Cases + articles
Edexcel GCSE German revision on Cases + articles. Aligned to the Pearson Edexcel GCSE German 1GN0 specification. This bank has 5 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 5)
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Question 1
German nouns belong to one of how many genders?
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Answer: 3
Three genders: MASCULINE (der), FEMININE (die), NEUTER (das). All nouns are CAPITALISED in German. Gender often unpredictable - learn with article: 'der Tisch' (table, m), 'die Tür' (door, f), 'das Buch' (book, n). Definite articles change with case!
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Question 2
Definite article for masculine nominative is...
- A) der
- B) die
- C) das
- D) den
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Answer: der
NOMINATIVE (subject) articles: DER (m), DIE (f), DAS (n), DIE (pl). 'Der Mann liest' = the man reads. Articles change based on CASE: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), genitive (possession).
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Question 3
In accusative case, 'der' becomes...
- A) der
- B) den
- C) dem
- D) des
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Answer: den
ACCUSATIVE (direct object) changes only masculine: der -> den. 'Ich sehe DEN Mann' (I see the man). Feminine + neuter + plural stay the same. ACCUSATIVE: den/die/das/die. Triggered by: direct objects of verbs, certain prepositions (für, ohne, durch, gegen, um).
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