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