Vocabulary: family + people
Edexcel GCSE German revision on Vocabulary: family + people. Aligned to the Pearson Edexcel GCSE German 1GN0 specification. This bank has 49 practice questions on this topic.
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Question 1
Bruder = ?
- A) Father
- B) Brother
- C) Cousin
- D) Uncle
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Answer: Brother
Family: Vater (father), Mutter (mother), Bruder (brother), Schwester (sister), Sohn (son), Tochter (daughter), Onkel (uncle), Tante (aunt), Cousin/Cousine, Großvater (grandfather), Großmutter (grandmother), Eltern (parents), Geschwister (siblings).
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Question 2
Tochter = ?
- A) Son
- B) Daughter
- C) Aunt
- D) Husband
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Answer: Daughter
Tochter is feminine -> die Tochter. Plural: Töchter (with umlaut). 'Meine Tochter ist 12' = My daughter is 12. 'Ich habe zwei Töchter.' Note: German often umlauts in plural forms - Mutter -> Mütter, Vater -> Väter, Bruder -> Brüder.
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Question 3
'I am tall' = ?
- A) Ich bin groß
- B) Ich habe groß
- C) Ich bin große
- D) Ich groß bin
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Answer: Ich bin groß
When adjective is the PREDICATE (after verb 'sein'), it does NOT decline: 'Ich bin groß' (I am tall). 'Sie ist klein' (she is small). 'Das Haus ist alt' (the house is old). ATTRIBUTIVE adjectives (before noun) DO decline: 'ein großer Mann', 'ein kleines Haus'.
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