Basic German in 7 Days (Fast Track): Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more
Untimed topic quiz: 50 questions on Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 6: Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more
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Question 1 of 50
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Answer: D. At the end of a phone call
Auf Wiederhören is goodbye on the phone. Hören means to hear.
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Question 2 of 50
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Answer: B. I would like to make an appointment.
Einen Termin vereinbaren means to make (arrange) an appointment, and ich möchte means I would like.
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Question 3 of 50
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Answer: B. am … um
Use am with days (am Montag) and um with clock times (um halb zehn, 9:30).
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Question 4 of 50
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Answer: C. Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
Langsamer means more slowly. This polite question asks the person to slow down.
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Question 5 of 50
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Answer: D. Ja, das passt gut.
Das passt gut means that works well. Es geht mir gut means I am fine, which answers a different question.
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Question 6 of 50
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Answer: B. Unfortunately that doesn't work.
Leider means unfortunately, and das geht nicht means that is not possible. You say it when a time does not suit you.
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Question 7 of 50
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Answer: B. Können Sie das bitte wiederholen?
In a question, können comes first and the infinitive wiederholen goes to the end.
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Question 8 of 50
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Answer: B. Wednesday at 10:00
The receptionist says am Mittwoch um zehn Uhr: on Wednesday at ten o'clock.
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Praxis Dr. Klein, guten Tag. Sie haben einen Termin am Mittwoch um zehn Uhr.
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Question 9 of 50
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Answer: A. She puts Ali through to Frau Schmidt.
Ich verbinde Sie means I'll put you through: she connects Ali to Frau Schmidt.
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Ali: Guten Tag. Kann ich bitte mit Frau Schmidt sprechen?
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Question 10 of 50
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Answer: C. Call by Thursday
The message says Dann rufen Sie bitte bis Donnerstag an: then please call by Thursday.
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Question 11 of 50
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Answer: C. where from
Woher asks where someone or something comes from: Woher kommst du?
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Question 12 of 50
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Answer: B. Wo
Wo asks where someone is or lives. The answer In Berlin is a place, not an origin or a direction.
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Question 13 of 50
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Answer: D. Woher
The answer Aus Spanien (from Spain) tells where the person comes from, so the question word is woher.
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Question 14 of 50
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Answer: B. Wann
The answer is a time, so the question word is wann (when).
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Question 15 of 50
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Answer: C. Kommst du morgen?
In a yes/no question the verb comes first, then the subject: Kommst du morgen?
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Question 16 of 50
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Answer: D. Was trinkst du?
In a W-question, the question word is first, the verb second and the subject third. With du, the verb ends in -st.
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Question 17 of 50
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Answer: A. Ich arbeite in Deutschland.
Warum asks why, so the answer gives a reason: I work in Germany.
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Question 18 of 50
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Answer: A. the price
Wie viel kostet asks how much something costs, so the person wants to know the price.
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Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet der Kaffee?
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Question 19 of 50
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Answer: D. to the supermarket
Lisa asks Wohin gehst du? (Where are you going?) and Ben says zum Supermarkt.
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Lisa: Wohin gehst du?
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Question 20 of 50
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Answer: A. Who else is coming?
Wer means who, and noch here means else. Mia wants to know who else is coming.
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Question 21 of 50
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Answer: B. yesterday
Gestern means yesterday. Morgen is tomorrow and heute is today.
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Question 22 of 50
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Answer: B. gemacht
Regular verbs form the participle with ge- + stem + -t: ge-mach-t.
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Question 23 of 50
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Answer: C. habe
Essen uses haben in the Perfekt. With ich, the form is habe.
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Question 24 of 50
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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 25 of 50
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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 26 of 50
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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 27 of 50
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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 28 of 50
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Answer: D. cooked soup
The speaker says Dann habe ich Suppe gekocht: then I cooked soup.
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Gestern habe ich bis sechs Uhr gearbeitet. Dann habe ich Suppe gekocht.
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Question 29 of 50
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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 30 of 50
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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 31 of 50
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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 32 of 50
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Answer: A. wirst
Werden is irregular: du wirst. Wird is for er/sie/es.
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Question 33 of 50
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Answer: D. wird
With er, sie or es, the form of werden is wird.
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Question 34 of 50
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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 35 of 50
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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 36 of 50
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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 37 of 50
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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 38 of 50
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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 39 of 50
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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 40 of 50
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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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Question 41 of 50
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Answer: D. Can you help me?
Können Sie means can you (formal), mir means me, and helfen means to help.
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Question 42 of 50
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Answer: D. kannst
Können is irregular: du kannst. Kann is for ich and er/sie/es.
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Question 43 of 50
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Answer: D. Ich kann heute nicht kommen.
Kann is in second place and the infinitive kommen goes to the end.
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Question 44 of 50
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Answer: A. Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
Könnten Sie… bitte is a very polite way to ask. The other options are commands or statements.
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Question 45 of 50
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Answer: C. Gern geschehen!
Gern geschehen means you're welcome. It is the normal reply to thanks.
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Question 46 of 50
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Answer: B. Can I help you?
Kann ich means can I, and Ihnen helfen means help you (formal). It is an offer of help.
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Question 47 of 50
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Answer: B. Ja, gern.
Ja, gern is the normal way to accept an offer. Ja, ich möchte is not complete without a thing (einen Tee), and Gern geschehen is only a reply to thanks.
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Question 48 of 50
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Answer: C. the train station
The man says Ich finde den Bahnhof nicht: he cannot find the train station.
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Mann: Entschuldigung, können Sie mir helfen? Ich finde den Bahnhof nicht.
Frau: Ja, natürlich. Gehen Sie hier geradeaus. -
Question 49 of 50
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Answer: A. close the window
Das Fenster is the window, and schließen means to close. The speaker is cold.
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Können Sie bitte das Fenster schließen? Es ist kalt.
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Question 50 of 50
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Answer: C. two people for two hours
Maria writes Ich brauche zwei Personen für zwei Stunden. She is moving and needs help.
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