The oral part of the German B1 exam DTZ included a description of the picture in German. Recently it has been changed to speaking topics based on a picture. Telc B1 also has speaking topics, but based on quotes. In this post we will look at what speaking topics have been offered in exams over the past ten years and list pictures that I have collected on the forums.
German vocabulary
German picture description phrases and sequence
Having dealt with letters examples and dialogue topics for b1 test, we move on to the next topic – German picture description phrases for DTZ. The picture description is called Bildbeschreibung. This task is used in the exam up to level B1, then something more substantial is usually used, like a diagram or graph.
Oral part of the German B1 exam. Speaking topics
All b1 German speaking topics (DTZ, telc b1). Part 2
Aufmachen or öffnen or offen or eröffnen
To this day, every time I have to ask when an institution or store is open, I am agonizingly unsure which word to use. Aufmachen, öffnen or offen or geöffnet? Or, to be sure, just auf? What difference between öffnen and eröffnen?
Also aufschlagen, andrehen, aufschließen can mean “open closed”. Let’s start with them, so as not to get in the way.
Difference between steigen, steigern, erhöhen, erheben, zulegen, zunehmen
Increase, raise, rise – there is not one, but several rows of synonyms at once. Let’s search difference between steigen and steigern, erhöhen and erheben, zulegen and zunehmen…
First look at steigen, steigern, erhöhen. All of them suppose changing the level.
Words excavations. Weihnachen meaning
Where does this word with such a difficult spelling come from?
In fact, his story is quite simple:
Giving direction essay in German. Wegbeschreibung
Giving direction essay in German (Wegbeschreibung) pops up in the school several times in different grades and at different levels. Not all teachers decide to write this essay, some take it verbally. And in VERA in grade 3, too, there was a similar task.
The training method is very simple: we open a map of the area, a city plan (for example tourist plan from tourist office) and ask to give direction from and to.
German synonyms. Difference between verschieden and unterschiedlich, anders
This is such a classic problematic synonymous series in different languages: the words “different” and “other”. In the German version it is mainly about difference between verschieden and unterschiedlich, anders.
German dialogues b1 for Deutschtest für Zuwanderer. Help and advice
In the first part we organized parties, shopping trips and walks, now we will learn German dialogues B1 about help sick colleagues, when moving etc. and advice on solving problems: how to help children with their studies, how to lose weight, how to get treatment, etc.
Dialogues b1 Deutsch Test für Zuwanderer. Event, trip, party, shopping
Dialogues are last part of Deutsch Test für Zuwanderer. First you speak about yourself, then you describe a picture and have to speak with your partner. In this part we take topics about different events, that you have to organize together. Tasks are taken from reviews of real exams shared in Internet.
German synonyms. Receive: erhalten or bekommen, kriegen, beziehen, erlangen
In this thread, synonyms with the meaning “receive” are in the center. These are the words erhalten or bekommen and also kriegen, beziehen and erlangen. In addition, let’s take a look at enthalten – the word that is always confused with erhalten.
Let’s start with the simplest.