This is a self-assessment of what I know and can do in German.

I can…

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1.

…talk about and describe apartment units.

2.

…talk about and ask questions about features

of an apartment.

3.

…express wishes with respect to an

apartment search.

4.

…understand tips on how to make repairs

and renovate an apartment.

5.

…describe the location of objects and people,

both stationary and moving.

6.

7.

8.

I know…

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1.

…the vocabulary for describing the floor plan

of an apartment.

2. ...the vocabulary for furniture and other

objects in an apartment.

3.

…how to use two-way prepositions with the

correct case.

4.

…the list of both wohin and wo verbs.

5.

…how to form the subjunctive using würde +

infintive.

6.

…how to use hätte to form the subjunctive of

haben.

7.

…when two consonants are pronounced as

one.

8.

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I can…

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1. ...talk about advantages and disadvantages of

various modes of transport.

2.

…name conditions for doing something or

not.

3.

…say what I like or don’t like to do.

4.

…talk about what I always/rarely/never do.

5.

…understand traffic regulations and signs.

6.

…talk about basic parts of an automobile and

maintenance.

7.

…describe my dream car and understand car

ads.

8.

I know…

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1.

…the vocabulary for transportation and

vehicles of various kinds.

2. ...how to link an idea as a consequence of

another using deshalb.

3.

…how to conjugate the verb warden in the

present and past tense.

4.

…how to use werden and the past participle

to form the passive.

5.

…when to use active versus passive.

6.

…how to use lassen with an infinitive when I

am having someone do something for me.

7.

…the importance of speaking difficult words

slowly and pronouncing each sound.

8.

I can…

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1. ...give multifaceted and detailed descriptions

of people and things using attributive

adjectives.

2.

…talk about fashion and make aesthetic

observations with adjectives.

3.

…express my likes and dislikes and say why.

4.

…give compliments.

5.

…understand personal ads.

6.

…listen to and understand a detailed

description of an everyday scene.

7.

…write a personal ad describing myself and

the type of person I am looking for.

8.

…express criticisms and dislikes politely.

9.

I know…

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1.

…the vocabulary to describe people and

various aspects of their lives.

2. ...that adjectives preceding nouns require

endings.

3.

…that the endings for unpreceded adjectives

have the same final letter as the definite

articles.

4.

…the endings in the table for adjectives

preceded by ein-words.

5.

…that the prepositions für and ohne always

take the accusative case.

6.

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I can…

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1. ...talk in detail about how I spend my free

time.

2.

…describe the activities I enjoy and those

that I don’t, and tell why.

3.

…express opinions about various sports,

hobbies and activities.

4.

…give advice about how someone can spend

their time.

5.

…understand oral interviews about soccer.

6.

…talk about sports in my own country.

7.

…talk about different aspects of clubs and

other organizations.

8.

…understand an interview with someone

describing their leisure activities and ask

follow-up questions.

9.

…interview others about how they spend

their free time and report the information.

I know…

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1.

…the vocabulary to describe various sports

and leisure activities.

2. ...how to add endings to possessive

adjectives to form pronouns.

3.

…the indefinite pronouns for people and

things.

4.

…the reflexive pronouns in the accusative

and some verbs that require them.

5.

…how to use könnte to make suggestions.

6.

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