Basic German in 15 Days: Yesterday and Plans
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Yesterday and Plans, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 12: Yesterday and Plans
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: B. yesterday
Gestern means yesterday. Morgen is tomorrow and heute is today.
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: B. gemacht
Regular verbs form the participle with ge- + stem + -t: ge-mach-t.
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: C. habe
Essen uses haben in the Perfekt. With ich, the form is habe.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: C. Wir haben am Samstag Fußball gespielt.
Haben is in second place and the participle gespielt goes to the very end.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: D. gearbeitet
The stem arbeit- ends in -t, so you add -et: ge-arbeit-et.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: A. getrunken
Trinken is irregular. Its participle changes the vowel and ends in -en: getrunken.
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: A. Ich habe viel gelesen.
The question is in the Perfekt, so answer with haben + participle: Ich habe viel gelesen (I read a lot).
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: D. cooked soup
The speaker says Dann habe ich Suppe gekocht: then I cooked soup.
Transcript
Gestern habe ich bis sechs Uhr gearbeitet. Dann habe ich Suppe gekocht.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: A. yesterday evening
Omar says gestern Abend, which means yesterday evening.
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Anna: Hast du den Film gesehen?
Omar: Ja, ich habe ihn gestern Abend gesehen. -
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: B. studied German
The diary says Am Nachmittag habe ich Deutsch gelernt: in the afternoon I studied German.
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: B. tomorrow
Morgen with a small m means tomorrow. Der Morgen with a capital M is the morning.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: A. wirst
Werden is irregular: du wirst. Wird is for er/sie/es.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. wird
With er, sie or es, the form of werden is wird.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: A. Nächste Woche fahre ich nach Wien.
The verb is in second place. After the time word, the subject ich comes after the verb.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: D. Ich werde morgen arbeiten.
Werden is in second place and the infinitive arbeiten goes to the end.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: C. Nächstes Wochenende
Besuche is the present tense, which can talk about the future with a future time word. Gestern and letzte Woche are past time words.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: D. Nein, heute Abend arbeite ich.
The question is about tonight, so you answer about tonight: No, I'm working tonight.
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: A. a sister
The speaker says Ich besuche meine Schwester: I am visiting my sister.
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Nächsten Monat fliege ich nach Kanada. Ich besuche meine Schwester in Toronto.
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Question 19 of 20
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Answer: C. cook for friends
Jonas says am Sonntag koche ich für Freunde. He goes swimming on Saturday.
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Lea: Was machst du am Wochenende?
Jonas: Am Samstag gehe ich schwimmen, und am Sonntag koche ich für Freunde. -
Question 20 of 20
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Answer: C. in the summer
The text says Im Sommer werde ich in Berlin einen Kurs machen: in the summer.
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