Checkpoint · A1

Checkpoint: Questions, the Accusative, and Negation

46 questions · 184 marks available · pass mark 60%

This paper covers Questions, The Accusative and Negation. Marks follow the JEE scheme: +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong single-correct or matching answer, partial credit on multiple-correct questions, and −2 there if any wrong option is chosen. Integer answers are never marked negative.

Question 1 of 46Examination — answers are shown at the end

Q1 · one option correct

____ arbeitet hier? — asking after a person

You may leave a question unanswered.

Sources

  • GrammarDurrell, Martin, Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, 5th edn. London: Routledge, 2011. — §21.1.1, p. 450, and §21.7.1, pp. 469–471, on the word order of questions and of negation; §2.2.1, p. 35, with Table 1.5, p. 26, on the accusative; §3.1.1, p. 48, and §3.2.7, p. 51, on the pronouns; §5.3.3, pp. 89–92, on wer and wen; §5.5.16 on kein; §1.3.2 on the weak masculines.
  • CorpusGoethe-Zertifikat A1: Start Deutsch 1 — Prüfungsziele, Testbeschreibung, Grammatik-Inventar, pp. 99–106. Goethe-Institut, version A1_SD1_Pruefziele_07 / VS_08_190422, 19.04.2022, with the accompanying Wortliste. — Cited for the syllabus of the three sections this paper examines.