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A2 German writing practice · Schreiben

Messages with a purpose: an apology, a request to a neighbour, an email about a flat viewing, a restaurant review. Enough length that word order and tense have somewhere to go wrong — and a full review of both.

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1Eine Postkarte aus dem Urlaub With a planWrite a holiday postcard at A2 — the perfect tense in a real context, plus the small conventions of German greetings and sign-offs.~15 min
2E-Mail an den VermieterFree sampleThe heating broke — in November. Write a polite complaint.~10 min
3Eine Einladung schreiben With a plan

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The German perfect tense (haben & sein)Word order after weil, dass and wenn (verb to the end)Separable verbs in German (aufstehen, einkaufen…)German time expressions and word order

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Write a German birthday invitation — date, time, place and a reply request — practising A2 writing with a review.

~12 min

4Eine Entschuldigung schreiben With a planEmail your teacher: you'll miss class next week — say why.~10 min

5Eine Bitte an den Nachbarn With a planAway next week — ask a neighbour to water the plants.~10 min

6E-Mail: eine Wohnung besichtigen With a planReply to a flat advert and ask for a viewing.~11 min

7Eine Restaurant-Bewertung schreiben With a planWrite a short online review: what was good, what wasn't.~10 min

8Samstag klappt leider nicht With a planCall off a cinema evening with a friend and offer a new day — an A2 writing task on weil-clauses, modals and polite excuses.~11 min

9Die Lampe kam kaputt an With a planA parcel arrives late and broken — write the complaint email to customer service. A2 writing practice in the perfect tense and formal register.~13 min

10Zehn Tage im Zelt With a planBack from a camping holiday, tell a friend how it went — a longer A2 writing task built entirely on the perfect tense with haben and sein.~14 min

11Die Waschmaschine im Keller With a planThe shared washing machine has been dead for a week — write to the building management and ask for a repair. A2 writing with separable verbs and modals.~11 min

12Eine kurze Filmkritik With a planReview the film you watched at the weekend for your course website — A2 writing that mixes the perfect tense with comparatives and reasons.~12 min

13Ich habe deine Feier verpasst With a planYou forgot a friend's birthday party entirely. Write the apology — A2 writing practice in the perfect tense, weil-clauses and making amends.~11 min

14Anfrage: Fotokurs an der Volkshochschule With a planWrite to an adult-education office about a photography course and ask the right questions — A2 writing on formal register and question word order.~11 min

15Mein letztes Wochenende With a planTell a pen friend in Leipzig how your last weekend actually went — A2 writing built on perfect-tense participles and time expressions.~12 min

16Heute nicht im Büro With a planOff sick and two jobs need handing over — write the email to a colleague. A2 writing on modal verbs and dass-clauses at work.~12 min

17Danke für das Wochenende With a planYou stayed with a colleague's family in Hamburg — now write the thank-you message. A2 writing practising dative prepositions and the perfect tense.~10 min

18Ein Foto aus den Bergen With a planDescribe a photo from your last day trip for the course group chat — A2 writing on two-way prepositions and adjective endings.~11 min

19So findest du meine Wohnung With a planWrite out the route from the station to your front door for a first-time visitor — A2 writing on the du-imperative and dative prepositions.~11 min

20Kannst du mir deinen Koffer leihen? With a planYour suitcase broke a week before a wedding — ask a friend to lend you theirs. A2 writing practice with modal verbs and weil-clauses.~10 min