PRESENT TENSE VERB FORMS

ich spiel-e
du spiel-st
er/sie/es spiel-t		wir spiel-en
ihr spiel-t
sie spiel-en
Sie spiel-en

Practice running other verbs through the chart: geh-en (go), mach-en (do, make), wohn-en, etc.

Regular Pattern Verbs

  • My handouts explaining Present tense plus exercises
  • My flash exercises - matching
  • Simple present tense ending fill-ins from OK State.
  • Regular pattern present tense verb exercise with Wohnen from WebPracticeTest.
  • Verb forms from a French site. One and Two
  • Short exercise in the form of a dialogue from Deutsch Online.
  • Zu Hause or Nach Hause?

  • Reading texts with quizzes: Tony und seine Familie and Die Familie Hein.
  • Dictation or Vocab exercise with audio pronunciations from OK State. Press Check to cheat
  • Skim the master verb list with Past and Pres. Perfect

  • Go Offline
    1. Wortleiter: Verben 1, 2 and 3 (one level,German: right).
    2. Dasher Drills/German: Chapters 3 and 4.
    3. At home: Download and unzip Wortleiter

  • Verbs l and ll, adjectives with images and examples sentences: Deutsch im Netz.
  • Multiple-choice present tense exercise from Sweden. Difficult vocab for beginners.
  • Present tense fill-ins from German for Beginners. Some exceptions.
  • My flash exercises - speed fill-in and memory
  • Do ONLY the first 10 - choose the right answer. Plus modals
  • Verbs - collection of exercises by Katherin Munro.
  • Blocked at school. Quiz using the verbs spielen (to play) and Kaufen (to buy) from Denmark.
  • Huge Vocab page with explanations. Scroll down to Section 31, read the examples Don't go past fahren.

    Readings

  • LEO Dictionary: German<->English (130,000 entries and German Morphology Browser.
  • Interactive Reading and quiz: Olaf und seine Familie.
  • Reading texts with quizzes: Tony und seine Familie and Die Familie Hein.
  • Read student introductions of themselves and their families under the various classes.
  • Try the Readings for Chapter 5 and also from Chapters 3 and 4 from Texthaus. Scroll down on the right side to Members Area - Beginners (sommer ferien)

    Vocabulary

  • Massive Verb list with past forms, exceptions noted
  • Vocab exercise with audio pronunciations from OK State.
  • Sheryl Smith's activities: Verbs, er/sie/es forms, more verbs, with irregular forms
  • Read through Verbs l, ll, lll and lV from Deutsch im Netz.
  • Verb exercise - match the opposites. Requires Java.

    Other

  • Wortleiter: Verben 1, 2 and 3. Dasher Drills/German Today Chapters 3 and 4. Basic German 2.1. Downloads.
  • Conjugate any verb from Conjugue. Not always accurate.
  • Next Topic: Irregular Verbs or Exceptions to the Present tense pattern.