ÖSD A1 · CHEAT SHEETS
Five sheets. What the öSD paper actually grades.
Not the Goethe sheet set reprinted — these anchor to öSD's own formats: the matching logic in Lesen, the Notizblatt's number discipline, the banded form, and the 4-of-6 oral.
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Lesen: Zuordnungsaufgaben · Situation → Anzeige · Text → Bild — the matching logic that scores 20 of 30 points
Two of the three Lesen tasks are MATCHING, not a/b/c: you write a NUMBER (1–6), and one item is always a decoy. That changes the strategy completely — you don't pick the best answer, you find the ONLY ad that fits and eliminate the rest. 5 situations + 5 text-picture pairs = 20 of the 30 Lesen points.
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Hören: das Notizblatt · hören und notieren — the öSD signature task worth 10 points
Aufgabe 2 is the task no other A1 exam has: ONE message, heard TWICE, and you fill a notepad (Was / Wann / Uhrzeit / Wo / Telefonnummer). 5 correct lines = 10 points. The two letter-perfect lines (phone number, spelled address) are all-or-nothing: one wrong digit = 0 for the line. This sheet trains exactly that.
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Hören: Bilder + Umfrage · A1 picture-matching and A3 mini-interviews — 20 points of pattern recognition
Two of three Hören tasks run on recognizable patterns: A1 matches five texts to six pictures (one decoy), A3 plays five short interviews around ONE question with a small answer matrix. Both are about anticipating the picture/answer vocabulary BEFORE the audio starts.
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Schreiben: das Formular · 10 items, banded 5→0 — the highest points-per-minute in the whole exam
Schreiben A1 is a 10-item form filled from a short scenario — names, dates, choices. Grading is BANDED: 10 correct items = 5 points, 9–8 = 4, 7–6 = 3… Every single item moves the band. Spelling errors are forgiven if the meaning is clear; wrong CONTENT is not.
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Sprechen: vorstellen + Bild · 4 of 6 topics · one photo · one dialog — 25 points in 10 minutes
The öSD oral is monologue-first: you pick 4 of 6 topic cards and introduce yourself, then describe ONE of three photos with four fixed questions, then role-play the same photo as a dialog. 12 of 25 points pass the module. Every part rewards PREPARED language, not spontaneity.