AQA GCSE German Foundation revision guide – About Oxford Revise
With our guide, you’ll revise the full specification for the AQA GCSE German Foundation exam.
This in-depth study of the German language allows you to actively apply your learning and regularly test your knowledge. To begin with, you’ll explore a wide range of engaging topics, such as people and lifestyles.
Next, you’ll move on to areas like popular culture, communication, and the world around us – each one helping you build a strong foundation. Alongside these themes, you’ll also dive into essential grammar, including nouns, gender, and modal verbs, among many others.
How Oxford Revise prepares for your German language exams
Oxford Revise fully prepares you for your listening, speaking, reading, and writing exams. It guides you through what to revise and how to do it, so you can build confidence and stay on track.
To begin with, you’ll expand your understanding of key concepts through clear explanations and structured content. Then, you’ll check your learning using retrieval questions designed to strengthen memory and boost recall.
In addition, you’ll get plenty of exam practice with targeted questions and model answers. Each step is carefully designed to reinforce your knowledge, support your progress, and help you succeed in your German exam.
Revise effectively for your AQA GCSE German Foundation exam
This guide covers every topic in the AQA GCSE German Foundation course in depth. To support your learning, the vocabulary pages use the ‘look, cover, write, check’ technique. As a result, you’ll be able to learn and recall the German words you need more effectively. In addition, this method helps reinforce memory and build long-term retention – perfect for exam preparation.
AQA GCSE German Foundation exam practice
Each chapter comes with loads of exam-style questions for you to practise. On top of that, these revision guides are made to help you feel more confident, strengthen what you already know, and push your understanding across all the topics you’ll need for the exam. So, it’s everything you need to feel ready and prepared! Plus, there are handy tips throughout to guide you along the way:
- Exam tips show you how to interpret questions and produce a good answer.
Want to boost revision success for your GCSE German Foundation exams?
Start revising for your AQA GCSE German Foundation exams – because by building your understanding step by step, consolidating key knowledge, and strengthening retrieval through regular practice, you’ll feel more prepared and confident every day. Here are some additional key resources that can support you:
- Discover how to revise effectively for your German exams
- Explore revision tips and techniques on the Oxford Revise YouTube Channel.
Contents list
Basics
Theme 1 People and lifestyle
1.1 Identity and relationships with others
1.2 Healthy living and lifestyle
1.3 Education and work
Theme 1 Exam Practice
Theme 2 Popular culture
2.1 Free-time activities
2.2 Customs, festivals and celebrations
2.3 Celebrity culture
Theme 2 Exam practice
Theme 3 Communication and the world around us
3.1 Travel and tourism, including places of interest
3.2 Media and technology
3.3 The environment and where people live
Theme 3 Exam practice
Grammar
Nouns, gender, plurals
Pronouns
Cases and prepositions
Possessive adjectives
Adjectives and comparison of adjectives
Present tense: regular and irregular verbs
Present tense: high frequency irregular verbs
Reflexive and separable verbs
Modal verbs
Perfect tense with haben
Perfect tense with sein
Imperfect tense
Future and conditional
Word order
Complex sentences and relative clauses
Word formation
Exam practice
Listening paper
Speaking paper
Reading paper
Writing paper
Sound-spelling links
Answers
The Oxford Revise approach
Oxford Revise uses a clear three-step method to get you ready for your exams.
1. Knowledge – Learn the facts through an easy-to-follow ‘Knowledge Organiser’ in each chapter.
2. Retrieval – Check you’ve retained the exam knowledge, through quick-fire recall questions and answers.
3. Practice – Put your knowledge into practice by completing plenty of exam-style questions.
In addition, there are lots of hints and tips from revision and subject experts on how to plan your revision and helpful advice on techniques to build exam confidence.
Our expert authors
Author: Heather Murphy
Heather Murphy
Heather has been teaching French and German for over forty years. During this time, she has served as both subject head and head of department across a range of schools. In addition to her teaching roles, she has worked as Lead Examiner and Lead Assessment Writer for German GCSE. She has also planned and delivered MFL training for the Prince’s Teaching Institute. Alongside these contributions, Heather has authored and co-authored several MFL publications. On top of that, she has been involved in Adult and Continuing Education, where she trained industry executives. She has also applied her linguistic expertise as a professional translator.
Customer Reviews
Praise for Oxford Revise Really good revision book that is well laid-out, has concise summaries of each topic and a good range of practice questions. It seems to cover the entire syllabus, which is always important! Useful. Amazon review for a different book from the series
Absolute game changer! Science Teacher, UK Review for a different book from the series
