The exercise itself is in German; the explanation pages it links to are in Turkish.

B1.1 · Präteritum

Präteritum: regelmäßige & unregelmäßige Verben (simple past – all verbs)

At A2 you met the Präteritum of sein, haben and the modal verbs; at B1 it covers all verbs. Regular verbs add -te to the stem (machte), irregular verbs change the stem vowel (gehen→ging). You will work out the correct form yourself in the exercise. All exercise content is in German.

Recognise: match the infinitive with its Präteritum form for er/sie/es. Watch out for irregular and mixed verbs.

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Infinitiv
Präteritum (er)
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B1 · PRAETERITUM ALLE VERBEN
B1 Präteritum Exercises: All Verbs (Regular and Irregular)

The Präteritum is the basic tense for the past in written German; you meet it often in books, fairy tales and news texts. With regular (weak) verbs, -te goes between the stem and the ending: "machen" → "Ich machte die Tür zu." With irregular (strong) verbs, on the other hand, the stem vowel changes and you need to learn a list: "gehen" → "ging", "kommen" → "kam", "sehen" → "sah", "fahren" → "fuhr." Examples: "Gestern ging er ins Kino", "Sie kam zu spät", "Wir fuhren nach Berlin." Note that the conjugated verb always stands in second position in a main clause; even when a time expression comes first, the order "Gestern fuhr ich nach Hause" is kept.

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Golden rule: Regular verbs add -te to the stem ("machte"); irregular verbs change the stem vowel ("ging, kam"); in the Präteritum, "ich" and "er" take no personal ending.

The interactive exercise on this page drills both regular verbs with -te and the most common irregular forms one by one until the right form becomes a reflex. After every answer you get feedback with an explanation: when you are wrong you see the correct form and the reason, and doubts such as "ging or gehte?" are cleared up at once. It is ideal for intermediate learners preparing for the Goethe-Zertifikat B1 or telc B1 who want to use the past tense confidently in the reading and writing sections. Rather than just reading the rule, you learn the irregular verbs for good through plenty of practice.

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What is in the "Präteritum: regelmäßige & unregelmäßige Verben" exercise?

The "Präteritum: regelmäßige & unregelmäßige Verben" exercise is at level B1 and has 5 steps with 50 questions in total: 10 matching items, 30 multiple-choice questions and 10 gap-fill items.

The steps in order: Match · Regular+mixed · Irregular · Richtig/Falsch · Write.

You get instant feedback after every answer; the exercise runs in your browser, is free and needs no sign-up or installation.

Where can I study "Präteritum: regelmäßige & unregelmäßige Verben"?

The explanation for this exercise is on the page German Past Tenses (Perfekt, Präteritum, Plusquamperfekt) (in Turkish). Read the rule there, then reinforce it with the 50 questions on this page.