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Complete Beginner German Workbook and Textbook ~ Deutsch für Anfänger
This 83 page file is a complete beginner textbook and workbook that I've completed over my last 15 years of teaching/tutoring German. It includes careful explanations and exercises on all the topics covered in a first year German course. It also includes a detailed description of grammar terms and a full appendix with all the most important charts for studying the German language.
This PDF can be used on its own or as a complement to any beginner German language course of study.You can use it get its entirety or simply print out pages as worksheets.
Course Outline (It is thematic)
Unit 1: The Basics
Alphabet, pronunciation, greetings
Unit 2: Talking about Family
Family vocab, gender and plurals, haben
Unit 3: Describing People
Verb conjugations, sein
Unit 4: Numbers and Time Phrases
Numbers, Telling Time
Unit 5: My House
Word order
Unit 6: Common Irregular Verbs
Haben, sein, werden, The Weather
Unit 7: Asking Questions
Question Words, Stem-change Verbs
Unit 8: Talking about Hobbies
Months, Days of the Week, Modals
Unit 9: At a Restaurant
Nominative and Accusative, Possessives
Unit 10: Around Town
Prepositions of Place, Dative
Unit 11: At a Soccer Game
Comparatives and Superlatives
Unit 12: New Year’s Eve
Future tense
Unit 13: Taking a Trip
Separable prefix verbs
Unit 14: At the Movies
The Conversational Past
Unit 15: Grocery shopping
Expressing Likes, Gefallen, Gern haben
Unit 16: Daily Routines
Reflexive Verbs
Unit 17: A Postcard
Conjunctions
Unit 18: A Day in Berlin
The Simple Past, Modals
Unit 19: Renting an Apartment
Genitive Case, Adjective endings
Unit 20: A Day Hike
Relative Pronouns
Appendices A-E:
Declension Charts
Prepositions
Grammar Terms
Spanish Subjunctive Bundle ~ El Subjuntivo
This 12-page bundle covers all the uses of the present subjunctive in Spanish.
It includes:
1. Subjunctive Worksheet: Verbs of Influence
2. Subjunctive Worksheet: Impersonal Expressions
3. Subjunctive Worksheet: Verbs of Doubt and Emotion
4. Subjunctive vs. Indicative Worksheet: Conjunctions
5. Subjunctive Worksheet: Certain Expressions (Ojalá)
6. Subjunctive vs. Indicative: Multiple-choice Worksheet
7. Subjunctive vs. Indicative: Translation Worksheet
8. Spanish Reading ~ Giving Friends Advice
9. Spanish Reading ~ Apartment Hunt
10.Spanish Reading Comprehension Questions and Worksheet
11. Present Subjunctive Reference Sheet Handout
~The first 5 pages are worksheets with a complete glossary of new verbs and expressions as well as between 10-14 exercises per page.
~Page 6 is a multiple-choice Worksheet choosing between the subjunctive and indicative
~Page 7 is a Translation Worksheet choosing between the subjunctive and indicative and a short bonus translation practice on the present perfect subjunctive. ~Pages 8-10 include 2 separate readings with a lot of common present subjunctive verb forms as well as a reading comprehension worksheet.
~Page 12 is a reference sheet for regular and irregular forms of the present subjunctive.
Spanish Holidays Reading Bundle ~ Los días festivos Lecturas (Navidad, Pascua)
This Spanish reading bundle includes all 8 major Hispanic holidays throughout the year:
1. La Navidad y el día de las velitas, el año nuevo
2. El día de San Valentín
3. La Semana Santa y la Pascua
4. El Cinco de Mayo
5. El día de la madre
6. El día de los muertos
7. El día de Acción de Gracias
All readings include a full glossary of specialized vocabulary and a reading comprehension section. Great for use throughout the year!
Many of the stories are written from the first-person perspective of a young person living in the country.
Spanish Subjunctive Reading - El novio ideal - The Perfect Boyfriend
In this funny reading a young woman named Cecelia has a choice of four candidates to be her boyfriend!
-Throughout the reading there are numerous uses of the present subjunctive which are underlined for students to see in context. Cecelia describes the qualities her ideal boyfriend would have and each of the four candidates also describe one or two qualities they are looking for.
-After the reading students are to choose their ideal candidate for Cecelia and explain why they made that choice. Students also need to create four sentences in the subjunctive.
This reading is a great supplement to help students see the subjunctive conjugations in context.
Ser y Estar Worksheets
These 2 beginner level worksheets help students:
~to learn the present tense conjugation of 'ser' and 'estar'
~ to learn common expressions of emotion and character
~ to learn to match adjectives with the subject
These worksheets includes 10 sentences each where students must fill in the correct form of the verb as well as the correct ending on the adjective.
These worksheets include:
alto
bajo
bonito
listo
viejo
serioso
terco
generoso
aburrido
contento
curioso
enfermo
enojado
orgulloso
relajado
sorprendido
Ejemplo:
3. Las hermanas ________ alt______.
German Adjective Endings - Worksheet and Handout
This 2-page file includes:
~1 worksheet that has students filling in adjective endings in German. It includes practice for all the cases with gap fill exercises for both short sentences and a dialogue between two friends out shopping for clothing. This worksheet is great for test review.
~1 Handout with common adjectives in German and English
Complete Beginner German Workbook and Textbook ~ Deutsch für Anfänger
This 83 page file is a complete beginner textbook and workbook that I've completed over my last 15 years of teaching/tutoring German. It includes careful explanations and exercises on all the topics covered in a first year German course. It also includes a detailed description of grammar terms and a full appendix with all the most important charts for studying the German language.
This PDF can be used on its own or as a complement to any beginner German language course of study.You can use it get its entirety or simply print out pages as worksheets.
Course Outline (It is thematic)
Unit 1: The Basics
Alphabet, pronunciation, greetings
Unit 2: Talking about Family
Family vocab, gender and plurals, haben
Unit 3: Describing People
Verb conjugations, sein
Unit 4: Numbers and Time Phrases
Numbers, Telling Time
Unit 5: My House
Word order
Unit 6: Common Irregular Verbs
Haben, sein, werden, The Weather
Unit 7: Asking Questions
Question Words, Stem-change Verbs
Unit 8: Talking about Hobbies
Months, Days of the Week, Modals
Unit 9: At a Restaurant
Nominative and Accusative, Possessives
Unit 10: Around Town
Prepositions of Place, Dative
Unit 11: At a Soccer Game
Comparatives and Superlatives
Unit 12: New Year’s Eve
Future tense
Unit 13: Taking a Trip
Separable prefix verbs
Unit 14: At the Movies
The Conversational Past
Unit 15: Grocery shopping
Expressing Likes, Gefallen, Gern haben
Unit 16: Daily Routines
Reflexive Verbs
Unit 17: A Postcard
Conjunctions
Unit 18: A Day in Berlin
The Simple Past, Modals
Unit 19: Renting an Apartment
Genitive Case, Adjective endings
Unit 20: A Day Hike
Relative Pronouns
Appendices A-E:
Declension Charts
Prepositions
Grammar Terms
Subjunctive Spanish Reading + Worksheet
This 2-page file includes: A Reading and Worksheet on the Present Subjunctive
~A reading featuring an ad for an apartment for rent for one month in the center of Madrid. All present subjunctive forms are underlined. Students read the advert in Spanish and then answer 7 true or false reading comprehension questions.
Once completed, students are given the task for homework of writing a reply to the advert explaining:
-why they are the perfect person for the rental
-what activities they will undertake while in Madrid for a month
-Arrange a time to meet the person leasing the apartment
-Use at least 2 forms of the present subjunctive
~A worksheet with verbs of wishes/emotions
Spanish Verbs Worksheets Bundle (present, imperfect, preterite, future)
1. Expressing ‘to be’ (ser/estar/hay)
2. Irregular ‘yo’ Verbs
3. Poder and Querer (shoe verbs)
4. The Present Perfect
5. The Present Progressive Tense
6. The Preterite
7. The Imperfect
8. The Future Tense
Gustar Verbs Reading ~ Lectura de una primera cita con gustar
This humorous script features a dialogue incorporating a number of verbs which function like gustar. Juana is speed dating and meets four young men with different likes and dislikes. New vocabulary is presented at the top. The second page features a true/false reading comprehension section and a short writing exercise.
English Phrasal Verbs Worksheet ~ ESL/EFL
English Phrasal Verbs Worksheet with 20 fill in the blank questions.
Answer key included.
German Review Packet #3 (prepositions, possessives and modals)
This 5-page review packet for beginners covers:
prepositions (accusative, dative, two-way)
possessives
modals
places around town vocabulary
modes of transportation vocabulary
It is a combination of matching, short answer, writing and translations. Great for test review, sub activity, homework and early finishers!
Spanish Worksheet Conditional Tense ~ El condicional
This 1-page worksheet require students to fill in the blanks with the conditional form of the verb given in brackets. (features regular/irregular verbs)
Example:
1. Me dijo que ella ___llegaría_______ a las 8 PM. (llegar)
Spanish Past Tenses (Imperfect/Preterite)
Readings and worksheets on the Spanish Past Tenses (Imperfect/Preterite)
Spanish Hobbies Bundle ~ Los pasatiempos
Includes:
My favorite Sports Spanish Reading + Worksheet
Spanish Days of the Week and Activities
Weekend Plans Spanish Reading (ir + a + infinitive) Hobbies in Spanish Reading and Handout
Días de la semana y actividades ~ Spanish Days of the Week and Activities
This 3-page file is designed for beginners to Spanish and includes:
~ A worksheet already including activities done by a fictional student. Based on the Spanish students must answer questions such as what activities are done on what days of the week
~A worksheet for students to complete in class or for homework where are they put in their activities in the yo-form
~Students then tell their conversation partner which activities they enjoy doing and their partner must switch the verb form from yo to the third person singular to fill in the chart. Students may hand this in for homework or report back to class out loud on what the person does.
German Cases Task Cards (dative, accusative)
This file includes 5 pages with 4 task cards per page to practice the declension of the dative and accusative with definite and indefinite articles as well as possessives.
Each card is numbered so students may record their answers.
Example cards:
17. Petra kauft _______ Buch. (a)
19. Wir trinken _____ Saft. (the)
Spanish Biographies of Latin Leaders
One biography with worksheet each on:
Augusto Pinochet
Fidel Castro
La Reina Isabel I Lectura
Porfirio Díaz
Spanish Biographies of Famous Latin Women
Eva Perón
Rigoberta Menchú
La Reina Isabel I
Frida Kahlo
Mi vida Lectura Simple ~ Easy Spanish Reading Assessment
This reading features a lot of common vocabulary from first-year Spanish:
Family
Hobbies
Time expressions
Present tense verbs
After reading, students are required to answer 15 questions in Spanish based on the reading. This assignment can be done in class in pairs or alone or for homework or as a sub activity.
Spanish Worksheet ~ Imperfecto (En la universidad) ~ Imperfect Tense
This worksheet features more than 20 fill in the blank exercises where students have to take an infinitive and conjugate it into the imperfect tense to finish the reading.
In the reading a person is looking back on their time at university discussing their roommates and how they spend their free time. Includes both regular and irregular verbs.
Latin Food Readings Bundle
One reading each on:
La comida tradicional
El chocolate
En el restaurante
plus 2 handouts:
In a Restaurant
and games:
Spanish Info Gap Worksheets
Spanish Worksheet ~ Pronouns and -ar Verbs
This worksheet has 3 sections:
~students must match up the Spanish pronoun with the equivalent English pronoun in 9 separate sentences to help reinforce pronoun recognition
~students are given 10 common -ar verbs and their English equivalent to memorize
~students must conjugate the verbs to complete 9 sentences
The following verbs are included:
llegar
comprar
cocinar
ayudar
escuchar
regresar
hablar
estudiar
viajar
mirar
El chocolate Lectura ~ Spanish Reading on Chocolate
This simple 1-page Spanish reading is about the history of chocolate from its Aztec roots to its modern popularity throughout the world.
Reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary and 8 true/false reading comprehension questions.