Edexcel GCSE German

Vocabulary: school + work

Edexcel GCSE German revision on Vocabulary: school + work. Aligned to the Pearson Edexcel GCSE German 1GN0 specification. This bank has 53 practice questions on this topic.

Sample questions (3 of 53)

  1. Question 1

    Schule = ?

    • A) Hospital
    • B) School
    • C) Shop
    • D) Office
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    Answer: School

    Education: Schule (school), Gymnasium (academic secondary), Realschule (vocational secondary), Universität (university), Klasse (class, also year), Lehrer/Lehrerin (teacher), Schüler/Schülerin (pupil), Stundenplan (timetable), Hausaufgaben (homework).

  2. Question 2

    Fach = ?

    • A) Subject (school)
    • B) Door
    • C) Game
    • D) Pen
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    Answer: Subject (school)

    Subjects: Mathe (Maths), Deutsch (German), Englisch, Französisch (French), Spanisch (Spanish), Geschichte (History), Erdkunde / Geographie (Geography), Biologie, Chemie, Physik, Sport (PE), Kunst (Art), Musik, Informatik (IT). 'Mein Lieblingsfach ist...' = My favourite subject is...

  3. Question 3

    Lehrer = ?

    • A) Pupil
    • B) Teacher (male)
    • C) Principal
    • D) Doctor
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    Answer: Teacher (male)

    Many German jobs have m/f forms: Lehrer/Lehrerin (teacher), Arzt/Ärztin (doctor), Student/Studentin, Ingenieur/Ingenieurin (engineer), Anwalt/Anwältin (lawyer). Recent trend: gender-neutral asterisk forms like Lehrer*innen for plural. Plural usually adds -innen for fem.

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