Legacy Video Lectures (& More Legacy German 101/102 Resources)

Scroll past the green vocabulary header to see the list of video lectures in the left-hand column!

Vocabulary overviews for PAST German 101/102/103 courses using the textbook Vorsprung [searchable Google docs!]

To practice the vocabulary for each chapter, go to the OLD German 101 Quizlet folder (Kapitel 1-6) or the OLD German 102 Quizlet folder (Kapitel 7-11). You can also preview the German 231 vocabulary here.

Suggested procedure:

  • Work on one chapter at a time; re-visit earlier chapters regularly
  • Be sure to turn on the German audio (Settings/Options > turn ON “Text to speech” and then turn OFF the English audio in the “Advanced text to speech” setting that becomes available when you turn on “Text to speech”). Do your best to imitate the audio when you read the German side of the cards!
  • Spend 10-15 minutes at a time going through the cards. For each card, try to form a very simple sentence with the word as quickly as you can, and say it out loud
    • Your sentences can be as simple as “[Noun] ist groß/klein/abstrakt; Ich mag [Noun] (nicht); Ich [Verb] (nicht) gern; Ich bin (nicht) [Adjective/Adverb]
    • Absurd/surreal sentences can be fun & effective. Keep them simple & picture them!
    • Can’t think of a sentence right away? Just say the word out loud and move on.
    • Here are some ideas for forming simple sentences quickly.
Legacy Video LecturesComprehension checks for the video lectures, and end-of-chapter worksheets (used in PAST German 101/102/103 courses)Vocabulary handouts & exercises for PAST German 101/102/103 courses by chapter
Kapitel 1 Main topics:
Formal commands
heißen & sein
Questions
der/das/die and ein/ein/eine
The pronouns er/es/sie
Nominative Case
Negation: kein vs nicht		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet

Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
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Kapitel 2 Main topics:
haben
Present tense of regular verbs
gern
Accusative Case
Masculine N-nouns (Weak Nouns)
Verb in Position 2
Telling time
Separable verbs
The position of nicht & a review of nicht vs kein		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2

Additional practice [external site:]
Zeit
Woche
Familie
Farben
Aussehen
Kapitel 3 Main topics:
Present tense of stem-changing verbs
Accusative Pronouns
Nominative and Accusative of Possessive Adjectives
Coordinating Conjunctions: und, denn, sondern, aber, oder
lieber
The modal verbs möchte and können
wissen & kennen
Noun plurals		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2

Additional practice [external site:]
Nahrungsmittel
Mahlzeiten
Getränke
Früchte
Gemüse
Geschirr
Gebäude
Kapitel 4 Main topics:
The Imperative
Modal verbs
Accusative prepositions		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet

Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
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Kapitel 5 Main topics:
Conversational Past tense (das Perfekt)
Present tense verbs with seit, schon and erst
The subordinating conjunctions weil, dass and ob
Infinitive clauses with zu
Word order: What we’ve learned so far		Comprehension check [worksheet]

End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet

Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
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Kapitel 6 Main topics:
Dative Case
The subordinating conjunction wenn
Der-words		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2
Kapitel 7 Main topics:
Two-way prepositions
The verb pairs liegen/legen, stehen/stellen, hängen/hängen and sitzen/setzen
Time expressions
Word order: time, manner, place
The subordinating conjunction damit

Supplementary Video with great usage examples for the 2-way prepositions		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2

Additional practice [external site:] Fahrzeuge
Gebäude
Geschäfte
Positionen
Richtungen
Kapitel 8 Main topics:
Reflexive verbs
Future tense
Prepositional verbs
Da- and Wo-compounds		Comprehension check [worksheet]

End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet

Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
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Kapitel 9, Teil 1 Main topics:
Relative clauses
Introduction to Subjunctive II
würde + infinitive
hätte & wäre		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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Vocabulary worksheet

Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
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Kapitel 9, Teil 2 Main topics:
Adjective endings
Comparative & Superlative		Comprehension check [worksheet]

End-of-chapter worksheet
Kapitel 10 Main topics:
Narrative Past tense
Als, wenn, wann and ob
Word order in sentences beginning with a subordinate clause
Past Perfect tense and the conjunctions bevor & nachdem
Genitive Case		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet		Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet 1
Vocabulary worksheet 2
Kapitel 11, Teil 1 Main topics:
Subjunctive II		Comprehension check [worksheet]Vocabulary handout
Vocabulary worksheet

Vocabulary check [online exercise]:
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Kapitel 11, Teil 2 Main topics:
Passive Voice
Summary of the uses of werden		Comprehension check [online exercise]:
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End-of-chapter worksheet