Unit 04 · Food & drink
Order a drink and something to eat, then ask for the bill.
Food and drink run through the whole A1 exam: Hören plays café dialogs and prices, Lesen shows menus and signs, and Goethe Sprechen Teil 2 hands you keyword cards on the topic “Essen und Trinken”.
Unit 4 builds all of it:
- the meals and core food words with their articles
- essen and nehmen with their vowel change
- möchte- for polite wishes
- the unit’s big grammar prize: the Akkusativ (einen!) with its negation kein
- ordering and paying in the café
The final lesson sends you into the speaking simulator to ask real Teil 2 questions.
10 topics
Your path through this unit
Step 1 of 2
Initial review
Take a first look at each topic and tick Mark as read once you have the general idea.
Official exam resources
CEFR describes language levels. Goethe and ÖSD set their own exam formats. This independent course offers practice, and AI feedback is an estimate rather than an official result.
- Goethe-Zertifikat A1: Start Deutsch 1 · opens the provider’s website in a new tab
- ÖSD Zertifikat A1 · opens the provider’s website in a new tab
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