Contents of the exam preparation for Kurzgymnasium-ZH

Short grammar schoolpreparation
Mathematics subject

PART I

  • Basic operations, bracket rules and simplifying terms
  • Simplify simple fractions and fraction terms
  • Factoring terms and binomial formula
  • Equations
  • Set tasks with equations
  • Sentence tasks with fractions
  • Functional interrelationships
  • Calculations with sizes
  • Proportionality and inverse proportionality
  • Percentages

PART II

  • Divisibility, ggT, kgV and prime numbers
  • Consequences and natural numbers
  • Probability and combinatorics
  • Angle calculations: Peripheral angle and Thales circle
  • Area calculations triangles and quadrilaterals
  • Cubes, meshes, prisms and volume calculations
  • Circular surfaces and sectors
  • Point sets construction
  • Symmetry construction: axis, point and rotation symmetry
  • Triangle Constr.: Angle Half, Center Perpendicular, In and Perimeter
  • Quadrilateral Constr.: Rhomboid, Rhombus, Trapezoid and Dragonv.

Short grammar schoolpreparation
German subject

Expand vocabulary, find synonyms/antonyms, use synonyms/antonyms in context, expand foreign word knowledge.

Expand vocabulary, know superordinates and subordinates, form new words by derivation (derivation) and composition (composition), know common homonyms (words with different meanings), complete analogies, use appropriate terms.

Expand vocabulary, distinguish word families from word fields, know and use common noun and adjective endings, form word families, modify verbs using prefixes (prefixes), use word family terms appropriate to context.

Expand vocabulary, know, correct, add to, explain, and use twin/pair formulas, idioms, and proverbs appropriate to context

Know four cases, know and use interrogative and substitution rehearsal, determine the case of expressions, put terms in the correct case.

Know finite and infinite verb forms, distinguish full, auxiliary and modal verbs, distinguish types of conjugation, form stem forms, determine and form tenses of the indicative.

Distinguish five parts of speech, know specific characteristics of each part of speech, identify subcategories of pronouns and particles.

Know and apply shift and substitute rehearsal, form verbal word chain, determine verbal parts and phrases.

  • Know sentence types; recognize and determine sentence fragments, simple, contracted, and compound sentences, connect.
  • Determine sentence structure, recognize and determine subordinate clauses, rephrase and connect sentences.

  • Set punctuation marks, know and apply most common comma rules, set the marks in direct speech.

Know and apply common spelling rules, correct spelling errors, spell words correctly.

In addition to the indicative, know the modes "imperative" and "subjunctive", form imperatives, recognize and form forms of the subjunctive 1 and 2, rephrase direct speech into indirect speech and vice versa.

know and distinguish the two directions of action "active" and "passive", put sentences from active to passive and vice versa.

Short high schoolpreparation
French subject

Intensive vocabulary training

Expand French vocabulary, find synonyms/antonyms, use synonyms/antonyms in context.

Expand French vocabulary, use appropriate terms, find/replace misplaced terms, solve crossword puzzles.

Expand French vocabulary; form word families; find appropriate nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Distinguish between regular and irregular verbs, know and use the different types of conjugation in the present tense, be able to form the command form (affirmative and negative).

form and use the passé composé and the futur composé, understand the variability of the passé composé, know peculiarities of the two tenses.

Adapt adjectives accordingly, know the position of adjectives in the sentence, increase adjectives (comparative and superlative).

Use prepositions adequately (à, de, sur, pour, en, dans, etc.), correctly insert articles, divisive articles and partitive " de " in cloze texts.

Distinguish "objet direct" from "objet indirect", replace objects with POD (pronom objet direct) and POI (pronom objet indirect), use the pronouns "y" and "en", align participles with POD.

Know and use possessive pronouns, relative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, indefinite pronouns.

Put words in a sentence in the correct order, complete sentences grammatically correctly, correct sentences, negate sentences, put sentences in the plural.

Ask questions with "est-ce que/qui", know question words, recognize and form inversions.

Translate word groups and sentences, use vocabulary and grammar.

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