Basic user · CEFR A1
A1 — Beginner
Understand and use everyday expressions, introduce yourself and ask simple questions.
- Introduce yourself and others, spell your name and give personal details
- Ask and answer simple questions about people, places and times
- Understand short, slow announcements and simple written notices
Lessons
Each lesson ends with practice questions on the same topic.
- Lesson 1
Present tense, „sein“ and „haben“
Präsens
Conjugate regular verbs and the two most important irregular verbs.
25 min5 practice questions - Lesson 2
Articles and nouns: der, die, das
Artikel und Nomen
Every German noun has a gender. Learn the articles and useful patterns for guessing them.
25 min4 practice questions - Lesson 3
The accusative case
Akkusativ
The direct object takes the accusative. Only the masculine article changes.
25 min4 practice questions - Lesson 4
Word order: statements and questions
Satzbau und Fragen
The conjugated verb is always in position 2 of a statement. Questions follow two patterns.
20 min3 practice questions - Lesson 5
Modal verbs and separable verbs
Modalverben und trennbare Verben
Both create a sentence bracket: one part in position 2, the other at the end.
25 min3 practice questions
Practice by skill
30 original questions at A1.
Listening
Original recordings for this level.
- A1
Ankunft im Wohnheim
Arriving at the student residence
- A1
Im Café
At the café
Writing and speaking
About levels
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