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Core Grammar of German

Practise German cases, articles and word order for the WJEC grammar core.

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What you'll cover

German grammar core 🇩🇪

Cases and word order sit underneath every WJEC German unit. This module keeps to the mapped grammar spine: nominative, accusative, dative and subordinate-clause word order.

Key German 🔑

Grammar turns meaning into marks. Learn the form and the job it does.

Cases compared

German articles change when the noun has a different job.

Check the meaning 🎯

Which option means the father as subject?

  • der Vater
  • den Vater
  • dem Vater
  • weil ich lerne

Match German to meaning 🔗

  • der Vater
  • den Vater
  • dem Vater
  • weil ich lerne
  • the father as subject
  • the father as direct object
  • to or with the father
  • because I am learning

Word order tip

After weil, the working verb moves to the end: weil ich Deutsch lerne.

Complete the notes 🧩

German uses _____ for a masculine subject, _____ for a masculine direct object, and _____ after mit. In a weil-clause, the verb often goes at the _____.

der Vater den Vater dem Vater end die Vater front

Build the word order

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Two accurate choices ✅

Which TWO grammar statements are accurate?

  • den Vater can mark a masculine direct object.
  • weil often sends the verb to the end.
  • German nouns never use capital letters.
  • mit takes den with a masculine noun here.

Spot the evidence 🖍️

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Choose the case clue

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Explain the grammar

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