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The following activities may help you to practice, review, and learn German. They should especially meet the needs of beginners (Deutsch für Anfänger), but may also help others who need to brush up on their German. All visitors are welcome to use this site and tell others about it. The activties on this page are not textbook specific.

Viel Glück und Erfolg!

Fragen und Antworten (Ask and answer some basic questions.)

1. Interrogatives (Question Words) Flashcards

2. Question and Answer Practice 1

Die Farben (Check your knowledge of basic colors with these exercises.)

1. Online Picture Flashcards for Colors

2. Nur zum Spaß doch ganz im Ernst: Colors in Plattdeutsch (Grundschule Brockdorf)

Körperteile (Practice body parts with these exercises.)

1. Online Picture Flashcards for Body Parts

2. Body Parts List (with link to online test)

3. Go directly to the Body Parts Test (Drag and Drop)

4. Body Parts Test 2 (Drag and Drop)

5. Nur zum Spaß doch ganz im Ernst: The Body in Plattdeutsch (Grundschule Brockdorf)

Kleidungsstücke (Practice clothing with these exercises.)

1. Power Point Presentation on Clothing

2. Online Picture Flashcards for Clothing

3. Vocabulary Flashcards for Clothing

4. Jigsaw Vocabulary Matching for Clothing

5. Wordsearch Vocabulary Matching for Clothing

6. Spelling Practice for Clothing

7. Simple Clothing Identification

8. Clothing Descriptions

9. Test Clothing, Colors, and Adjective Endings (lots of built in helps and links)

Hobbys und Freitzeitbeschäftigungen (Practice hobbies and free-time activities here.)

1. Multiple Choice with Pictures: Identify the Activities.

Fest- und Feiertage (Practice holidays with these exercises.)

1. Online Picture Flashcards for Halloween (Yes, Germans do celebrate Halloween.)

2. Online Picture Flashcards for Christmas

Essen und Zubehör (Practice foods and related topics with these exercises.)

1. Online Picture Flashcards for Fruits

2. Online Vocabulary Flashcards for Fruits

3. Online Picture Flashcards for Vegetables

4. Online Vocabulary Flashcards for Vegetables

5. Online Picture Flashcards for Picnics

6. Online Vocabulary Flashcards for Picnics

Zu Hause (Practice vocabulary for house and home with these exercises.)

1. Drag and Drop for the Office

2. Drag and Drop for the Living Room

3. Drag and Drop for the Dining Room

4. Drag and Drop for the Computer

In der Schule (Practice vocabulary for school with these exercises.)

1. Drag and Drop for the Classroom 1

2. Drag and Drop for the Classroom 2

Wirtschaftsdeutsch (Practice vocabulary for Business German with these exercises.)

1. Online Picture Flashcards for Business German

2. Onine Vocabulary Flashcards for Business German

Present Tense Formation (Review present tense verb conjugation with these activities.)

1. Standard Present Tense (eight verbs to choose from)

2. Haben and Sein in Present Tense (the two most important verbs in German)

3. Verbs with Stems Ending in the S-Sound (three verbs to choose from)

4. Verbs with Stems Difficult to Pronounce (four verbs to choose from)

5. Verbs with the Stem Change A to Ä (six verbs to choose from)

6. Verbs with the Stem Change E to I (eight verbs to choose from)

7. Verbs with the Stem Change E to IE (lesen or sehen)

8. Modal Auxiliaries in Present Tense (practice all six modals)

More on the Way. Danke für den Besuch. Thanks for visiting.

Some activities on this page and throughout this site are based on scripts created by

Web Author (Dr. Vasu Renganathan) at UPenn--

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/larrc/webauthor.html.

Other activities are based on scripts created by Marmo Soemarmo at Ohio University--

http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/~linguist/jscript/Menu.htm.

Still more activities are based on scripts created or adapted by Jean Alvares at Montclair--http://chss2.montclair.edu/classics/javascript/javascripts.html

I am most grateful to these educators for sharing their expertise, a hallmark of true professionalism and collegiality.