Nature, weather and animals

What holds these lists together

The weather is a favourite topic in Dutch, and like English it needs a dummy subject: Het regent., “it is raining”; Het waait hard., “it is very windy”. The wind has a verb of its own, waaien, and anyone who has cycled into it knows why. With the animals, look at the flat country — cows and sheep in the meadow, herons by the ditch, gulls on the beach. The lists go from the umbrella through farm and field to the words you need for the environment, sorting your rubbish and energy.

For example: het weer (weather), het dier (animal), het milieu (environment), het insect (insect), de energie (energy)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.