Vocabulary
Present simple & progressive
Nouns & articles
Pronouns & quantifiers
mixed grammar challenge
100
  • der Hund
  • rot
  • die Schule
  • die Katze
  • das Haus

dog, red, school, cat, house

100

Complete: "Look! The baby ___ (sleep)."

is sleeping

100

Fill in the correct article: "__ orange"

an orange

100

Replace the name with a pronoun: "Tom is my friend."

He is my friend.

100

Correct and explain: "It gives three dogs in the park."

There are three dogs in the park.

The verb "(to) give" means that you actively hand sth. to sb.

200
  • der Schreibtisch
  • die Schultasche
  • die Bibliothek
  • der Stundenplan
  • die Turnhalle

desk, school bag, library, timetable, gym

200

Which tense do we use for routines: Simple Present or Present Progressive?

Simple Present

200

What is the plural of "tooth"?

teeth

200

Complete: "I don't have ___ money." (many / much)

I don't have much money. (uncountable)
200

Make a negative sentence: "She can swim."

Name two possible solutions.

She cannot swim.

She can't swim.

300
  • der Wellensittich
  • der Textmarker (not: marker)
  • das Federmäppchen
  • die Landkarte
  • die Vorschrift

budgie, highlighter, pencil case, map, rule/regulation.

300

Correct the mistake: "My brother is playing football every Saturday."

My brother plays football every Saturday.

300

Rewrite using the possessive form: "the skateboard of Ben"

Ben's skateboard

300

Put the adverb in the correct place: "I / eat / breakfast / usually"

I usually eat breakfast.

300

Turn this into a question: "They are doing their homework."

Explain how you can form a question. 

Are they doing their homework?

You form questions in the present progressive by switching the subject and the form of '(to) be'.

400
  • sich erinnern (an)
  • erstaunlich
  • geschieden
  • zuhören
  • der Regenschirm

remember, amazing, divorced, listen, umbrella

400

Explain the difference between: "I play tennis." and "I am playing tennis."

Habit/routine vs. action happening now.

400

Explain why we say "an elephant" but "a tiger."

"An" comes before vowel sounds; "a" before consonant sounds.

400

Explain why we say "many books" but "much water."

Books are countable; water is uncountable.

400

Explain why "There is two books on the table" is wrong.

"Two books" is plural, so we need "There are."

500
  • lebenswichtige Fertigkeiten
  • Mitschüler/in
  • sprudelnd
  • der Einkaufswagen
  • Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (full title)

life skills, classmate, sparkling, shopping trolley/cart, information and communication technology (ICT)

500

Why is "Likes she pizza?" wrong? Correct the question.

Does she like pizza?

In the Simple Present, we use does to form questions with he/she/it. The main verb stays in the base form.

500

Correct the mistake and explain: "Three childs are playing."

Three children are playing. "Child" has the irregular plural "children."

500

Correct and explain: "I really like she."

I really like her. "She" is a sbject form, not an object pronoun.

500

Find and explain the mistake: "Open you book!"

Open your book! "Your" is the possessive determiner; "you" is a pronoun.