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A1 German reading practice · Lesen

Short texts about ordinary things: a missing cat, prices at the till, the alphabet on the phone, what time the appointment is. The questions check that you understood the German, not that you guessed well — and every wrong answer names the rule behind it.

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1du oder Sie?Drill when German switches from du to Sie in one ordinary morning — the neighbour, the friend, the shop assistant and the six-year-old, and the verb form that changes with each.~5 min
2Ein Morgen in der WGCoffee, a sleepy flatmate, and a bus in ten minutes.~5 min
3Verbendungen im PräsensDrill the German present-tense endings — -e, -st, -t, -en — including the -est trap after stems in -t and the vowel changes in fahren, lesen and helfen.~6 min
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German present tense: how to conjugate verbs The verb-second rule (V2) in German word order Nominative and accusative in German — der or den?der, die, das — how German noun gender works

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der, die oder das?

Drill German noun gender using the endings that give it away: -ung, -heit and -keit are die; -er and -ling are der; -chen and -ment are das — including the famous das Mädchen trap.

~6 min

5Trennbare Verben: wo steht die Vorsilbe?Drill separable verbs across one ordinary day — aufstehen, zumachen, anrufen, einkaufen, fernsehen — and the one rule that puts the prefix at the very end of the sentence.~5 min

6Modalverben: müssen, dürfen, könnenDrill the six German modal verbs in one short workplace story — where the second verb goes, and why „du musst nicht“ and „du darfst nicht“ mean opposite things.~6 min

7kein oder nicht?Drill German negation in one short shopping story — when a noun takes kein, when everything else takes nicht, and where nicht actually lands in the sentence.~5 min

8Die verlorene Katze Sign inA poster on a lamppost — and a happy ending.~5 min

9Meine FamilieA simple German text about family — practice reading about parents, siblings and pets at A1 level.~5 min

10Mein Tag Sign inRead about a typical daily routine in German — waking up, work and evening — with A1 present-tense and time expressions.~5 min

11Im Café Sign inA short German café scene for beginners — ordering drinks and cake, with polite phrases and prices at A1.~4 min

12Im Supermarkt Sign inBread, milk, eggs — and a wallet left at home.~5 min

13Ein Brief von Oma Sign inGrandma writes from home: the garden, a visit, and a wish.~5 min

14Zahlen und Preise Sign inRead prices, quantities and phone numbers in German. How numbers are said aloud, why 21 is "einundzwanzig", and reading a price the way a German cashier says it.~8 min

15Das Alphabet und Buchstabieren Sign inThe German alphabet in use: spelling your name on the phone, the four extra letters ä ö ü ß, and why every noun starts with a capital letter.~8 min

16Die Uhrzeit und Termine Sign inTelling the time in German: the official 24-hour form, the everyday "Viertel nach" and "halb", and the trap that halb neun means 8:30, not 9:30.~9 min

17Beim Arzt Sign inA first visit to a German doctor: making the appointment, saying what hurts with "mir tut … weh", and the modal verbs that appear in every piece of medical advice.~9 min

18Das Wetter Sign inTalking about the weather in German: the impersonal "es" in es regnet and es schneit, the four seasons, and the small talk that starts half of all German conversations.~8 min

19Hobbys und Freizeit Sign inWhat Germans do after work and at the weekend: talking about hobbies with gern, the verbs spielen, machen and gehen, and asking someone what they like doing.~8 min

20Wochentage, Monate und Jahreszeiten Sign inThe German week and year: the seven days, the twelve months, why it is am Montag but im Januar, and how to write a date the German way.~9 min

21Rocko im Park Sign inAn A1 reading set built to drill nominative against accusative — who is doing it, who it happens to, and why only the masculine article changes.~5 min

22Lukas kommt zu spät Sign inAn A1 reading set built to drill the verb-second rule — counting elements, moving the subject behind the verb, and the two conjunctions that behave completely differently.~5 min