Lesson 55 · German A1-2

Review: Lessons 46-54

Wiederholung

Sixth checkpoint. This stretch was almost entirely practical, everyday-life vocabulary - emergencies, insurance, opinions, more modal verbs, utilities, social plans, waste sorting, and the post office. Less new grammar, more real-world coverage.

Today's win: confirm this wide vocabulary stretch is sticking, since vocabulary fades faster than grammar rules without deliberate recall.

Mixed recall check (Lessons 46-54)

1. What's the EU-wide emergency number (Lesson 46)?

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112

2. What's the German word for "insurance card" (Lesson 47)?

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Versichertenkarte

3. "That's right." (Lesson 48) - Das ______.

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stimmt

4. Which modal verb expresses permission - "may" (Lesson 49)?

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dürfen

5. "I'd like to cancel the contract." (Lesson 51) - Ich möchte den Vertrag ______.

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kündigen

6. Which word softens a polite decline (Lesson 52)?

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leider

7. What color bin is for paper (Lesson 53)?

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blau

8. What's left in your mailbox when you miss a delivery (Lesson 54)?

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Abholschein

Why vocabulary needs more repetition than grammar

Grammar rules are small in number and get reused every lesson, so they naturally get spaced repetition for free. Vocabulary items are numerous and each one shows up far less often - which is exactly why this stretch of purely practical vocabulary is worth a dedicated review rather than assuming it stuck on first exposure.

Try it out loud: pick the domain from this stretch you're least confident in (emergencies, insurance, utilities, post office) and describe a realistic scenario in that domain from memory, without looking back at the lesson.

Where this leaves you

Vocabulary now covers nearly every domain of daily life in Germany. Full index: Lesson Index. The strongest next step remains what the last two reviews pointed to: real exam practice, and picking Goethe vs. telc once you're ready to compare formats directly.

Tell your teaching agent which of these vocabulary domains still feels shaky, or share how a real exam attempt went.