Showing posts with label German. Show all posts
Showing posts with label German. Show all posts

November 30, 2022

School vocabulary in German : A Word Scramble Puzzle

DIE SCHULE

School vocab in German

Below, you'll discover a large number of German words that have been mixed up. They are all related to schools. Your task is to decipher the letters and write them down in the correct order. Don't worry if you get stuck. As usual, the list of solutions follows this entry.

November 16, 2022

Was machen sie? : A Crossword Puzzle with visual hints

 CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Drinking coffee

Below is a crossword puzzle as well as a list of visual hints. The squares must be filled in with the proper verb forms. I hope the exercise isn't too difficult, but if it is, simply scroll down to the vocabulary section where you can find assistance as usual.

November 02, 2022

Deutsche Autoren : A Word Cloud

 BERÜHMTE DEUTSCHE WERKE

writer


Below you will find the names of 19 writers. They are all German-language authors. Your task is to extract from the word cloud the title of one of their well-known works. Although the task shouldn't be too difficult, I'll leave you with the solution at the end of this post, just in case. But first, try to solve the puzzle on your own.

October 19, 2022

Bird Names in German : A Matching Exercise

BIRDS 


A small bird

Below is a list of 20 different bird names and a picture of each bird. Your task is to match the names with the pictures. If you find this exercise to be too challenging, scroll down to the vocabulary section where you will find the English equivalents of the German bird names. I hope you'll have fun solving this puzzle.

October 05, 2022

Gemüse : Eine Wortsuche

WORTSUCHE 

Rote Beete / beetroot


Find the following words in the grid below:

Artischocke, Spargel, Bohnen, Rote Beete, Paprika
Brokkoli, Rosenkohl, Kohl, Karotte, Blumenkohl
Sellerie, Mais, Gurke, Aubergine, Fenchel
Knoblauch, Ingwer, Frühlingszwiebel

September 21, 2022

Professions / Berufe : A Word Scramble and a Quiz for German Learners

PROFESSIONS

Two weeks ago, I published a word-matching exercise featuring German words associated with professions. With two new exercises—a word scramble and a quiz—you now have the chance to review those words.

Painter / Maler


The word scramble

With the help of their German equivalents, unscramble the English words.

NERTPTERIER --- Dolmetscher, Dolmetscherin

CRRYBEAIKL --- Maurer, Maurerin

CTEEHAR --- Lehrer, Lehrerin

September 07, 2022

Berufe: A Matching Exercise for German Learners

BERUFE


I made a matching exercise for you with German job vocabulary. I hope you will find it useful. If you feel lost, don't panic. You can always look up a word in a disctionary or just simply scroll down to the list of vocabulary where I give you the article of the words, the genitive, and plural ending, too. But first try to solve the puzzle without any additional help.

August 24, 2022

Geographie : A German word scramble puzzle for DAF students

GEOGRAPHIE

Geography words in German


The word scramble below is more difficult than the puzzles usually posted in this blog. Its level is around B2 or C1, but it is doable. If it is too difficult for you, scroll down to the vocabulary section where you will find the English translation of the words.  

August 10, 2022

Gegensätze ziehn sich an -- A Word Search Puzzle with German Words

Opposite words in German

The spiral below contains fifteen German words; however, the list of words beneath the spiral contains fifteen plus one. Your task is to locate the antonyms in the spiral and mark the appropriate words next to their corresponding opposites. The word in the spiral without an antonym is the solution.

A Word Search Puzzle for German learners

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Discover more puzzles in my book, which was revised and republished in June 2023:



The book is available in (almost) every Amazon store; 
here are a few links where you can buy it:


July 27, 2022

Obst : A Crossword for German Learners

I made a crossword for German learners about fruit names. First try to put the words into the squares without a dictionary, I hope you can solve it quickly.


FRUITS IN GERMAN


July 13, 2022

Wortsuche für Kinder

There is a simple word search puzzle for young children below. The words can be found horizontally (from left to right) and vertically (from top to bottom).

This time I do not list the 15 words which are hidden in the puzzle. Because of the German orthography it should be a piece of cake to solve it anyway. :-)

WORD SEARCH PUZZLE FOR CHILDREN


Wortsuchrätsel, Die Erde

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Discover more puzzles in my book, which was revised and republished in June 2023:



The book is available in (almost) every Amazon store; 
here are a few links where you can buy it:


July 06, 2022

Which sentence belongs to which scene? Watch this short video and find out!

Below you can find 15 sentences. Please, read them first, then watch this short video.

Once you are ready, match the scenes in the video with the right sentences.


June 29, 2022

Wer bin ich? -- Was passt zusammen? Find the pairs!

Nest

Who am I? 

Below you can find 10 sentences, each of them describing a thing, an animal, a concept etc.

Your task is to match them with the correct keywords.

 

Keywords

der Donnerstag, der Fuß, der Herd, die Katze, das Messer, das Nest, der Samstag, der Sommer, der Staubsauger, der Winter, 

June 27, 2022

June 22, 2022

Berufe -- Vokalsuche

Wieder ein Arbeitsblatt für Sie oder Ihre Schüler. Die Aufgabe ist es, die Wörter mit den fehlenden Vokalen zu ergänzen. In ein paar Wochen kehren wir noch zu diesen Bildern zurück. 

Berufe



June 15, 2022

A word cloud with German words

There are 32 German words in the word cloud below. All of them designate positive characteristics. Can you find all of them? 😉




June 01, 2022

Fallen phrase -- a quote in German

A FALLEN PHRASE PUZZLE

Originally, the letters were on the board, but they fell out of it. Now all the letters needed to solve the puzzle are located just beneath the column they belong to, but they are scrambled.

Your task is to put the letters on the board so, that the message, a quote from Heinrich von Kleist appears again. 

Be cautious! Words are separated by black squares, not by the end of a line.


Happy puzzle solving!

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Discover more puzzles in my book, which was revised and republished in June 2023:



The book is available in (almost) every Amazon store; 
here are a few links where you can buy it:


May 25, 2022

A Maze with a German Sentence

A FAMOUS FIRST LINE 

The below maze hides the first line of a famous book. Can you find out the title and author of the book?


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Discover more puzzles in my book, which was revised and republished in June 2023:



The book is available in (almost) every Amazon store; 
here are a few links where you can buy it:


May 11, 2022

Word Search Puzzle with German Birdnames and a Hidden Proverb

WORTSCHLANGE

In dieser Wortschlange verbergen sich allerlei Vögel. 

Zuerst streichen Sie die Vogelnamen durch, dann schauen Sie sich die übriggebliebenen Buchstaben genauer an. 

Die restlichen Buchstaben ergeben ein deutsches Sprichtwort.

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Discover more puzzles in my book, which was revised and republished in June 2023:



The book is available in (almost) every Amazon store; 
here are a few links where you can buy it:


May 04, 2022

German Names for Body Parts : An Easy Word Search Puzzle

 Here is a new puzzle for you or for your students.

It is an easy puzzle, words can go horizontally from left to right, and vertically from top to bottom.

WORD SEARCH PUZZLE



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Discover more puzzles in my book, which was revised and republished in June 2023:



The book is available in (almost) every Amazon store; 
here are a few links where you can buy it: