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Topic test · B1

Nomen-Verb-Verbindungen test

10questions
8minutes
60%pass mark
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One question at a time, the clock runs. Answers stay closed like a real exam: you see every correct answer with its explanation at the end. Score 60% to finish the topic.

Topic test

10 questions, easy to hard

Pick an option and press «Next». You can go back and change it. Anything left blank counts as wrong.

Ich muss heute eine wichtige Entscheidung .

I have to make an important decision today.

treffen — “to make a decision” is eine Entscheidung treffen in German. It is not a word-for-word match with English “make”; learn this noun-verb pair as a set phrase.

Darf ich Ihnen eine Frage ?

May I ask you a question?

stellen — “to ask a question” is eine Frage stellen. fragen is a verb on its own, but with the object Frage the set phrase needs stellen.

Er möchte einen Antrag auf Urlaub .

He wants to apply for leave.

stellen — einen Antrag stellen is the fixed formal phrase: “to submit an application”. This is the phrase you meet at every office and in visa procedures.

Die Maschine steht zur .

The machine is available for use.

Verfügung — zur Verfügung stehen means “to be available”. The phrase is frozen; zur and Verfügung never separate.

Wir Abschied von unserem Kollegen.

We are saying goodbye to our colleague.

nehmen — “to say goodbye” is Abschied nehmen. German “takes” a farewell; if you try to build it word for word from English, the phrase breaks.

Ich gebe dir darauf bald eine .

I’ll give you an answer to that soon.

Antwort — “to give an answer” is eine Antwort geben. The verb (gebe) is already in the sentence; the gap takes the noun of the phrase.

Die Firma muss den Opfern Hilfe .

The company has to provide help to the victims.

leisten — Hilfe leisten means “to provide help” in formal language. There is no phrase Hilfe machen in German.

Der Politiker hat gestern eine Rede .

The politician gave a speech yesterday.

To give a speech -> eine Rede halten. The Perfekt is “hat ... gehalten”.

Build the sentence: The teacher asks a question.

Tap the pieces to build the sentence

Subject (Der Lehrer) + verb (stellt) + the noun of the phrase (eine Frage).

Ich mache einen Antrag. — this sentence is a correct formal phrase.

False. For “to submit an application” German uses “einen Antrag stellen”, not “machen”.
Quick rules

The rules in three lines

The full topic lives on its own page. This is only the core you need for the test.

  1. Learn the phrases as a whole

    A noun always pairs with one particular verb. It is “Frage stellen”, not “Frage machen”.

    einen Antrag stellen

Traps

Commonly mixed up

Where a direct translation breaks. The hard questions come from here.

  • Er macht eine Entscheidung.

    Er trifft eine Entscheidung.

    You do not “make” (machen) a decision in German — you “meet” it: treffen.