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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 required for all formal writing.
B) It is considered archaic.
C) It is the most commonly used case.
D) It is identical to the dative case.
  • 2. To what can the German pronoun 'er' refer?
A) Any neuter noun.
B) Only inanimate objects.
C) Only adult human males.
D) Any masculine noun.
  • 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 do not decline at all.
C) They decline like adjectives with no article.
D) They follow weak inflection rules only.
  • 5. When are reflexive pronouns used?
A) When the subject is unknown.
B) When the subject and object are the same.
C) Exclusively in the genitive case.
D) Only when referring to objects.
  • 6. What is the closest translation of the indefinite pronoun 'man'?
A) Someone specific.
B) Each person.
C) Nobody.
D) One or generic you.
  • 7. What is the declension status of predicate adjectives?
A) They follow weak inflection.
B) They are undeclined.
C) They follow strong inflection.
D) They match the noun's case and gender.
  • 8. When is strong adjective declension used?
A) When there is a definite article.
B) When using possessive determiners.
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) -es
B) -er
C) -e
D) -en
  • 10. When is weak adjective declension used?
A) When the noun is a geographic name.
B) When the adjective is a predicate.
C) When there is no article present.
D) When the article clearly indicates case, gender, and number.
  • 11. What characterizes mixed adjective declension?
A) It is used only for plural nouns.
B) It is identical to predicate adjective declension.
C) It excludes all forms of the strong inflection.
D) It uses indefinite articles or possessive determiners.
  • 12. What ending do geographic attributive words like 'Berliner' always have?
A) -e
B) -es
C) -en
D) -er
  • 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 dropped with no replacement.
C) It is kept and followed by -er.
D) It is changed to -es.
  • 14. Can the pronoun 'es' refer to a person?
A) Only in the plural form.
B) Yes, if the person is described by a neuter noun.
C) Never, 'er' or 'sie' must be used.
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 indicate the genitive case.
B) To turn the sentence into a question.
C) To follow weak inflection rules.
D) To provide emphasis.
  • 16. What is the English equivalent of the indefinite article 'ein'?
A) a / an
B) this
C) some
D) the
  • 17. Which pronoun follows the plural paradigm for indefinite articles?
A) dies
B) der
C) ein
D) kein
  • 18. Which of the following is considered a 'der-word'?
A) all-
B) ein
C) mein
D) kein
  • 19. Which word stem is reduced when given an ending?
A) manch
B) dies
C) euer
D) welch
  • 20. What ending do 'mixed' nouns like 'der Name' gain in the singular genitive?
A) -es
B) -ns
C) -n
D) -s
  • 21. What ending do plural nouns gain in the dative case if they do not already end in -n or -s?
A) -n
B) -es
C) -s
D) -ns
  • 22. Which irregular neuter noun behaves similarly to masculine mixed nouns?
A) der Berg
B) der Student
C) das Herz
D) die Hand
  • 23. In which case is the dative singular marking -e associated with strong masculine or neuter nouns?
A) Nominative singular
B) Accusative plural
C) Dative singular
D) Genitive plural
  • 24. Is the dative singular marking -e required in contemporary usage?
A) Rarely
B) Never
C) Only in plural
D) Always
  • 25. In what contexts is the -e dative ending still commonly used?
A) Scientific reports
B) Modern technical manuals
C) Fossilized phrases
D) Daily text messages
  • 26. Which sentence structure is more fluid due to declension?
A) Spanish
B) English
C) French
D) German
  • 27. What type of language is German described as in the text?
A) Polysynthetic
B) Isolating
C) Agglutinative
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) Five
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 Bäume
C) die Baums
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) The
B) An
C) Some
D) A
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