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February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Roslyn Green Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Quizzes, Vocabulary, Wortschatz Beginner Learners, Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Grocery Shopping, Lebensmittel einkaufen, Quizzes, Shopping Vocabulary, Year 8 German

Published by Roslyn Green in February 2023

Going Shopping for Groceries in German

Shoppers need to know the names for food packaging (e.g., bottle, tub, jar) and measures (e.g., kilogram, gram) as well as the vocabulary for the food itself. Here is a summary of packaging and measures with pictures and example sentences. For an A-Z list of foods in German, please visit this page.

Alternatively, jump straight in and work through the quizzes below.

Bildlexikon | Picture Dictionary 🥫

Recommended Videos 🎬

Quizzes | Activities 🤔

Related Page: German Food A-Z 😋

Online Quizzes and Activities

Match the Pin and Label Quiz: Lebensmittel einkaufen | Buying Groceries 🔵 🔴 🟢

The pin for each noun is colour-coded: 🔵 for masculine nouns, 🔴 for feminine, and 🟢 for neuter.
The sentence on each label refers to a food noun or food container in the accusative case: 🔵 einen | 🔴 eine | 🟢 ein.

Lebensmittel einkaufen | Grocery Shopping

Quiz: Essential Wording for Grocery Shopping

This quiz is based on Deutsch mit Inap‘s video on the left. The video is embedded in the quiz and you can watch it as you work through the questions.

Quiz: Practising the Accusative Rules – Grocery Shopping

Revise the accusative rules for the indefinite article (einen, eine, ein) as well as the vocabulary for shopping.

Multiple Choice Quiz: Einkaufen: Fragen und Antworten | Going Shopping: Questions and Answers

In this LearningApps Quiz, there are several snippets of conversation related to real pictures from grocery shopping. Click on the lightbulb 💡 (top left of quiz screen) for a list of all vocabulary. Inap‘s videos below will also help you to consolidate the wording in this quiz.

A Fill-the-Gap Quiz: Ein Dialog beim Einkaufen | A Shopping Dialogue

In this quiz, learners can revise wording for food and consolidate the vocabulary needed for a shopping dialogue in German.

Bildlexikon: Containers and Measures

Noun Key: masculine • feminine • neuter • plural

der Becher – tub, small carton

Oma möchte einen Becher Joghurt. ⇢ Grandma would like a tub of yoghurt.

das Bündel – bunch

Vergiss nicht, ein Bündel Radieschen zu kaufen. ⇢ Don’t forget to buy a bunch of radishes.

die Dose – can

💬 Möchtest du eine Dose Cola? 💬 Ja, bitte. ⇢ 💬 Would you like a can of coke? 💬 Yes, please.

die Flasche – bottle

Wir müssen eine Flasche Olivenöl kaufen. ⇢ We must buy a bottle of olive oil.

das Glas – glass, jar

💬 Sie wünschen bitte? 💬 Ich nehme ein Glas Erdbeermarmelade. ⇢ 💬 What would you like? 💬 I’ll take / have a jar of strawberry jam.

das Gramm (-) – gram

💬 Noch etwas? 💬 Ich möchte auch zweihundert Gramm Erdbeeren. ⇢ 💬 Anything else? 💬 I’d also like to get 200 grams of strawberries.

das Kilogramm, das Kilo (-) – kilogram

Ich hätte gern fünf Kilo Kartoffeln, bitte. ⇢ I’d like 5 kilos of potatoes, please.

der Liter – litre

Wir brauchen einen Liter Milch. ⇢ We need a litre of milk.

die Schale – punnet, shallow container

💬 Was darf es sein? 💬 Eine Schale Himbeeren, bitte. ⇢ 💬 What would you like? 💬 A punnet of raspberries, please.

die Scheibe (n) – slice

💬 Sie wünschen? 💬 Ich hätte gern fünf Scheiben Schinken, bitte. ⇢ 💬 What would you like? 💬 I’d like 5 slices of ham, please.

das Stück – piece

💬 Sonst noch etwas? 💬 Ich nehme auch ein Stück Käse, bitte. ⇢ 💬 Anything else? 💬 I’ll take / have a piece of cheese, please.

die Tüte – small paper or plastic bag

💬 Kannst du mir eine Tüte Chips kaufen? 💬 Ja, gerne. ⇢ 💬 Can you buy me a bag of chips? 💬 Sure.

A Third Unit for German Beginners

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Roslyn Green Audio Texts, Downloadable Booklet, Quizzes, Unit of Work, Vocabulary Beginner Learners, Deutsch als Fremdsprache, German as a Foreign Language, Quizzes, Year 7 German

Published by Roslyn Green in February 2023

Meine Familie 🖤❤️💛 ⇢ My Family 🫶🏾

This unit guides learners towards talking about their families and pets. The words for family members are introduced, along with adjectives for describing their characteristics. There is a free booklet for students to download, along with quizzes and activities, including an interactive online crossword and a Kahoot about family and pets.

Jump to Quizzes and Activities

Useful Links

Online Dictionary: Leo German-English Online Dictionary
Duolingo
Earlier Units: Einheit 1: Ich lerne Deutsch | Einheit 2: Über mich
Download this unit booklet – also embedded below:

Einheit drei – Meine Familie – 2023 Download

Online Activities

Audio Quiz 1: Guten Tag! Ich heiße Pierre

This quiz is based on the text on page 2 of the unit booklet.

Audio Quiz 2: Leider habe ich keine Geschwister

The audio and quiz are embedded below ↓. This quiz is based on the text on page 8 of the unit booklet.

Herr Smith kindly recorded this audio.

Audio Quiz 3: Ich heiße Lana

The audio and quiz are embedded below ↓. This quiz is based on the text on page 9 of the unit booklet.

This audio was kindly recorded by Linda Manteuffel.

Crossword: Meine Familie

This crossword is embedded below ↓.

Audio Quiz 4: Meine Familie

You can read the text in the quiz below the audio and fill in the missing words.

Note: This text is quite challenging for beginners. It was recorded for this blog by two lovely young teachers from Germany, Diana Bösel and Cheryl Blessing. So you may need to pause the audio between the slides of the quiz.

This text was both written and recorded by Diana Bösel and Cheryl Blessing.

Kahoot: Familie und Haustiere

Valentinstag | Valentine’s Day ❤️

February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 Roslyn Green Podcast, Quizzes, Verbs, Vocabulary, Wortschatz Downloadable handout, Object Pronouns, Quiz, Valentine's Day, Valentinstag

Post published by Roslyn Green in February 2023

About Love and Friendship: A German Class with a Valentine’s Day Theme

Pronoun Table

Essential Verbs

Speaking with Friends

Activities

Nouns | Nomen
- der Kuss → kiss
- die Liebe → love
- das Küsschen → little kiss, peck
- der Valentinstag → Valentine’s Day

Verbs | Verben
- lieben → to love
- mögen → to like
- küssen → to kiss

A Story of Unexpressed Love

Imagine that, when you eventually go to a German-speaking land, you meet someone you really like. You want to say, “Hey, you’re really cool. Would you like to go to a movie with me? I like you.”
But when you open your mouth to speak, you turn into a gaping, lovestruck fool. Your mouth opens and shuts as though you were an exotic fish at the aquarium.
In the end, you say in desperation: “Du trägst eine Jeans und ein Hemd.”
Then you melt quietly into the floor.

Don’t worry, this is never going to happen to you, because in this post you can learn some vocabulary for saying sweet, affirming things to other people and understanding them when they say something similar in return.

To say “I like you“, “Do you love me?” or “He likes her, don’t you reckon?”, you will need to master the direct object pronouns.

Direct Object Pronouns and Example Sentences

me	mich
you (singular)	dich (singular)
him	ihn
her	sie
it	es
us	uns
you (plural)	euch (plural)
them	sie

More Examples

Sie mag ihn. → She likes him.
Er mag ihn. → He likes him.
Wir mögen sie. → We like her (or them).
Ich mag euch. → I like you (talking to more than one familiar).
Sie mögen uns. → They like us.
Sie mag uns. → She likes us.

Two Essential Verbs for Expressing Affection

The verb lieben (to love) is utterly and reassuringly regular. That’s why you can use it not just to express your true feelings but also to revise the regular verb endings:

Verb Conjugation	lieben – to love	Status: BLESSEDLY REGULAR
1st person	ich liebe	wir lieben
2nd person	du liebst	ihr liebt
3rd person	er/sie/es liebt	sie lieben
Formal Address:	Sie lieben

The verb mögen (to like) also has a role as a modal verb, so it is important enough to be irregular. The first, second and third person singular are all unpredictable, with a rogue vowel that is different from the infinitive stem. There is also no t ending on the third person singular, which is a pattern common to all modal verbs, including müssen (must, to have to) and können (can, to be able to).

Verb Conjugation	mögen – to like	Status: AS IRREGULAR AS LOVE ITSELF
1st person	ich mag	wir mögen
2nd person	du magst	ihr mögt
3rd person	er/sie/es mag	sie mögen
Formal Address:	Sie mögen

Putting the Building Blocks Together

Armed with the subject pronouns, object pronouns and verbs as building blocks, you can now make up sentences at will.

Ich liebe dich. Liebst du mich? → I love you. Do you love me?
Liebst du ihn? Nein, noch nicht, aber ich mag ihn schon sehr. → Do you love him? No, not yet, but I already like him very much.
Ich mag sie nicht. → I don’t like her.
Warum magst du ihn nicht? → Why don’t you like him?

The verb lieben is normally reserved exclusively for romantic liaisons rather than friendly relationships. This distinction is possibly less strong now than it once was. There is a set of idiomatic phrases, however, that are more commonly used in family relationships and friendships:

Ich habe dich gern. → A friendly, affectionate phrase meaning “I like you”.
Ich habe dich lieb. → An affectionate phrase meaning “I love you”; you can also write hdl (hab dich lieb) in a text message.
You can strengthen the last phrase with additional emphasis words: Ich habe dich wirklich total lieb. → I really love you, I adore you.

B: You look good. G: Do you really think so? B: Sure! G: Honestly? B: Of course!

Speaking with Friends

If you are the type who prefers a quiet, restrained beginning to a promising friendship, here are some nice things to say…

To a Man or Boy:

Du bist mein bester Freund. → You are my best friend.
Du bist ein guter Freund. → You are a good friend.
Du siehst cool aus. → You look cool.

To a Woman or Girl:

Du bist eine gute Freundin. → You are a good friend.
Du bist meine beste Freundin. → You are my best friend.
Du siehst cool / schön / schick aus. → You look cool / beautiful / elegant.

To Anyone:

Du bist nett / lieb. → You are nice / kind.
Das ist nett / lieb von dir. → That’s nice /kind of you.
Möchtest du mit mir ins Kino gehen? → Would you like to go to the movies with me?
Hast du heute Abend frei? → Are you free this evening?
Kann ich dich wieder sehen? → Can I see you again?
Kannst du mir deine Handynummer geben? – Can you give me your mobile number?
Danke für das Kompliment. – Thank you for the compliment.

Activities

Quiz: Subject and Object Pronouns in Sentences about Love and Friendship

Practise using the subject and object pronouns by filling blanks and dragging and dropping words into the right order.

Downloadable Handout: Valentinstag | Valentine’s Day

This is a worksheet in PDF form.

Warning: This post is summarised in the handout with an extra dollop of pink, sugary sentiment. There are several exercises and some extra sentences about how to express missing someone you love.

A Second Unit for German Beginners

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Roslyn Green Audio Texts, Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Downloadable Booklet, German as a Foreign Language, Quizzes, Unit of Work, Verbs, Vocabulary Beginner Learners, Downloadable Booklet as PDF, German as a Foreign Language, Quizzes, Year 7 German

Published by Roslyn Green in January 2023

Über mich 🖤❤️💛 ⇢ About me 🧒🏽

This unit guides learners towards introducing themselves and describing their origins in German. It covers regular verb conjugation in a simple way and provides practice with verbs such as wohnen (to live) and kommen (to come). There are also exercises related to the irregular verb haben (to have).

In addition to a downloadable booklet (embedded below), there are speaking flashcards, quizzes and a simple audio recording.

For a more challenging version of this unit, intended for fast learners, an alternative booklet as well as additional but related activities are available on this page.

Jump to Links and Booklet

Jump to Quizzes and Activities

Bildlexikon – Picture Dictionary: haben and sein

haben – to have: Ich habe heute Geburtstag. → Today is my birthday.

sein – to be: Ich bin zwölf Jahre alt. → I am 12 years old.

haben – to have: Wir haben eine Katze. → We have a cat.

sein – to be: Sie ist süß. → She is sweet.

haben – to have: Wir haben beide Laptops. → We both have laptops.

sein – to be: Wir sind Freunde. → We are friends.

haben – to have: Mein Bruder hat ein neues Handy. → My brother has a new mobile phone.

sein – to be: Es ist fantastisch. → It is fantastic.

Useful Links

Duolingo app : Apple | Android | Online with Laptop
Online Dictionary: Leo German ⇔ English dictionary
First Unit: Einheit 1: Ich lerne Deutsch
Unit 2 booklet in downloadable form embedded below ↓

Booklet-Ueber-mich-About-me-Jan-2023 Download

Online Activities

Flashcards

These are question and answer flashcards. The first side has a greeting or question and the second side has an appropriate answer. The flashcards will “speak” if you click on the tiny microphone above the cards. A printout of this conversation is also provided below.

A Fill the Gap Quiz: Using Three Verbs – kommen, wohnen and sprechen

Revise your knowledge of these three key verbs.

A Jumble Kahoot: Place the words in the right order to answer the questions

Play with your class or with a small group of friends.

Audio text from page 7 of the unit booklet

Hallo! Mein Name ist Phoebe.

This audio was kindly recorded by Linda Manteuffel.

Read the text while you listen:

Hallo! Mein Name ist Phoebe und ich komme aus Neuseeland. Meine Eltern kommen aus England. Natürlich spreche ich Englisch, genau wie die Kinder in Australien. Meine beste Freundin heißt Sophie. Sie kommt aus China. Woher kommst du?

Ich wohne auf dem Land. Das finde ich super, denn ich liebe Tiere. Ich habe mein eigenes Pferd!

English Translation: Hello! My name is Phoebe and I come from New Zealand. My parents come from England. Of course I speak English, just like the children in Australia. My best friend is called Sophie. She comes from China. Where do you come from?

I live in the country. I think that’s wonderful, because I love animals. I have my own horse!