Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 841 original practice questions covering the full scope of an elementary German I course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Elementary German I program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking an elementary German I course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 841 original questions across 10 chapters plus three Elementary German I in Depth sets spanning the course’s grammar and vocabulary, plus applied and synthesis sets, covering greetings, introductions, and classroom language, family, origins, and possessions, daily activities, time, and the present tense, food, shopping, and modal verbs, home, city life, and the dative case, talking about the past with Perfekt and Präteritum basics, health, the body, and reflexive verbs, travel, weather, and two-way prepositions, work, media, and comparisons, and plans, opinions, and subordinate clauses. There is no licensing exam at the end of an elementary German I course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Elementary German I program is a chapter-simulation program for the first-semester college German course: 841 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus three Elementary German I in Depth sets, an applied set, and a synthesis set, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of an elementary German I course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
841 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard elementary German I course, from greetings, introductions, and classroom language through plans, opinions, and subordinate clauses, plus three Elementary German I in Depth sets spanning the course’s grammar and vocabulary, plus applied and synthesis sets. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the dative lectures? Drill that chapter until choosing the right article form feels automatic. Modal verb test in ten days? Work the food and shopping chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, the dative case, or past-tense forms — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Elementary German I has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what an elementary German I course covers and how to study it, see our Elementary German I study guide.
| First-semester college German — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (the first semester of the elementary German sequence; commonly fulfills the first part of a language requirement and is the prerequisite for Elementary German II) |
| Standard scope | Greetings, introductions, and classroom language; family, origins, and possessions; daily activities, time, and the present tense; food, shopping, and modal verbs; home, city life, and the dative case; talking about the past — Perfekt and Präteritum basics; health, the body, and reflexive verbs; travel, weather, and two-way prepositions; work, media, and comparisons; plans, opinions, and subordinate clauses |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 841 original questions across 10 chapters + Elementary German I in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 841.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| 1. Greetings, Introductions, and Classroom Language | 51 |
| 2. Family, Origins, and Possessions | 51 |
| 3. Daily Activities, Time, and the Present Tense | 51 |
| 4. Food, Shopping, and Modal Verbs | 51 |
| 5. Home, City Life, and the Dative Case | 51 |
| 6. Talking About the Past: Perfekt and Präteritum Basics | 51 |
| 7. Health, the Body, and Reflexive Verbs | 51 |
| 8. Travel, Weather, and Two-Way Prepositions | 50 |
| 9. Work, Media, and Comparisons | 51 |
| 10. Plans, Opinions, and Subordinate Clauses | 51 |
| Elementary German I in Depth I | 95 |
| Elementary German I in Depth II | 89 |
| Elementary German I in Depth III | 33 |
| Applied Analysis | 24 |
| Synthesis and Integration | 91 |
| Total | 841 |
Depth follows the bank’s own structure, honestly uneven where the bank is: the Elementary German I in Depth I set (95 questions) and the synthesis set (91 questions) carry the layer weight, while the Depth III and applied sets are compact diagnostic sets (33 and 24 questions) — the program reports the bank’s counts as they are.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Elementary German I, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — elementary German I builds form on form — the present-tense endings and article system of the opening chapters become the working machinery of the case, modal, reflexive, and past-tense chapters, so an early gap resurfaces wherever the course turns.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Elementary German I is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official German exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the first-semester course.
How many practice questions are in the program? The bank holds 841 original questions: the 10 chapters of the standard course, three Elementary German I in Depth sets, an applied-analysis set, and a synthesis set. Every question is tagged to its chapter, so drills and simulations can be built over exactly the chapters your test covers.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the elementary German course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps the bank onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
I have never studied German. Is this the right starting point? Yes — the first-semester course assumes no prior German and builds from greetings and classroom language upward. Students with earlier school or heritage exposure will find the early chapters familiar, but the case and word-order system is built in full for everyone, because the later chapters spend it.
Does the program cover speaking and listening? The program rehearses the course’s vocabulary, grammar, and reading-and-writing patterns in chapter-simulation form. Speaking and listening components, and how heavily they are weighted, vary by instructor and institution — your syllabus describes your section’s mix, and classroom practice remains where oral skills are built.
What are the Elementary German I in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The in Depth sets revisit the course’s grammar and vocabulary in three layered sets at finer distinction; the applied set works through short everyday situations and exchanges; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — subordinate clauses carrying modals, cases, and past-tense forms at once.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
My course moves at a different pace — two chapters a week, or one. Will the practice still line up? In most cases, yes. Sections differ mainly in pacing and in how much oral work they weight. The textbook selector maps the program’s chapters onto your book’s organization, and drills follow your syllabus’s sequence rather than a fixed calendar.
Does the program teach Austrian or Swiss German? The program teaches the standard German the college course teaches, which is the shared written and formal standard across the German-speaking countries. Regional vocabulary and usage your instructor adds are part of your course’s local color, and your syllabus governs what your exams expect.
When can I start using the Elementary German I program? Soon — the 841-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of an elementary German I course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.