Activities for Vorbei
Practice some of the vocabulary from this song and its irregular verbs using these flashcards, games and exercises.
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Activities
Vocabulary Excercises
We have chosen 15 terms out of this song’s lyrics to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.
Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of German to English and English to German flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.
Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.
Grammar Exercises
This song really didn’t provide anything to practice other than a handful of verbs that are irregular in the present tense. We have included irregular verbs that are helping verbs in other tenses. Full conjugations of these irregular verbs can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice them. Please note, we have not included irregular verbs that do not have irregularities in the present tense.
Irregular Verb Flashcards – Practice the irregular verbs in this song with our sets of German to English and English to German flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Irregular Verb Games – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.
Irregular Verb Exercises – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Resources
Vocabulary List
| Term | Meaning | P of S | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| allerletzte | very last, very latest; most awful | adj | allerletzte |
| dauern | to last, go on; take a while, take a long time | reg verb | dauert |
| echt | real, genuine, authentic, original; true | adj | echt |
| Ende (pl Enden) | end; outcome, result; point | neut noun | Ende |
| Himmel (pl Himmel) | sky; heaven | masc noun | Himmel |
| irgendwann | sometime, someday | adv | irgendwann |
| lachen | to laugh | reg verb | lachen |
| leicht | light, lightweight; easy | adj | leicht |
| seitdem | since | conj | Seitdem |
| Sonne (pl Sonnen) | sun; sunlight | fem noun | Sonne |
| spüren | to feel, sense | reg verb | spür’ |
| vergessen | to forget; to leave behind | irreg verb | vergessen |
| wehtun | to hurt | irreg verb | tut nur weh |
| Wolke (pl Wolken) | cloud; flaw | fem noun | Wolken |
| Zeit brauchen | take time | braucht es seine Zeit |
Irregular Verb Conjugations
The following charts show the full conjugations of the present tense of the irregular verbs found in this song.
sein: to be
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | ich bin | wir sind |
| Second person | du bist | ihr seid |
| Third person | er/sie/es ist | sie sind |
können: be able to do, know how to do; be allowed to
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | ich kann | wir können |
| Second person | du kannst | ihr könnt |
| Third person | er/sie/es kann | sie können |
sehen: to see, look at; watch; recognize; notice; meet; know
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | ich sehe | wir sehen |
| Second person | du siehst | ihr seht |
| Third person | er/sie/es sieht | sie sehen |
haben: to have; own; suffer from
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | ich habe | wir haben |
| Second person | du hast | ihr habt |
| Third person | er/sie/es hat | sie haben |
anfangen: to begin, start – er, sie, es
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | ich fange … an | wir fangen … an |
| Second person | du fängst … an | ihr fangt … an |
| Third person | er/sie/es fängt … an | sie fangen … an |
werden: to get, become – wir, sie, Sie
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | ich werde | wir werden |
| Second person | du wirst | ihr werdet |
| Third person | er/sie/es wird | sie werden |
