Playing the Games
Flashcards
Flashcards flashes words on the screen for you to define or study. You can practice your vocabulary in either English or German.
Conjumania™
Conjumania helps you practice conjugat- ing English verbs. Enter the requested form of the verb at the top of the screen. To see the correct form, hold and press ? * . To conjugate another form of
the same verb, press | . To |
conjugate another verb, hold | and press |
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Word Blaster™
In Word Blaster you try to guess the mystery word, represented by ?’s, before all its letters appear. As soon as you know the word, press to stop the clock. Then type your guess and press . The speed at which the letters appear is set by the skill level.
Word Train™
In Word Train, you and the train take turns typing letters to form a word. Whoever types the last letter of the word wins.
Gender Tutor
Gender Tutor asks you to guess the gender of German nouns. Press M for masculine, F for feminine and N for Neuter. Your score flashes on the screen at the end of the round.
Word Auction
In Word Auction you must guess a mystery word by buying letters before you run out of money. Each letter costs money, regardless of whether it is correct, incorrect, or whether it has been guessed already. Commonly used letters cost more than letters used infre- quently. The starting amount of money varies depending on the level.
To play, type a letter. If the letter that you guess appears in the mystery word, it will be revealed each time that it occurs in the word. Continue typing letters until you correctly guess the word or until you run out of money.
Note: If you ask for a hint, it will cost you the price of the letter plus $25.
Guess the Word
Guess the Word challenges you to guess a mystery word after reading its definition. You need to guess the letter(s) in the order that they appear. If you are correct, the blank is filled. You are allowed three wrong guesses.
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