Five at a time

Suggested path through A1 (Lower)

unit 1:

greetings, Good wishes & Farewells: The basics (I) [Audio]*

greetings, Good wishes & Farewells: The basics (II)

nouns:  They are sticking out

cardinal number: "1 - 12" -> What do they sound like? [Audio]

nouns: A shop called "schuh"


unit 2:

food & drink: Lots of drinks (I) [Audio]

food & drink: Lots of drinks (II) [Audio]

cardinal number: "1 - 12" -> German Bundesliga scores [Audio]*

cardinal number: "1 - 12" -> Missing numbers (I)

miscellaneous: Basic courtesy


unit 3:

present tense: Me, me, me

present tense: Two Germans working for the EU [Audio]

personal pronoun:  S/he

present tense:  Not much in common (I)

cardinal number: "1 - 12" -> Missing Numbers (II)


unit 4:

personal pronouns: All about me

present tense: Not much in common (II) [Audio]

present tense: Roman & Rita in Stuttgart [Audio]

nouns:  Somewhere in a zoo

false friends: "gift" & "Gift"


unit 5:

days of the week: From Monday to Sunday (I) [Audio]

days of the week: From Monday to Sunday (II)

personal pronouns:  "sie" to the power of two

the German alphabet: ABC [Audio]

present tense:  All that love

the German alphabet: Test your vision [Audio]*


unit 6:

personal pronouns:  ich + du

cardinal number: "1 - 12" -> Sudoku (for Sudoku fans)

the German alphabet: How do you spell your name? [Audio]*

family & Relations:  Hänsel & Gretel [Audio]

questions: Will I find this in Germany?


unit 7:

cardinal number: "1 - 20" -> A lot of fruit & veg [Audio]*

present tense: The extra letter

present tense:  Match & More (I)

present tense: Match & More (II)

present tense: Match & More (III)


unit 8:

cardinal number: "1 - 20" -> Roman numerals

questions:Confirm or correct (I)

questions: Molly Malone & Karl Valentin

questions:Yes or no? (I)

present tense:  One will do


unit 9:

questions:Yes or no?  (II)

questions: Yes, I do .... (I)

questions: Yes, I do ..... (II)

cardinal number: "1 - 20" -> A number pyramid (for maths enthusiasts)

questions: Lisa is playin hopscotch


unit 10

questions: Vampires' drinking habits

negation: No idea! [Audio]

negation: And if I don't know the answer?

questions: Getting to know you (I)

questions: Getting to know you (II)


unit 11

questions: "Wer", "Was" or "Wo"?

questions: Paulinchen alone at home

present tense:  To paraphrase "Waiting for Godot" [Audio]*

the German alphabet: How do you spell your name? [Audio]*

cardinal number: "1 - 20" ->Team players (for sports enthusiasts)


unit 12:

musical instruments: playing musical instruments (I) [Audio]

musical instruments: Playing musical instruments (II)

personal information:   The bare bones (I) [Audio]*

personal pronouns: You, you & you

sports: All kinds of sport


unit 13: 

personal pronouns:  sie versus Sie

sports: A lot of sporty people [Audio]

Cardinal number: "1 - 100" -> Ishihara Colour Vision Test

personal pronoun:  Formal & informal

personal pronouns:  Recently, during a German examination ....


unit 14:

present tense:  Some serious studying & working

present tense:  And where is the infinitive?

personal pronouns:  "du", "Sie" oder "ihr"? (I)

intonation:   Dorothea & Jens [Audio]*

miscellaneous:  The three wise monkeys


unt 15:

expressions of frequency:  Never again!

expressions of frequency:  From always to never [Audio]*

days of the week: A hectic week [Audio]*

cardinal number: "1 - 100" -> Numerical sequences

school & college life:    What to say in class [Audio]


unit 16:

personal pronouns:  "du", "Sie" oder "ihr"? (II)

personal information: The bare bones (II) [Audio]*

cardinal number: "1 - 100" -> Deutschland 83

consonants: "f" versus "w": Cities & towns [Audio]*

school & college life:  A dialogue in a lecture hall


unit 17:

questions: Muddled questions (I)

questions: Muddled questions (II)

nouns:  male or female [Audio]

gender of nouns:  Some detective work (I)

gender of nouns:  Some detective work (II)


unit 18:

Definite & indefinite articles:  "ein" or "eine"? [Audio]

Definite & indefinite articles:  Kennedy in Berlin

countries:  Germany's neighbouring countries

countries: Small, big, bigger!

miscellaneous: 5. Which answer is correct?


unit 19:

Possessive adjectives:  All about names [Audio]

miscellaneous: Throughout the week

languages: Country or language? [Audio]

questions: Muddled questions (III)

school & college life:  Useful phrases in a German class (I) [Audio]


unit 20:

miscellaneous:  Some short replies (I)

miscellaneous: Some short replies (II)

miscellaneous: Logical conclusions (I)

countries: Countries & Co2 Emissions

questions:  Muddled questions (IV)


unit 21:

miscellaneous:  Which answer is correct?

tongue twisters:  Ulm [Audio]*

questions:Muddled questions (VI)

questions: Muddled questions (VII)

intonation:    Christian & Sophia [Audio]*


unit 22:

colours: Colourful Munich

colours: What colour is it?

colours:  Rainbow

colours:  Paintbox

questions: Grandpa needs a hearing-aid


unit 23:

easy to mix up: "wer" & "wo" [Audio]

months & seasons: All the months throughout a year (I)

months & seasons: All the months throughout a year (II) [Audio]

months & seasons: And the month is .....

Homonyms:  "weiß" versus "weiß"


unit 24:

present tense:  What is everybody doing?

questions:  Muddled questions (V)

gender of nouns:  Some detective work (III)

Cardinal number: "1 - 100" -> Missing numbers

questions: In German, please!


unit 25:

Definite & indefinite articles: Monday Demonstrations

Definite & indefinite articles:   On the one hand, on the other hand [Audio]

school & college life:  Useful phrases in a German class (II) [Audio]

Expressions of measurement: Can you figure it out? [Audio]

Expressions of measurement: Drinks all round!


unit 26: 

gender of nouns:  Some detective work (IV)

gender of nouns:   Some detective work (V)

questions: A curious grandmother

present tense:  Everybody is on the phone

intonation:    Abbreviations [Audio]*


unit 27: 

present tense: "to be" - A little bit all over the place

numbers:  "1 - 100" -> Geography & politics

Word families:  Nouns & verbs 

countries: Countries in the European Union (I)

gender of nouns:  Some detective work (VI)


unit 28:

gender of nouns:   Some detective work (VII)

gender of nouns:   Some detective work (VIII)

gender of nouns:   Some detective work (IX)

gender of nouns:  There are guidelines (I)

questions: The what, the where, the why, the who! (I)


unit 29:

gender of nouns:   der, die oder das? (I)

gender of nouns:   der, die oder das? (II)

describing with adjectives: Opposites (I)

describing with adjectives: Opposites (II)

vowels & umlaute:   "ei" versus "ie": Cities & towns [Audio]*


unit 30:

gender of nouns:   der, die oder das? (III)

gender of nouns:   der, die oder das? (IV)

describing with adjectives: Opposites (III)

describing with adjectives: Opposites (IV) [Audio]

describing with adjectives: Mineral water at a careers fair


unit 31:

describing with adjectives: A proverb about money

describing with adjectives: Small riddles

questions: The what, the where, the why, the who! (II)

present tense: Everybody is chatting

cardinal numbers: "1 - 100" -> Number of inhabitants


unit 32:

describing with adjectives: Typically German? [Audio]

describing with adjectives: What are my friends like?

phonetics: Umlaute & vowels: "u" or "ü"?

cardinal numbers:  "1 - 1000" -> Money, money, money [Audio]

riddles:  A riddle for fans of adventure stories  


unit 33:

months & seasons: The four seasons (I) [Audio]

months & seasons:  The four seasons (II)

months & seasons:  The four seasons (III)

personal pronoun:  "Er", "Sie" or "Es"? [Audio]

questions: Beware the dog!


unit 34: 

questions: And what about you?

present tense:  To be or not to be

present tense: A busy weekend! [Audio]

telling time: Times of the day (I) [Audio]

telling time: Times of the day (II)


unit 35:

ordinal numbers: The month of May 

ordinal numbers:  Which semester are you in?

ordinal numbers: What is today's date? [Audio]

ordinal number: Dates done differently [Audio]

 gern(e):  "gern(e)" - But he doesn't!


unit 36: 

verbs with a stem-change:  A lot of differences [Audio]

gern(e):  "gern(e)" or things I like to do (I)

 gern(e): "gern(e)" or things I like to do (II)

cardinal number: "1 - 10 000" -> That's high! [Audio]*

vowels & umlaute & diphtongs:    "ei" versus "ie": A travel agency in Potsdam [Audio]*


unit 37: 

modal verbs;   "möchten" -> Who would like to learn some German?

modal verbs;   "möchten" - Lots of plans (I)

modal verbs;   "möchten" - Lots of plans (II)

phonetics:  Counting-out rhymes [Audio]*

verbs with a stem-change: From me to him or her


unit 38:

modal verb:  "möchten" - No, but they would like to ...

modal verbs:  Everybody can!

ordinal numbers: Events throughout the year (I) [Audio]

ordinal numbers: Events throughout the year (II) [Audio]

riddles:   A riddle related to calender dates


unit 39:

ordinal numbers: Famous composers (I) [Audio]*

ordinal numbers: Famous composers (II) [Audio]*

sports: A sporty family [Audio]*

easy to mix up:    Freund, Freunde, Freundin (I)

children's songs; Meister Jakob [Audio]*


unit 40:

modal verbs:  There is no way around it!

childrens' songs: Wann und wo [Audio]*

personal information:  A business card (I)

personal information:  A business card (II)

cardinal number: "1 - 100" -> Fractions to percentages [Audio]



unit 41:

false friends: "mist & Mist"

miscellaneous:  Logical conclusions (II)

easy to mix up:  "viel" versus "viele"

modal verbs:    Forbidden!

cardinal numbers:  "1 - 1 000 000" -> Ever increasing amounts


unit 42:

modal verbs: You should!

modal verbs: Thirsty in the Palatinate Forest

questions: Muddled questions (VIII)

questions:  Muddled questions (IX)

modal verbs:   A bit of philosophy or plain common sense [Audio]


unit 43:

questions: The what, the where, the why, the who! (III)

negation:  Nothing is true! [Audio]

imperative:  Doctor's orders (I)

imperative: Doctor's orders (II)

modal verbs: Don't light up!


unit 44:

colours:  The "Ampelmännchen" from Berlin

imperative: A teacher requests [Audio]

school & college life:  More things to say in class

school & college life:  Snatches of conversations overheard in a student cafeteria in Heidelberg (I)

cardinal numbers: "1 - 1 000 000" -> Germany's largest cities


unit 45:

modal verbs: Winter of starvation 1946/1947 (I)

modal verbs: Winter of starvation 1946/1947 (II)

modal verbs: Why are you doing that?

intonation: "!" or "?" [Audio]*

modal verbs: Its not allowed!

  

unit 46:

negation:  Let's pretend to be Magritte (I)

negation: Let's pretend to be Magritte (II)

negation: Let's pretend to be Magritte (III)

modal verbs: Find a suitable one! (I)

cardinal numbers:  Years: Famous musical releases


unit 47:

questions: Muddled questions (X)

questions: Muddled questions (XI)

conjunctions:  "denn" - There is a reason (I)

cardinal numbers:  Years: Roman numerals

personal information: Claudia Zeller about herself [Audio]*


unit 48:

modal verbs:  All mixed up (I)

modal verbs:  All mixed up (II)

vowels & umlaute & diphtongs:  long "e" or short "e"? [Audio]*

food & drink:  In a café [Audio]*

personal information:   Dictation: One student in Germany [Audio]*


unit 49:

Weather: A basic weather report (I) [Audio]

Weather: A basic weather report (II) [Audio]

Weather: The Temperature

miscellaneous: A student's lament [Audio]*

conjunctions:    "denn" - There is a reason (II)


unit 50:

Giving directions: Potential destinations in a city

Giving directions: How do I get to ....? (I) 

Giving directions: How do I get to ....? (II) 

vowels & umlaute:  long "a" or short "a"? [Audio]*

Food & drink: Let's puzzle over some letters


unit 51: 

telling time:  Time units

telling time:  Measuring Time (I) [Audio]

telling time:  Measuring Time (II)

telling time:  Measuring Time (III)

months & seasons: April, April, April [Audio]


unit 52:

telling time: May 8th 1945

telling time:Different ways of telling the time

telling time:What time is it?

Subject of a sentence:  First in English

Subject of a sentence:  Where is it? (I)


unit 53:

modal verbs: "mögen" & "gern(e)"

modal verbs:  Yes, I do!

food & drink: Lots of fruit (I)

food & drink: Lots of fruit (II)

food & drink:  Likes & dislikes [Audio]*


unit 54:

prepositions: Groundwork (I)

prepositions: Groundwork (II)

miscellaneous:  Quiz on Germany

miscellaneous: New Year's Resolutions

miscellaneous:  New Year's Resolutions put into practice [Audio]


unit 55:

Compound nouns:  All kinds of cake

Compound nouns:  Don't be afraid of the long noun

questions:  Muddled questions (XII)

prepositions: Groundwork (III)

personal pronouns:  Tough luck (I) [Audio]


unit 56:

Compound nouns:  Is there a doctor on the plane?

Compound nouns:  Let's come together (I)

personal pronouns:  Tough luck (II) [Audio]

present tense:  mein Freund & meine Freunde [Audio]

modal verbs: Find a suitable one! (II)


unit 57:

miscellaneous:  Lost in GermanY (I)

miscellaneous:  Lost in GermanY (II)

miscellaneous:  Lost in GermanY (III)

prepositions:  Groundwork (IV)

prepositions:  Places to go to


unit 58:

prepositions: More places to go to

present tense:  meine Freundinnen & meine Freundin

shopping:  Opening hours

prepositions:"am", "im" or "um"? (I) [Audio]

prepositions: "am", "im" or "um"? (II)


unit 59:

shopping: A DB ServiceStore in Schwetzingen

plurals: Test yourself (I)

plurals: Test yourself (II)

professions: It runs in the family [Audio]

professions: What's their occupation?


unit 60:

word order:  Changing it around 

word order:   More ways of changing it around

word order: Any tickets?

word order:   A different beginning (I) [Audio]

family & relations: Males & Females

 

unit 61:

family & relations: family & relations: The inlaws (I)

family & relations: The inlaws (II)

word order:  More different beginnings

word order:   Even more different beginnings

miscellaneous: Impossible to answer in the affirmative [Audio]*


unit 62:

shopping: All these strawberries [Audio]* 

miscellaneous: Time to eat

countries:  Countries & Currencies (I)

countries:   Countries & Currencies (II)

sports: Stating the bleedin' obvious


unit 63:

direct object:  What's all this about? (I)

direct object:   What's all this about? (II)

questions:  Muddled questions (XIII)

questions: Muddled questions (XIV)

family & relations:  Out of two make one [Audio]


unit 64:

plurals:  Test yourself (III)

greetings & good wishes:  For all occasions (I)

greetings & good wishes: For all occasions (II)

direct object: What's all this about? (III)

modal verbs:  All mixed up (III)


unit 65:

plurals: Test yourself (IV)

modal verbs:  All mixed up (IV)

direct object: What's all this about? (IV)

direct object: Let's kiss

questions: The what, the where, the why, the who! (IV)


unit 66:

greetings, Good wishes & Farewells:  Greetings & Good wishes: The devil is in the detail (I)

greetings, Good wishes & Farewells:  Greetings & Good wishes: The devil is in the detail (II)

greetings, Good wishes & Farewells:  Greetings & Good wishes: The devil is in the detail (III)

plurals:  Test yourself (V)

direct object: What's all this about? (V)


unit 67:

greetings, Good wishes & Farewells:  What's the appropriate thing to say? (I)

greetings, Good wishes & Farewells:  What's the appropriate thing to say? (II)

plurals:   And the plural ist ....

direct object: What's all this about? (VI)

direct object:  Where is it? (I)


unit 68:

means of transport: Different modes of transport

means of transport: Air, water, road or track?

means of transport: Famous modes of transport [Audio]

modal verbs: All mixed up (V)

direct object: Where is it? (II) [Audio]


unit 69:

miscellaneous:  What a day! [Audio]

direct object: Where is it? (III)

modal verbs:   Lots of forms

vowels, umlaute & diphtongs:  "a" or "ä"? [Audio]*

food & drink: Food throughout the day [Audio]


unit 70:

miscellaneous:Nearly the same (I)

miscellaneous:Nearly the same (II)

miscellaneous: Nearly the same (III)

miscellaneous: Nearly the same (IV)

languages: Language skills [Audio]* 


unit 71:

homonyms: "ihr" & "Ihr" & "ihr"

modal verbs: All mixed up (VI)

direct object: No purchase

continents: Bad at geography [Audio]

continents: Countries & Continents


unit 72:

questions: And what about you two?

expressing preferences:  Simone & her favourites

miscellaneous: Spot the odd one out!

possessive adjectives: Two possessive dogs

tongue twisters:  Fischers Fritze [Audio]*


unit 73:

modal verbs: All mixed up (VII)

family & relations: One or more? (I) 

family & relations: One or more? (II)

family & relations:One or more? (III)

direct object: Technophobia [Audio]


unit 74:

miscellaneous: Every evening the same story [Audio]*

Generic names: Gerneric terms (1a)

Generic names: Generic terms (1b)

Generic names: Generic terms (2a)

Generic names: Generic terms (2b)


unit 75:

family & relations: One or more? (IV)

family & relations: One or more? (V)

family & relations: The Simpsons (I)

family & relations:The Simpsons (II)

riddles: A riddle for book lovers


unit 76:

family & relations: Family relationship

family & relations: A nice snap-shot [Audio]*

direct object: What do they need?

expressing preferences:  Simon & his favourites

Personal information : Isabell talks about herself [Audio]*


unit 77:

direct object: State your opinion

modal verbs: All mixed up (IX)

modal verbs: All mixed up (X)

food & drink: Can we go for a bite to eat? 

modal verbs: All mixed up (VIII)


unit 78:

shopping: The shopping list (I)

shopping: The shopping list (II)

vowels & umlaute:   long "a" or short "a"?    [Audio]*

personal information: Matthias Baumann about himself (I) [Audio]*

personal information:  Matthias Baumann about himself (II) [Audio]*


unit 79:

direct object: Forgetfulness

"es gibt": In Dublin's Fair City ...

"es gibt":Anything close by?

homonyms: Morgen! Morgen! [Audio]

phonetics: a  small difference


unit 80:

phonetics: A German miscellany [Audio]*

phonetics: consonants: "b" or "p"? [Audio]*

word families: More nouns & verbs

countries:  Countries in the European Union (II)

diphtongs:  "ei" versus "ie": One or the other [Audio]*


unit 81:

riddles: A riddle for car lovers

colours: Colourful soccer

tongue twisters: A lot of drops*

intonation: Who is to blame? [Audio]*

countries:  A multi-kulti basketball team [Audio]*


unit 82:

false friends:  "Kind" & "kind" [A1 Lower] [Audio]

food & drink: The Irish could have come up with that one

cardinal numbers:   "1 -1 000 000" -> From words to digits  

miscellaneous:  Obsessed with sausages