Family - members
Family - my siblings
Body - parts of the body
Body - the head
Body - hair colour and style
People - portraits
People - appearance
People - clothes 1
People - clothes 2
People - jobs
People - health problems
Animals - pets
Animals - farm
Activity - daily routine
Activity - hobbies
Activity - sports
Activity - holidays
Food - fruit
Food - vegetables
Food - groceries
Food - restaurant
Food - drinks and snacks
Colours
Home - my room
Home - rooms in the house
Home - helping at home 1
Home - helping at home 2
Home - in the garden
School - classroom objects
School - subjects
School - activities
Place - where I live
Place - homes
Place - shops
Place - meeting places
Place - places in town
Go - means of transport
Go - on holiday
Go - which way?
Go - where?
World - European countries
World - environment
World - weather
Time - what time is it?
Time - spring and summer
Time - autumn and winter
Numbers - 1 to 10
Numbers - 11 to 20
Numbers - to 100 (1)
Numbers - to 100 (2)
Grammar - adjectives 1
Grammar - adjectives 2
Grammar - verbs 1
Grammar - verbs 2
Grammar - prepositions 1
Grammar - prepositions 2
Word search game to learn German
Find German vocabulary in grids of letters...good for improving spelling
About the German Word search game
This game concentrates on your ability to recognize and spell written German. Finding German texts in a grid helps you to recognize what the German words and sentences look like and starts to teach you German spelling for this topic vocabulary too. This is a vital skill in mastering basic German and being able to use it in real life situations.
Notes
- Word search is a one player game to learn or revise written German.
- Word search is a timed game - play a few times, set a personal best time and try to get on the leaderboard!
- It is best to go through the written texts in the topic lesson before you attempt this game.
- The language items can be in straight lines on the grid but more often they follow a stepped, winding path so they can be hard to find.
How to play the Word search game
to learn German
- Select the "Word search" game from the games selection page.
- On the settings page there are brief instructions on how to play.
- Click on PLAY to start the game. The game is timed and the clock starts.
- The grid is displayed along with the list of texts you must find - the first text is highlighted. That text is also spoken.
- Tap on the speaker button at bottom left to hear the audio repeated and to see the image for that text.
- Look through the grid of letters to find the text.
- The letters may be in a straight line but more likely they will be in a non-linear pattern.
- If the target text is a sentence, the words of the text are separated by spaces
- Click or tap on the first letter then drag along the letters to the last letter - the letters you drag across will change colour.
- If your answer is right, a bell will ring, the text is ticked in the list and the next round will start.
- If your answer is wrong, the wrong sound will play. Try to find the right letters again, or click on the 'Reveal' button if you can't find them.
- You need to either find the text or click the 'Reveal' button to move on to the next round.
- Each game consists of 10 rounds.
- The leaderboard for "Word search" records the fastest times for each topic. Click the gold star to see the leaderboard scores for a topic.
- If you get one of the 10 fastest times, you are offered the chance to enter your name into the leaderboard, or you can cancel if you are not interested.