'll understand 80% of past-tense speech.
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Plans and Travels
Talking about the future without a future tense
The easiest way to talk about the future in German is — surprise! — the present tense, plus a time expression. *Nächstes Jahr fahren wir nach Italien.* Add the days, months, and seasons, and you can plan anything.
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