A1(Higher): Words, Terms & Phrases

In this section you will be able to increase your vocabulary.

1. Accommodation

  1.1 All the things in a room (I)

  1.2 All the things in a room (II)

  1.3  About a landlord & his tenant

  1.4 More about a landlord & his tenant

2. Arranging to meet

  2. 1 The lunch break [Audio]* 

  2. 2 The new washing machine [Audio]* 

  2.3 What about a movie? 

  2.4  What about a trip to a museum? 

3. Assessment Centre preparation

  3.1 Logical conclusions (I) 

  3.2 Logical conclusions (II) 

  3.3 Logical conclusions (III) 

  3.4 They kind of go together (I) 

  3.5 They kind of go together (II) 

  3.6 Carola's book

4. Cardinal numbers

  4.1 A life in numbers 

5. Clothes

  5.1 Some basics 

  5.2 Word search

  5.3 Variations

6.  Countries

  6.1 Top-Level-Domains (I) 

  6.2 Top-Level-Domains (II) 

7. Dates & times

  7.1 Ms Bauer's afternoon [Audio]* 

  7.2 When do we have to be home? [Audio]*

  7.3 "Karneval" [Audio]*

  7.4 When is dinner? [Audio]*

  7.5 Ms Biehler's plans [Audio]*

8. Everyday life

  8.1 A few too many 

  8.2 Everyday decisions 

  8.3 A typing error by Deutsche Bahn

  8.4 A bit of patience 

  8.5 A typical weekend (I) [Audio]* 

  8.6 A typical weekend (II) [Audio]* 

  8.7 A message for Ms Hoffmann (I) [Audio]*

  8.8 A message for Ms Hoffmann (II) [Audio]*

  8.9 A busy day for Katarina (I) [Audio]* 

  8.10 A busy day for Katarina (II) [Audio]* 

  8.11 At an auction

9. False friends

  9.1 hose & Hose [Audio]

  9.2. Borrowing from English

  9.3  bald & bald  [Audio]

10. Family & relations

  10.1 One big family

  10.2 Who is holding the camera?

11. Food & drink

  11.1 Calories 

  11.2 No-nos for vegans

  11.3 "without" is in

  11.4 Do you have a sweet tooth? (I)

  11.5 Do you have a sweet tooth? (II)

12. Languages

  12.1. European countries & their languages (I)

  12.2. European countries & their languages (II) 

  12.3. European countries & their languages (III)

  12.4 "Thank you" in Europe

13. Nature & the environment

  13.1. Elephants in Germany 

  13.2 At a protest march

14. Points of the compass

  14.1 The basics

  14.2 Where are we?

  14.3 Home, sweet home! [Audio]

  14.4 Federal States of Germany

15. Question words

    15.1 Superfluous holiday plans

     15.2 wo" or "wohin"? 

16. Riddles

  16.1 Who is Cedric Gibbon's son? [Audio]

  16.2 Who is the lady with the big feet? [Audio]

17. School & college Life

  17.1 Excuses for being late (I) [Audio]* 

  17.2 Excuses for being late (II) [Audio]

  17.3 A good question on a sticker

  17.4 What to say in class? (I)

  17.5 What to say in class? (II)

  17.6 Lunchtime in college [Audio]*

  17.7 Student life can be tough (I)

  17.8 Student life can be tough (II)

  17.9 At the beginning of the semester 

  17.10 A student and her job [Audio]*

  17.11 A message from the teacher

18. Tricky questions

  18.1. "lernen" versus "studieren"

  18.2."wo" or "wohin"?