Job pairs include der Arzt/die Ärztin, der Lehrer/die Lehrerin, der Anwalt/die Anwältin, der Ingenieur/die Ingenieurin, der Koch/die Köchin and der Verkäufer/die Verkäuferin. Landwirt means farmer and Polizist police officer in the taught set. These vocabulary forms do not restrict who can do a job.
Bare professions commonly omit an article after sein or werden: ich bin Lehrer, ich möchte Ärztin werden. An expanded description can use one: er ist ein guter Lehrer. Krankenschwester is an established nursing term; current German training titles include Pflegefachfrau, Pflegefachmann and Pflegefachperson.
Learn the profession form
Work experience and part-time jobs
Das Praktikum is a work placement/internship and der Nebenjob work alongside a main activity. Teilzeit refers to part-time hours; it is not the same distinction. Original model: ich habe ein Praktikum in einem Geschäft gemacht and habe Kunden geholfen.
Der Chef/die Chefin means boss, die Kollegen colleagues and das Gehalt salary in the stated pay context. Ich verdiene zehn Euro pro Stunde is a fictional translation example, not a current wage recommendation. Actual conditions depend on the real role and applicable rules; this lesson supplies none.
Distinguish work terms
Qualities and skills
Fleißig means diligent, geduldig patient, kreativ creative, organisiert organised and verantwortungsbewusst responsible. Fremdsprachen are foreign languages and Teamarbeit teamwork. Die Fähigkeiten means skills or abilities; die Erfahrung experience.
Support a quality with a fictional example: ich bin organisiert. Im Praktikum habe ich Termine notiert. Reading questions should use the evidence given rather than assume that every job needs the same qualities or that one adjective guarantees success.
Support a quality with an example
CVs and applications
Der Lebenslauf is a CV or résumé, das Bewerbungsschreiben an application/cover letter and das Vorstellungsgespräch a job interview. Sich um eine Stelle bewerben means apply for a position: ich bewerbe mich, du bewirbst dich.
Original model: ich kann gut organisieren und spreche Deutsch und Englisch. These are stated skills, not proof of an actual qualification. Use invented details in practice; the lesson does not request a real CV, address, contact information or employer message.
Keep application stages distinct
Ambitions and the future
Ich möchte Arzt werden expresses a wish to become a doctor; ich werde studieren is active Futur I for the future university-study plan here. Ich werde Arzt sein describes future status. Werden does not have the same function in every construction.
Wenn ich achtzehn bin, werde ich eine Ausbildung machen is one fictional conditional plan. Bin closes the written subordinate clause; the main-clause portion then begins werde ich. A wish or future form does not guarantee an event or prescribe an age for entering every route.
Choose the intended construction
Further study
Eine Ausbildung means vocational training in the supplied career model; eine Lehre an apprenticeship; das Studium university study and die Universität the institution. Germany’s dual vocational training combines a company and vocational school; other forms of training also exist.
Routes differ in entry requirements, content and duration. A gap year or travel can be an imagined option, but neither is compulsory. Original sentence vor dem Studium möchte ich reisen und Erfahrungen sammeln supplies one speaker’s motive, rather than a universal reason for taking time out.
Read the stated education route
Opinions
Ich möchte nicht im Büro arbeiten, weil ich lieber praktisch arbeite is a fictional preference. The weil clause states the speaker’s reason; it does not establish that office work is boring or that practical work is better for everyone.
Das Gehalt ist mir wichtig, aber auch die Arbeitszeiten sind wichtig gives two priorities. In the original advert, Buchladen Morgen sucht eine Aushilfe für samstags names Saturday work and good German/customer contact; no wage or real vacancy is asserted.
Read the original aspiration
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3.In a nursing vocabulary list, what does die Krankenschwester mean?
Easy
Athe doctor
Bthe teacher
Cthe nurse
Dthe shop assistant
4.What does "der Koch" mean?
Easy
Athe cook book
Bthe cook
Cthe coach
Dthe cow
5.In a shop, what does der Verkäufer mean?
Easy
Athe sales assistant
Bthe driver
Cthe teacher
Dthe farmer
6.What does "der Landwirt" mean?
Easy
Athe landlord
Bthe pilot
Cthe landscaper
Dthe farmer
7.What does "der Polizist" mean?
Easy
Athe pilot
Bthe postman
Cthe policeman
Dthe politician
8.What does "das Praktikum" mean?
Easy
Athe practice game
Bthe work placement
Cthe practical test
Dthe practice room
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9.What does "der Nebenjob" mean?
Easy
Aa side job alongside a main activity
Bthe next job
Cthe job in the neighbourhood
Dthe night job
10.In a job application, what does das Vorstellungsgespräch mean?
Easy
Athe performance
Bthe presentation
Cthe casual conversation with a friend
Dthe interview
11.What does "das Bewerbungsschreiben" mean?
Easy
Athe report
Bthe thank-you letter
Cthe application letter
Dthe newspaper
12.What does sich um eine Stelle bewerben mean?
Easy
Ato wait
Bto apply
Cto move
Dto describe
13.What does "fleißig" mean?
Easy
Ahard-working
Bflighty
Clazy
Dfunny
14.In Ich mache eine Ausbildung als Koch, what does Ausbildung refer to?
Easy
Athe education system
Bthe school
Cthe exam
Dvocational training
15.In Sie macht eine Lehre als Köchin, what does Lehre refer to?
Easy
Athe university
Bthe school
Cthe apprenticeship
Dthe teaching of a theory in this sentence
16.What does "die Fähigkeiten" mean?
Easy
Afairies
Bskills
Cfeelings
Dfailures
17.Which model expresses I would like to become a doctor?
Medium
AIch möchte Arzt werden
BIch möchte ein Arzt sein werden
CIch möchte werden Arzt
DIch werde möchte Arzt
18.Which active Futur I model expresses I will study at university?
Medium
AIch werde studiert
BIch werden studieren
CIch werde zu studieren
DIch werde studieren
19.Which model uses the perfect to say I worked in a shop on Saturdays?
Medium
AIch arbeitete samstags gearbeitet
BIch habe gearbeiten
CIch habe samstags in einem Geschäft gearbeitet
DIch bin samstags in einem Geschäft gearbeitet
20.In a fictional language example, which sentence means I earn ten euros per hour?
Medium
AIch bin verdienen
BIch verdiene zehn Euro pro Stunde
CIch verdienen zehn Euro
DIch verdiene zehn Euro für Stunde
21.Which model uses the perfect to say I did a work placement?
Medium
AIch habe ein Praktikum gemacht
BIch bin ein Praktikum gemacht
CIch mache habe Praktikum
DIch habe Praktikum machen
22.Where is finite bin in the supplied written subordinate clause wenn ich achtzehn bin?
Medium
Ait stays second
Bit goes first
Cit disappears
Dat the end of this subordinate clause
23.What is the infinitive of "werde"?
Medium
Asein
Bhaben
Cwerden
Dwerdet
24.What does werden plus infinitive do in the model Ich werde studieren?
Medium
Ait is a command
Bforms active Futur I, expressing a future study plan here
Cit is past tense
Dit is a noun
25.Original report: Im Praktikum habe ich gelernt, mit Kunden zu sprechen. What did the speaker learn?
Medium
Ato speak with customers
Bto repair bicycles
Cto cook for customers
Dto manage a school
26.Original plan: Vor dem Studium möchte ich reisen und Erfahrungen sammeln. What does the speaker want to do before university study?
Medium
Astop learning forever
Bstart a university course immediately
Cwork only in an office
Dtravel and gain experience
27.Original application: Ich kann gut organisieren und spreche Deutsch und Englisch. Which skills are stated?
Medium
Acooking and car repair
Bonly an interest in sport
Corganisation and two named languages
Ddriving and nursing
28.In Der Chef leitet das Geschäft, what does Chef mean?
Easy
Athe cheque
Bthe boss
Cthe chef only
Dthe customer
29.What does "die Kollegen" mean?
Easy
Athe colleagues
Bthe colleges
Cthe collars
Dthe classes
30."Das Praktikum" is a work placement.
Easy
True or false?
31.In Sie macht eine Lehre als Köchin, Lehre names a university rather than an apprenticeship.
Easy
True or false?
32."Der Lebenslauf" means CV.
Easy
True or false?
33.Ich werde studieren uses werden plus an infinitive to form active Futur I.
Easy
True or false?
34.In the written subordinate clause wenn ich achtzehn bin, finite bin comes immediately after wenn.
Medium
True or false?
35.Which are jobs?
Medium
Ader Arzt
Bder Anwalt
Cder Koch
Dder Ingenieur
Edas Praktikum
36.Which items in the supplied set name an institution, study or vocational training rather than a side job?
Medium
Adie Universität
Bdie Ausbildung
Cdie Lehre
Ddas Studium
Eder Nebenjob
37.Construct a short fictional German account of a future job or training plan, with a reason and one future or wish construction. You may invent the speaker’s plans.
