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Exercise A2
Choose the correct part of the sentence for each field, so that you build a sentence according to the pattern Subject-Verb-Object in each line. If nothing should be entered in a field, choose the dash (-).
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.Who showed us the way? – ein Polizist|To whom did he show the way? – uns|What did he show us? – den Weg|the finite verb agrees with the subject – hat|the infinite verb is an infinitive or a past participle – gezeigt |
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.Who has to zip up the jackets? – sie|Whose jackets do they have to zip up? – den Kindern|What do they have to zip up? – die Jacke|the finite verb agrees with the subject – haben|the infinite verb is an infinitive or a past participle – zugemacht |
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.Who brings the coffee? – die Kellnerin|To whom is she bringing the coffee? – dem Mann|What is she bringing to the man? – einen Kaffee|the finite verb agrees with the subject – bringt|the infinite verb is an infinitive or a past participle – no infinite verb |
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.Who’s going to call you? – ich|Whom …? – no indirect object|Whom am I going to call? – dich|the finite verb agrees with the subject – werde|the infinite verb is an infinitive or a past participle – anrufen |
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.Who trusts the teacher? – wir|Whom do we trust? – der Lehrerin|Whom …? – no direct object|the finite verb agrees with the subject – vertrauen|the infinite verb is an infinitive or a past participle – no infinite verb (vertrauen is not an infinitive here, but rather the inflected form for the pronoun wir) |
Construct sentences with subject/object/place/time in the first position.
- gestiegen/sind/wir/auf den Aussichtsturm
1st position: subject → [We climbed the viewing tower.]|Who climbed the tower? – wir|2nd position: finite verb – sind|place – auf den Aussichtsturm|finite verb – gestiegen
- gelernt/habt/ihr/ein neues Lied/in der Schule
1st position: place → [You learned a new song in school.]|Where did you learn a song? – in der Schule|2nd position: finite verb – habt|subject – ihr|finite verb – gelernt
- gehe/morgen/ich/ins Museum
1st position: time → [Tomorrow I’m going to the museum.]|When am I going to the museum? – morgen|2nd position: finite verb – gehe|subject – ich
- schreiben/wird/er/euch/eine SMS
1st position: indirect object → [He’s going to write an SMS to you.]|To whom is he going to write an SMS? – euch|2nd position: finite verb – wird|subject – er|direct object – eine SMS|finite verb – schreiben
- vorlesen/darf/sie/ihrem Opa/die Zeitung
1st position: direct object → [She’s allowed to read the newspaper to her grandpa.]|What is she allowed to read aloud? – die Zeitung|2nd position: finite verb – darf|subject – sie|indirect object – ihrem Opa|finite verb – vorlesen
