Lesson 20 · German A1-2

Review & Spaced Recall

Wiederholung

19 lessons in, covering the full core grammar skeleton plus five practical vocabulary domains. This lesson doesn't teach anything new - it interleaves everything so far, which is exactly the kind of effortful, mixed retrieval that builds long-term retention rather than just fluency you'll lose in a week.

Today's win: find out - honestly - what's still shaky before moving further, by retrieving across every topic instead of just the most recent one.

Mixed recall check (all lessons 1-19)

1. Formal "How are you?" (Lesson 1) - Wie geht es ______?

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Ihnen

2. Write 21 in German, one word (Lesson 2).

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einundzwanzig

3. "She learns German." (Lesson 3) - Sie ______ Deutsch.

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lernt

4. Article for "Mädchen" (girl) - trick question (Lesson 4).

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das

5. "Where do you live?" (Lesson 5) - ______ wohnst du?

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Wo

6. "I have a brother." accusative (Lesson 7) - Ich habe ______ Bruder.

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einen

7. What does "kalt" mean on a rent listing (Lesson 8)?

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excludes utilities

8. What time does "halb zehn" mean (Lesson 10)?

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9:30

9. Where does the infinitive go with a modal verb (Lesson 11)?

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the end

10. "I have no car." (Lesson 13) - Ich habe ______ Auto.

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kein

11. Dictionary form of "to get up" (Lesson 15).

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aufstehen

12. Which helper verb goes with "gehen" in the Perfekt (Lesson 16)?

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sein

13. Dative form of "der" (Lesson 18) - mit ______ Bus.

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dem

14. Does German use an article before a stated profession (Lesson 19)?

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no

How to use this honestly

If you missed more than two or three, that's useful signal - not failure. Revisit the specific lesson linked in the question, not the whole set. If everything felt solid, that's the ideal state to build the next stretch of lessons on: longer dialogues, real listening practice, and eventually a full timed Modellsatz.

Try it out loud: pick your weakest topic from above and explain the rule out loud, in your own words, as if teaching it to someone else - the most effortful and most durable form of review.

Next steps

Full index of everything covered: Lesson Index. When you're ready, a good next real-world test is the official Goethe A1 Modellsatz - not to pass it yet, but to see exactly what the real exam format looks and sounds like.

Tell your teaching agent which topics felt shaky - it'll plan the next lessons around exactly those gaps.