Learning German language: The German Learners' Society (MKII)

Hallo I have a speaking exam(A2 German) in March and wanted to build up a 'bank' of useful phrases now.I'm covering topics like Pressefreiheit(Medien,Werbung etc..) die Umwelt(atomkraft,alternative Energie,recycling etc...)

Would anyone here be able to give me some helpful 'go to' phrases to use,I tend to get rather flustered in speaking exams and lose my thread. Also,for written and oral,any useful constructions and basic ones I should keep in mind.I'm having to refresh my memory of such things,I learned them so long ago,they seem to have slipped my mind!

“Ein Papa resümiert: "Ich weiß jetzt, warum Weihnachten in meiner Kindheit so schön war. Ich mußte die Geschenke nicht bezahlen!"”
Frohe Weihnachten!

Ich hab bis zum 22. Dezember gewarten, bevor ich meine Weihnachtsgeschenke kaufte

Grund? Angst vor den Kosten..

Hallo!

What's the difference between "Es tut mir leid" and "entschuldigung"?

the same as 'I am sorry' and 'Pardon!' ?

I say 'Entschuldigung' e.g. when I accidentally bump into someone I do not know
'Entschuldigung' is more impersonal than 'I'm sorry'

Can anyone tell me how to pronounce the verb form "kam"? In my grammar book it had (karm) written in brackets, which I assumed to be phonetics, but some of my friends said it was pronounced "cam" (rhyming with "am"). Which is right?

can you stick it in a sentense?

"Gegen halb zwei kam er nach Hause."

Can anyone tell me how to pronounce the verb form "kam"? In my grammar book it had (karm) written in brackets, which I assumed to be phonetics, but some of my friends said it was pronounced "cam" (rhyming with "am"). Which is right?

Can anyone tell me how to pronounce the verb form "kam"? In my grammar book it had (karm) written in brackets, which I assumed to be phonetics, but some of my friends said it was pronounced "cam" (rhyming with "am"). Which is right?