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What is a short-answer question (die kurze Antwort)?
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A question you answer in a few words of German — not a sentence — giving the correct, relevant detail.
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Was ist „die kurze Antwort“?
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The short answer — a few words, not a full sentence.
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Was ist „die Information / die Angabe“ in a listening question?
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The piece of information / the detail the question asks you to give.
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Was ist „das Schlüsselwort“?
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The key word — the one word (or two) you note down as the answer.
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What is a short answer marked on?
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The correct, relevant content — NOT essay style, length, or perfect grammar.
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Does „Mit dem Fahrrad“ score as well as „Sie fährt mit dem Fahrrad zur Schule“?
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Yes — a few correct words score full marks; the full sentence adds nothing.
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Was bedeutet „mit wenigen Wörtern antworten“?
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To answer in a few words — give just the detail asked for, not a paragraph.
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What do the German question words wann / wo / warum / wie viele tell you to give?
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wann = a time, wo = a place, warum = a reason, wie viele = a number — the W-Frage flags exactly which detail to give.
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Should a short answer be in German or English?
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In German — a few words of German giving the correct detail.
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What is the five-step short-answer technique?
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Read the question → Listen for that detail → Note the key word(s) → Write a short, precise answer → Check it answers the question.
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Why is a short answer safer than a long one?
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The shorter the answer, the less chance of including something wrong that cancels the mark — give the detail and stop.
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Why is copying a long chunk of the transcript risky?
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The mark is for the precise detail; a long chunk may not answer the question and buries the relevant point.
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What is the most common lost mark in short answers?
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Answering a DIFFERENT question — a correct fact that doesn't answer what was actually asked scores nothing.
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Should you ever leave a short answer blank?
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Never — you hear each recording twice, so use the second listen to fill every gap; a blank scores zero.
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