German Grammar — A1
German grammar topics for CEFR level A1: explanations and interactive practice exercises with instant feedback.
- Present Tense — Learn how regular German verbs work in the present tense. This topic covers personal endings, the formal Sie form, and the position of the conjugated verb in statements and questions.
- Present Tense: Extra -e- — Learn why verbs such as arbeiten, reden, öffnen and zeichnen need an extra -e- in some present-tense forms.
- Present Tense: S-sounds and Verbs in -eln — Learn the du form after s-sounds and the ich form of common verbs ending in -eln.
- Present Tense: Stem-Changing Verbs — Learn common German verbs that change their stem vowel in the present tense. This A1 topic focuses on du and er/sie/es forms such as du liest, er fährt, sie läuft, plus the special verb wissen.
- Present Tense: haben, sein and werden — Learn the present-tense forms of haben, sein and werden and use them in simple statements and questions.
- Modal Verbs in the Present Tense — Learn the forms and meanings of können, müssen, sollen, dürfen, mögen, wollen and möchten. Practise the German sentence bracket in statements and questions.
- Separable Verbs in the Present Tense — Learn how common separable verbs form a verbal bracket in main clauses.
- Imperative: Commands and Requests — Learn how to form German commands and requests for du, ihr, and Sie. Practise regular, separable, and important irregular verbs as well as word order.
- Noun Gender: der, die or das? — Learn the gender of German nouns and choose the correct definite article. Use common endings as clues and determine a compound noun’s article from its final noun.
- Common Plural Forms — Learn common German nouns in the singular and plural. Practise them as word pairs and use them in short everyday sentences.
- Accusative: Direct Objects — Learn the German accusative after common verbs and the forms den, einen and keinen.
- Personal Pronouns: Subject and Object — Learn German personal pronouns as subjects and direct objects.
- Basic Main-Clause Word Order — Learn verb-second order and inversion after a time or place phrase in simple German statements.
- Yes/No Questions — Learn German questions without a question word and short answers with ja and nein.
- Possessive Articles: mein, dein, sein — Learn German possessive articles in the nominative and accusative for simple everyday sentences.
- Sentence Negation with nicht and kein — Learn to negate German statements with nicht or kein-. Practise the position of nicht and choose the correct form of kein- before nouns.
- Basic Time Expressions with am, um and im — Learn simple German time expressions for clock times, days, months, and seasons.
- Place and Direction: aus, nach, zu, in — Learn basic place and direction expressions with countries, cities, people, and buildings.
- Everyday mit, bei and zu — Learn common phrases with mit, bei and zu for people, transport, and everyday destinations.
- Everyday Perfect Tense — Use common German perfect-tense forms to talk about simple past activities.
- Everyday Wh-Questions — Learn basic German wh-questions about people, things, time, reason, quantity, place, and direction.
German — Grammar