German I 2nd Semester Exam Outline May, 2012 (Frau Lader)
General Info:
To best prepare for this exam, which will cover Chapters 4-7 and parts of Chapter 8, you should
- review all dialogues throughout each chapter (you may leave out the dialogues that are labeled “Lesestück” at the end of each chapter, as we did not do these).
- review all vocabulary lists (at the end of each section and at the end of each chapter).
- review all green sections labeled “Sprache” (this is the grammar you will be responsible for).
- review all notes you have been given in class. This is particularly important, as you have received extensive notes expanding upon what was in the textbook.
NOTE: Learning a foreign language is by its very nature cumulative. You may also need to review the material from Chapters 1-3 in order to be able to do what is required in Chapters 4-8.
Aiken Middle School Exam Date: Friday, May 25, 2012
Aiken High School Exam Date: 1st & 4th, Tuesday, May 29, 2012
NOTE: Senior Exams will be the week of Monday, May 22-25 (1st & 4th: Tuesday, May 22)
Vocabulary
Know the vocabulary for anything pertaining to
- school (ch. 4)
- months, weather, days of week, seasons, countries, languages (ch. 4 & 5)
- food and restaurant/café vocabulary (ch. 6)
- clothing, shopping, colors (ch. 7)
- gifts and purchasing gifts (ch.8 )
Grammar
Know the conjugations of and how to use the following verbs in sentences:
- sein (p. 111); modals (p. 161 and p. 163); werden, p. 174 (be able to not only use in a sentence, but in future formations); stem-changing verbs (p. 196); wissen (p. 209); also know when to use wissen vs. kennen (the two forms of “to know”)
Know also how to use
- definite articles in nominative and accusative case (p. 94 & notes)
- indefinite articles in nominative and accusative case (p. 130 & notes)
- plural forms of nouns (p. 143 and notes)
- how to use modals in a sentence (see notes, p. 161, p. 163)
- negation (p. 176 and notes)
- possessive adjectives in nominative and accusative (p. 226 and notes)


