German declension - тест
  • 1. What is the status of the genitive case for personal pronouns in modern German?
A) It is considered archaic.
B) It is identical to the dative case.
C) It is the most commonly used case.
D) It is required for all formal writing.
  • 2. To what can the German pronoun 'er' refer?
A) Any neuter noun.
B) Any masculine noun.
C) Only inanimate objects.
D) Only adult human males.
  • 3. How do prepositions interact with the interrogative pronoun 'was'?
A) They merge to form new words.
B) They are omitted entirely.
C) They change 'was' into 'wer'.
D) They stay as separate words.
  • 4. How do possessive pronouns decline in German?
A) They decline like adjectives with no article.
B) They do not decline at all.
C) They follow weak inflection rules only.
D) The same way as 'kein'.
  • 5. When are reflexive pronouns used?
A) Only when referring to objects.
B) Exclusively in the genitive case.
C) When the subject is unknown.
D) When the subject and object are the same.
  • 6. What is the closest translation of the indefinite pronoun 'man'?
A) One or generic you.
B) Nobody.
C) Each person.
D) Someone specific.
  • 7. What is the declension status of predicate adjectives?
A) They follow weak inflection.
B) They follow strong inflection.
C) They match the noun's case and gender.
D) They are undeclined.
  • 8. When is strong adjective declension used?
A) When there is no preceding article.
B) When there is a definite article.
C) When referring to geographic names.
D) When using possessive determiners.
  • 9. What ending is common for genitive masculine and neuter strong adjectives, often confusing learners?
A) -e
B) -en
C) -er
D) -es
  • 10. When is weak adjective declension used?
A) When there is no article present.
B) When the article clearly indicates case, gender, and number.
C) When the adjective is a predicate.
D) When the noun is a geographic name.
  • 11. What characterizes mixed adjective declension?
A) It excludes all forms of the strong inflection.
B) It is used only for plural nouns.
C) It uses indefinite articles or possessive determiners.
D) It is identical to predicate adjective declension.
  • 12. What ending do geographic attributive words like 'Berliner' always have?
A) -en
B) -e
C) -er
D) -es
  • 13. What happens to the terminal '-en' when forming a geographic attributive from a name like 'Göttingen'?
A) It is kept and followed by -er.
B) It is replaced by -er.
C) It is changed to -es.
D) It is dropped with no replacement.
  • 14. Can the pronoun 'es' refer to a person?
A) Yes, if the person is described by a neuter noun.
B) No, it only refers to inanimate objects.
C) Only in the plural form.
D) Never, 'er' or 'sie' must be used.
  • 15. What is the purpose of placing an object at the beginning of a German sentence?
A) To follow weak inflection rules.
B) To indicate the genitive case.
C) To provide emphasis.
D) To turn the sentence into a question.
  • 16. What is the English equivalent of the indefinite article 'ein'?
A) a / an
B) some
C) this
D) the
  • 17. Which pronoun follows the plural paradigm for indefinite articles?
A) dies
B) ein
C) der
D) kein
  • 18. Which of the following is considered a 'der-word'?
A) ein
B) mein
C) all-
D) kein
  • 19. Which word stem is reduced when given an ending?
A) manch
B) euer
C) welch
D) dies
  • 20. What ending do 'mixed' nouns like 'der Name' gain in the singular genitive?
A) -ns
B) -s
C) -es
D) -n
  • 21. What ending do plural nouns gain in the dative case if they do not already end in -n or -s?
A) -ns
B) -es
C) -s
D) -n
  • 22. Which irregular neuter noun behaves similarly to masculine mixed nouns?
A) die Hand
B) das Herz
C) der Berg
D) der Student
  • 23. In which case is the dative singular marking -e associated with strong masculine or neuter nouns?
A) Genitive plural
B) Nominative singular
C) Accusative plural
D) Dative singular
  • 24. Is the dative singular marking -e required in contemporary usage?
A) Always
B) Never
C) Rarely
D) Only in plural
  • 25. In what contexts is the -e dative ending still commonly used?
A) Fossilized phrases
B) Daily text messages
C) Scientific reports
D) Modern technical manuals
  • 26. Which sentence structure is more fluid due to declension?
A) English
B) Spanish
C) French
D) German
  • 27. What type of language is German described as in the text?
A) Agglutinative
B) Polysynthetic
C) Fusional
D) Isolating
  • 28. How many different forms of the adjective 'neu' are mentioned?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Four
D) Six
  • 29. How many cases does Modern High German distinguish?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
  • 30. What is the plural of 'die Reise'?
A) die Reis
B) die Reisee
C) die Reisen
D) die Reiser
  • 31. What is the plural of 'das Blatt'?
A) die Blatte
B) die Blatten
C) die Blatts
D) die Blätter
  • 32. What is the plural of 'der Baum'?
A) die Baumer
B) die Baumen
C) die Bäume
D) die Baums
  • 33. According to the text, what English pronouns show remnants of case markings?
A) Who, which, what, that
B) He, she, they, we
C) This, that, these, those
D) I, me, my, mine
  • 34. What does the German definite article correspond to in English?
A) An
B) Some
C) A
D) The
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