This 6-page file includes:
~A 2-pg cloze activity on Shakira’s song “La Bicicleta”
~The same cloze activity with a word bank.
~Answer key (2pgs)
Also included are some cultural notes and translations of more difficult vocabulary!
The link for the video on YouTube can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UV0QGLmYys
Editable word file.
This German reading includes descriptions of three different young people and the type of volunteer work they do: one works with seniors, one helps children and one is going abroad to build schools.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Ideal for beginner learners to review basic vocabulary!
Editable word file.
Activity idea: Have students discuss their own volunteer work with each other in class or write about it for homework.
This 5-page file includes:
-3 pages explaining Spanish gender at the intermediate level. It includes explanations and examples of the following:
-gender by word ending (-o, - dad etc.)
-gender by category (languages etc.)
-words that change meaning with gender (capital etc.)
-words with more than one gender (mar etc.)
-words for people with only one gender (persona etc.)
-unexpected gender/exceptions (ie. compound nouns, greek words)
~One worksheet with 20 questions on Spanish gender where students have to determine if the word is male, female or both
~Answer key.
Editable word file.
This 12-page file explains the various uses of the Top 20 Spanish Verbs including common idiomatic expressions.
tener
ir
ser
estar
tomar
sacar
dar
querer
conocer
saber
decir
hacer
ver
volver
pedir
poder
poner
acabar
caer
llevar
Editable word file.
~A script between two high school friends discussing what they and their siblings will study and do for work in the future using the future tense. Includes 8 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment in the future tense.
Activity idea: have students underline all the future forms they find in the reading!
Level: Intermediate
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
This reading contains numerous conditional verb forms where two classmates in their senior year of high school are talking about their ideas for college. Reading includes reading comprehension section and a short writing assignment.
Activity idea: Have students circle all the conditional forms they find in the reading.
Editable Word file.
Level: Intermediate
Answer key included.
Examples:
Mike: I’m lucky that I have a sports scholarship. If I were not such a good athlete I would also have to stay here to study.
Carol: What would you do if you had an injury and you could not play?
This German biography is on the famous medieval nun Hildegard von Bingen. It discusses her achievements in music, theology and traditional healing.
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a short reading comprehension section.
Includes answer key.
This German biography is on the life and impact of the Protestant reformer Martin Luther. It includes information on his early life, religious education, marriage and lasting impact.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and five short answer reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
This short biography makes for a great introduction to the famed German writer Goethe. It discusses his childhood, education and his most famous works.
Includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 5 reading comprehension questions
Answer key included.
This 5-page file includes:
~A reading in which a 14-year-old girl interviews her parents and grandparents about what life was like for them when they were young. The reading is completely in the imperfect tense for students to see it in context.
~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
~Answer key.
NOTE: There are two versions of the reading, in one version the verbs are highlighted for the students to see in context. You can also have students search for and underline all the imperfect verbs they can find in the reading!
This worksheet includes 18 fill in the blanks in the past tense for students to complete the story of Michael’s trip to New York last year. The reading includes a lot of travel based vocabulary. Includes both regular and irregular verbs: bought, flew, met, packed etc.
The reading is followed by 10 true/false reading comprehension questions based on the story.
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
In this worksheet students must fill in 18 blanks with the correct simple past form of the verb to complete a reading where a young man named Michael travels to Munich.
This reading includes a lot travel based vocabulary. Includes regular and irregular verbs.
The reading is followed by 10 true/false reading comprehension questions.
Editable Word file.
Answer key included.
This worksheet includes 18 fill in the blanks in the preterite tense for students to complete the story of Miguel’s trip to New York last year. The reading includes a lot of travel based vocabulary. Includes both regular and irregular verbs: leer, dormir, hacer, dar, ir.
The reading is followed by 10 true/false reading comprehension questions based on the story.
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
Vocabulary includes:
reservar
habitación
hotel
viaje
hacer la maleta
pasaporte
aeropuerto
facturar el equipaje
pasar por seguridad
avión
hacer cola
pasajeros
vuelo
museo
restaurante
This 7-page file includes 10 Mini Biographies of famous German and Austrian and
Swiss People:
Hildegard von Bingen
Johannes Gutenberg
Martin Luther
Anne Frank
Angela Merkel
Albert Einstein
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Brothers Grimm
Johannes Kepler
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
EXTENSION: At the end of the reading there is a matching section where students must match up the person with a description of who they are/were.
Answer key included
Ideal for students new to the German language and for those looking to get to know some famous Germanic people.
This file includes my Top 10 best selling German biographies at 50% off !
Angela Merkel
Johannes Gutenberg
Albert Einstein
Martin Luther
Brothers Grimm
Mozart
Hildegard Von Bingen
Goethe
9.Anne Frank
Johannes Kepler
Each biography is written in German and contains a glossary of new English-German vocabulary and 4-6 reading comprehension questions.
Level: Intermediate
This funny German reading that includes numerous examples of relative pronouns in context. Three people go hiking, but one is a spoilsport and ruins everything!
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 6 comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
This handout contains a clear explanation of the Genitive Case as well as 12 practice questions.
Includes answer key.
Editable word file.
NOTE: A similar worksheet is in my Beginner German Workbook.
This German Teading bundle includesMy Top 3 readings on German Winter Holidays @25% off:
Christmas Reading + Bonus Worksheet
Christmas Markets
New Years Eve/Silvester Reading
With comprehension questions and answer key
This worksheet focuses on stem-changing verbs of the present tense in the German language with 16 short answer questions.
Level: A1/2
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
Includes:
helfen
sprechen
essen
laufen
sehen
lesen
fahren
geben
This beginner level worksheet helps students:
~to learn the present tense conjugation of ‘estar’
~ to learn common expressions of emotion and condition
~ to learn to match adjectives with the subject
This worksheet includes 10 sentences where students must fill in the correct form of the verb estar as well as the correct ending on the adjective.
This worksheet includes:
aburrido
contento
curioso
enfermo
enojado
orgulloso
relajado
sorprendido
Answer key included.
Editable.