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Prepared in January 2003 by the Chair of the AATG Testing Commission: EXAMINATION LEVEL 2 Article and case formation and use of definite article in N, A use of D after preposition formation and use of indefinite article in N, A use of D after preposition ein-words Adjectives predicative comparison: as appropriate for beginners (cont. at level 3) endings in very common formulas such as "guten Tag", "liebe/r Tante/Onkel" Numbers cardinal numbers some ordinal numbers, but no adjective endings Adverbs time expressions: as appropriate for beginners (continued at level 3 and 4) Nouns plurals: as appropriate for beginners (continued at levels 3 and 4) genders: natural gender, agent nouns in -er, common fem. endings, "Mädchen" Pronouns personal pronouns in N, A "er, sie" reference to inanimate objects indefinite pronouns: "man" [no "einen, einem"] and forms identical to article demonstrative in N, A interrogative in N Verbs present tense: all personal endings, vowel change modal auxiliaries: present [includes "möchte"] imperatives without vowel change pres. perf. (wk., str., mix.): as appropriate for beginners (cont. at levels 3 and 4) "hatte, war" as vocabulary items and for basic manipulation tense auxiliaries: "haben/ sein" dative verbs: "helfen, danken, gefallen" reflexive verbs as appropriate for beginners (cont. at 3 & 4) impersonal verbs: weather expressions, "es gibt" infinitives without "zu" with modal verbs past participles should be understood in comprehension as appropriate for level Prepositions dative prepositions as appropriate accusative prepositions as appropriate meaning recognition of common mixed prepositions Conjunctions Word order Verb-noun combinations: (e.g. Foto machen) [will be rare] EXAMINATION LEVEL 3 Article and case definite articles in Dative (as indirect object) and Genitive indefinite articles in Dative (as indirect object) and Genitive der-words Adjectives comparison: complete Adverb in 1st position time expressions: as appropriate for this level meaning of some adverbs of place and manner (order of adverbs not tested) some differentiation of location vs. motion spatial adverbs (also in level 4) Flavoring particles: "denn, doch, mal" Nouns plurals: as appropriate for this level (also at levels 2 and 4) genders: as appropriate for this level Pronouns personal pronouns in Dative relative pronouns in Nominative interrogative pronouns in Acc., Dat. demonstrative pronouns in Dat. Verbs pres. perf. (wk., str., mix.): as appropriate for this level (also at levels 2 and 4) modal auxiliaries: simple past simple past: comprehension only, exc. very common forms (e.g. "war, hatte" some modals) imperatives with vowel change future tense separable and insep. prefixes (including word order) conditions contrary to fact: recognition of "hätte, wäre, würde" past participles should be understood in comprehension as appropriate for level impersonal verbs: as appropriate for this level (also at levels 2 and 4) dative verbs: as appropriate for this level (also at 2 & 4) reflexive verbs: as appropriate for this level (also at 2 and 4) Prepositions dative prepositions and accusative prepositions (all common ones) mixed prepositions (continued in 4) prepositional compounds: "da-" compounds active; "wo-" compounds recognition Conjunctions and word order: conjunctions as appropriate for this level (also at levels 2 and 4) main clause: inversion dependent clause placement of noun and pronoun objects Verb-noun combinations Idioms (e.g. im Stich lassen) [will be rare] Use of correct word (e.g. "Foto machen") [will be rare] EXAMINATION LEVEL 4 Adjectives weak endings strong endings attributive vs. adverbial use used as nouns Flavoring particles: "wohl" Time expressions as appropriate for level (also in 2 & 3) Nouns n-nouns (weak nouns) genders Pronouns possessive pronouns (within reason) interrogative pronouns in Genitive relative pronouns in Accusative, Dative, Genitive indefinite pronouns Verbs pres. perf. (wk., str., mix.): as appropriate for this level (also at levels 2 and 3) simple past, active knowledge infinitives with "zu" (no "brauchen") past participles: should be understood in reading present participles: should be understood in reading modal auxiliaries: perfect tenses, double infinitive (within reason) passive voice: (present, past, pres. perf.) Conditions contrary to fact present subjunctive: active use of "hätte, wäre, würde" and frequent modals past subjunctive (basic construction) subjunctive wishes indirect discourse: recognition impersonal verbs as appropriate for this level (also in 3) dative verbs as appropriate for this level (also in 3) reflexive verbs as appropriate for this level (also in 2 and 3) Prepositions mixed prepositions (also in 3) verbs with certain prepositions (list to be proposed) Conjunctions and word order: all (within reason) Verb-noun combinations: (e.g. "Foto machen, Rede halten") as appropriate for this level Idioms (e.g. "im Stich lassen") as appropriate for this level Use of correct word (e.g. "verbringen" with time spans, "Reise machen" etc.) as appropriate for this level |
