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Adjectives

Clear English explanation of comparative and superlative adjectival forms
Positive, Comparative and Superlative Review **
Adjectival Forms
Adjective Endings
Adjective Ending Quiz
Adjectival Degrees** (two exercises)
Adjective Opposites**
Adjectival Nouns ** (two exercises)
Dornröchen**
Paulas Unfall**

Conjunctions

Nachdem and Bevor Clauses **
Verbal Style (2 exercises) **
Nominal Style (2 exercises) **
Fill-Ins: Als, Wenn, Wann, oder Ob? **
Translations: Als, Wenn, Wann, or Ob? **
Als, Wenn, Wann
Conjunctions

Letter Writing

Briefe schreiben (ZDF Übungen) **
The Letter Assistant provides instruction on letter writing and design

Nouns and Pronouns

Articles and Cases: Explanation and Quizzes
Pronoun Substitution (visit the page frequently to generate different sets of exercises)**
Wer, Wen, Wem, or Was? (visit the page frequently to generate different sets of exercises)**
Reflexive Pronouns
DAP-ADN
Cases: article and adjective endings (multiple choice)
Challenging Cases:: Nominative, Dative or Genitive? (2 exercises) **
Article Endings
German Cases
Dative endings
Dative Pronouns
Genitive Case

Place Phrases

Arbeitsplätze **
Arbeitsplätze: Wohin?? **
Wohnungen **
Sonstiges **
Zu Hause **
Locations (three exercises) **
Destinations (two exercises) **
AC/DC in Albert's Room **
AC/DC in Jutta's Room **

Placement Tests

Goethe-Institut Placement Test

Prepositions

Locations (four exercises)**
Destinations (two exercises)**
AC/DC in Albert's Room **
Hanging out with hängen **
Prepositions
AC-DC articles
AC/DC Prepositions

Lost and Found **
DA-compounds or personal pronouns? (two sets of exercises)**
WO-compounds or personal pronouns? (two sets of exercises)**
German equivalents of "to" (2 exercises) **
Aus, bei nach, von, zu
Im, am or um
Idioms with prepositions (2 exercises) **

Some verbs are usually accompanied by prepositions. Try the entire unit on this topic (10 exercises), or only the indifividual components:
Verbs requiring prepositions: English equivalents **
• Verbs requiring prepositions: Matching Quiz (5 exercises) **
• Verbs requiring prepositions: Dative or Accusative? (3 exercises) **

Some nouns are often accompanied by prepositions. Try the entire unit on this topic (6 exercises), on only the individual components:
• Nouns requiring prepositions: English equivalents **
• Nouns requiring prepositions: Matching Quiz **
• Nouns requiring prepositions: Dative or Accusative? **

Sometimes you can make the most out of the least. The following expressions are based on high-frequency verbs:
• Idioms with "bringen zu" **
• Idioms with "geraten in" **
• Idioms with "kommen zu" **
• Idioms with "stehen in" **
• Idioms with "setzen in" **
• Idioms with prepositions (2 Übungen) **

Pronunciation

Improve your pronunciation of words and phrases at The Virtual German Language Lab

Reading Comprehension

Urlaubsfahrt **
Die besten Urlauber **
Briefe schreiben (ZDF Übungen) **
Reading comprehension exercises designed to prepare students for the Zertifikat Deutsch exam are available on the Advanced German page of our WebCT program

Relative Clauses

Definite relative pronouns (five sets of exercises: Masculine, Feminine, Plural, Mixed) **
Indefinite relative pronouns (two sets of exercises) **

• Relative pronouns
  Relative Clauses about Thomas Mann **
  Relative Clauses about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe **
  Relative Pronouns **

Time Phrases

Time Phrases (3 translation exercises)**

Translations (listed in order of dificulty)

Who are you? **
Who are those other people? **
Miscellaneous Sentences **
How are you feeling? **
Dialogue: Duration and Frequency
Basic Time Phrases
Advanced Time Phrases (three exercises)**
Dialogue: Birthday **
Dialogue: Plans for the day **
Dialogue: Thanksgiving **
Dialogue: Tough Decision **
Dialog: What's up? (1)**
Dialog: Christmas Gifts**
Lost and Found **
Questions about Housing **
In the Restaurant **
Es geht mir schlecht **
Tagesablauf **
Dialog: Zuviel verlangt **
Meanings of "werden" (2 exercises) **
Chronology (with conjunctions)
Chronology (with wishes)
Extreme Verb Conjugations: singen (4 exercises) **
Extreme Verb Conjugations: lesen (4 exercises) **
Extreme Verb Conjugations: lassen (4 exercises) **
One action or two? **
Als, Wenn, Wann, or Ob? **
Past or Present? Indicative or Subjunctive? **
Relative Pronouns **
Der Watzmann **
Die Heinzelmännchen **
Gappmeier: Der Gute Mann (3 exercises) **
German equivalents of "to" (2 exercises) **
German equivalents of verbs requiring prepositions (2 exercises) **
Adjectives with -ig, -bar, -haft, and -lich (multiple choice) **
Verbs with negative connotations (er-, ver-) **
Verbs with positive connotations (er-, ver-) **
Restating phrases without machen (er-, ver-) (2 Übungen) **
Restating phrases without werden (er-, ver-) (2 Übungen) **
Making Conclusions (two exercises)**

Verbs

Conjugate any German verb
Verb Conjugation (toggle back and forth between the two sets of exercises to generate different quizzes)**
Eliminate the modal verb **
Insert the modal verb **
Commands
Basic Reflexive Verbs (German to English equivalents; three exercises)**
Basic Reflexive Verbs (English to German equivalents; three exercises)**
Reflexive Verbs (German to English matching) **
Reflexive Verbs (English to German matching) **
Making commands (2 exercises) **
Making commands with reflexive verbs (2 exercises) **
Reflexive Verbs (three sets of sentence-completion exercises) **
Simple Past
Simple Past Modals
Forms of werden
Dative Verbs **
Dative verbs
Reflexive Verbs (English-German)
Dornröchen**
Paulas Unfall**
Extreme Verb Conjugations: lesen (4 exercises) **
Extreme Verb Conjugations: singen (4 exercises) **
Subjective use of modal verbs (4 Übungen: müssen, wollen, können, sollen) **

Verbs requiring prepositions
• Matching Quiz (four sets of exercises) **
• English equivalents (four sets of exercises) **
• Dative or Accusative? (two sets of exercises) **

Verbs: Subjunctive Mood
• Clear English explanation of the Subjunctive II
• Clear English explanation of the Subjunctive I
• Konjunktiv II Quiz
• Making wishes with the present subjunctive (two sets of exercises) **
• Making wishes with the past subjunctive (two sets of exercises) **
• Commands and polite requests (two sets of exercises) **
  Past or Present? Indicative or Subjunctive? **
  Indirect Discourse: Short Texts (4 exercises) **
  Indirect Discourse: Dialogues **

Verbs: Passive Voice
• Clear English explanation of the Passive voice
• Changing active to passive voice **
• Passive Voice with dative verbs **
• Passiv Voice with modal verbs **
• Passive Voice with "es" **
• Passive Voice with "es" and modals **

Vocabulary

Saying Hello and Good-Bye
Fields of Study
Noun Plurals**

• Health Vocabulary
  Glossary of Reflexive Verbs
  Selecting the right Verb
  General and specific words (four sets of matching exercises) **
  General and specific words (four quizzes) **
  Expressing opinions **
  Idioms: Making Comparisons (4 exercises) **
  Interactive Speaking and Listening (four exercises)**
  Making Conclusions (two exercises)**
  Giving Advice **
  Telefon-Deutsch (Ruf Mal An) (toggle back and forth between exercises to generate different quizzes)**
  Idiomatische Redewendungen (November 2003)
  Idioms: Speaking and Listening (2 exercises) **
  Idioms: Stress and Indolence (2 exercises) **
  Austrian-German (3 exercises) **
  Swiss-German (3 exercises) **
  Linguistic Registers: Verbs **
  Idiomatische Redewendungen
  Idiomatische Redewendungen 2005 **
  Which word is appropriate?erst, noch, or schon?
  Dative Adjectives (matching) **
  Genitive Adjectives (matching) **
  Modalpartikeln (flavoring particles) (translations)**
  Flavoring particles (matching) **
  Flavoring particles (multiple choice) **
  Modalpartikel (flavoring particles) (short answer; two exercises) **
  Reflexive Verbs (English-German) **
  Rhetorical Strategies (PDF files) **
  Adjectives with -ig, -bar, -haft, and -lich (multiple choice) **
  Americanized German words (multiple choice) **

Word order

Simple Word order **
Basic Word order **
Advanced Word order **
Pronoun Substitution (visit the page frequently to generate different sets of exercises)**

• Word order and separable prefixes
  Conjunctive Adverbs (matching) **
  Conjunctive Adverbs (paragraph completion) **
  Making Conclusions (two exercises)**