Name: __________________________ Teil 8,1 Ich lerne erst ein
Semester Deutsch. Vokabularbung.Fill in the blanks with the word or
phrase from the review and new vocabulary from this section
1.Schler lernen in der Schule oder im Gymnasium. Studenten
studieren aber ____________. 2.Bevor man in einem Kurs als Student
mitmachen darf, muss man den Kurs ____________. 3.Im __________
sitzen ein Professor und eine Gruppe Studenten oft in einem kleinen
Zimmer, wo sie zusammen viel diskutieren und manchmal debattieren.
4.Das __________ an der Uni dauert normalerweise vier, aber
manchmal, fnf Jahre. 5.Ein __________ dauert oft vier Monate oder
so. 6.In Deutschland beginnt das ____________ normalerweise in
Oktober. Das ____________ beginnt im April. 7.Der Professor oder
die Professorin steht vor vielen Studenten, liest laut vor und
erklrt vieles. Die Studenten hren gut zu, aber sie fragen die
Professorin nicht, denn es ist kein Seminar. Es ist eine __________
und die Professorin hlt sie im ___________. 8.- Wo kann man viele
Bcher fr Semesterarbeiten und Seminararbeiten finden?- In der
____________. 9.Wenn man das Studium beendet, macht man einen
__________. ben wir! Express the following the good, idiomatic
German. Remember to use the time expression along with schon for a
longer time period or erst for a shorter time period. 1.We have had
this dog for seven years.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.My father has been in Chicago for just two week.s
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Theyve already been working there for one month.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.She has been reading that novel for three days.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Weve been speaking German for twenty minutes.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Weve been in the lecture hall for two hours.
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Ive been studying here for three semesters.
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Theo has been in the course for just three weeks.
_________________________________________________________________________
Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with information you have learned in
this Teil. 1.In German, to indicate that an action began sometime
in the past but is still going on, you need to use the __________
tense of the verb. 2.To establish the link with the past, you need
to use a time expression that indicates a __________ of time. 3.You
also need to use the adverb __________ or __________ with the time
expression . 4.These adverbs are normally laced directly in
__________ of the time expression. Sie sind dran! Write complete
answers to the following questions. Should a question not be about
one of your interests, make that clear in German as best you can.
1.Wo wohnen Sie jetzt? Wie lange wohnen Sie schon da? Wollen Sie da
bleiben?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.Lernen Sie schon lange Deutsch oder erst ziemlich kurz? Wie lange
wollen Sie oder mssen Sie Deutsch lernen?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Wie lange studieren Sie schon hier an der Uni? Wie lange werden
Sie noch studieren? Wann machen sie Ihren Abschluss?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
4.a) Haben Sie eine Freundin/Frau? Wie lange kennen Sie sie schon?
Beschreiben Sie sie.oder: b)Haben Sie einen Freund/Mann? Wie lange
kennen Sie ihn schon? Beschreiben Sie ihn.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Haben Sie ein Auto? Wie lange haben Sie es schon? Wie lange
fahren Sie schon Auto?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Machen Sie Sport? Welchen? Wie lange machen Sie diesen Sport
schon?
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Sammeln Sie etwas? Wie lange sammelen Sie das schon?
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Spielen Sie ein Instrument? Wie lange spielen Sie es schon?
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Fotografieren Sie gern? Was fotografieren Sie gern? Wie lange
fotografieren Sie schon?
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Malen Sie oder zeichnen Sie gern? Wie lange machen Sie das
schon?
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Spielen Sie Computerspiele? Welche? Wie lange spielen Sie schon
dieses Spiel? (oder: Wie lange spielen Sie schon diese Spiele?)
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,2 Es wurde furchtbar kalt!
ben wir! Rewrite the following sentences in the simple past.
1.Professor Mangold ist nicht sehr nett.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Meine Freunde sind immer praktisch.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Ich habe genug Geld nur fr einen Kaffee.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Wir haben heute viel Post!
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Es wird ziemlich hei und schwl.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Viele Kinder werden im Winter krank.
_________________________________________________________________________
7.(Als Kind) habe ich nie einen Hund.as a child
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Abends wird es sehr kalt in den Bergen.
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Die Kinder sind den ganzen Tag sehr aktiv. Am Abend werden sie
sehr mde.
_________________________________________________________________________
Im Kontext. You are telling us about a visit you had from some
friends recently. Say that: 1.your friends were here for five days
_________________________________________________________________________
2.you all were in a restaurant quite often
_________________________________________________________________________
3.the food was good but very expensive
_________________________________________________________________________
4.sometimes you were very tired in the evenings
_________________________________________________________________________
5.but your friends never got tired
_________________________________________________________________________
6.they had a lot of fun (= Spa haben)
_________________________________________________________________________
7.they (your friends) did not have any warm clothes
_________________________________________________________________________
8.it sometimes got very cold
_________________________________________________________________________
9.you often had your coat and gloves on
_________________________________________________________________________
ben wir! II. Rewrite the following sentences in the simple past.
1.Fritz sieht seine Freundin gestern.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Ich komme immer spt nach Hause.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Ich laufe heute um acht Uhr zur Uni.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Beate geht mit Paul ins Restaurant.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Martinas Tochter ist krank. Sie kommt oft mde zur Arbeit.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Ich sehe Sie oft in der Bibliothek.
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Es ist keine Kreide im Klassenzimmer. Der Spanischprofessor geht
bse weg.
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Die Assistentin hat viele Hausaufgaben fr das Wochenende.
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Wir kommen immer frh zur Uni.
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Die Studenten gehen alle zwei Tage ins Sprachlabor.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Wir sehen die Geschichtsprofessorin immer im Hrsaal.
_________________________________________________________________________
12.Um vier Uhr luft Vera nach Hause.
_________________________________________________________________________
13.Am Abend gehen viele Studenten zur Bibliothek.
_________________________________________________________________________
14.Am Wochenende laufen Beate und ihre Freundin oft zehn Kilometer
durch den Wald.
_________________________________________________________________________
Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate answer. 1.To
describe an action that began and ended in the past, you need to
use a verb in the __________ tense. 2.If the past tense includes
just one verb form, the tense is call the __________ past. 3.The
simple past tense is used primarily for written and formal
narration, not in general conversation. However, the simple past
tense of a few verbs is used in everyday conversation. Three of
these verbs are: __________, __________, and __________. 4.Four
more of these verbs are: __________, __________,__________, and
__________. 5.Give two past tense forms for sein: __________,
__________. 6.Give two past tense forms for haben: __________,
__________. 7.Give two past tense forms for werden: __________,
__________. 8.Give two past tense forms for kommen: __________,
__________. 9.Give two past tense forms for gehen: __________,
__________. 10.Give two past tense forms for sehen: __________,
__________. 11.Give two past tense forms for laufen: __________,
__________. Sie sind dran! Using the simple past tense, write out
what you would say for each of the following situations. 1.Your
roommate didnt see you when s/he came back from the library last
night because your were out at the movies. I went to bed early,
before you returned home. Tell your roommate that you came home
late last night because saw a movie and that it was pretty good.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
2.You told your roommate that you went with a friend. S/He wondered
if you had supper before the movie. Tell her/him you went with
Barbara and that you had enough money for a drink.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
3.You told your roommate you ate hot dogs. Tell her/him they were
awful, but you didnt get sick.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
4.Your roommate watched the news and then went to bed. The news
report indicated that a cold front was due to come through last
night. Tell your roommate that you walked home and it got very cold
and windy.
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
_________________________________________ Name:
__________________________ Teil 8,3 Ich musste das nicht machen,
aber ich wollte es machen. Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with an
appropriate answer you have learned in this Teil. 1.Sein, haben,
werden and a few other verbs commonly appear in the simple past. So
do the ___________ verbs. 2.Give two simple past forms for each of
the modal verbs: knnen:________________.________________
wollen:________________.________________
drfen:________________.________________
mssen:________________.________________
sollen:________________.________________
mgen:________________.________________ 3.Is mgen employed
frequently in conversation? ________ 4.What is more commonly used?
________________________________ Im Kontext. Formulate questions
and statements as suggested in the following situations: 1.Friends
of yours went to Washington recently. Ask if they were able to see
the president.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Some of the other students in the class just finished a long
reading. As the teacher how they were able to read it so quickly.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.You noticed a guest at the dinner table decline meat when it was
offered to him. Ask the person sitting next to you why that person
didnt want to eat any meat.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.The person you just met is a concert violinist. Find out when she
was able to play wel.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.An acquaintance was supposed to return to the department store a
garment that didnt fit you. She couldnt return it, however. Ask her
why she couldnt bring it back.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.You noticed that I wanted to ask the professor a question. Find
out what I wanted to know.
_________________________________________________________________________
7.You heard the boss give me an assignment. Find out what I was
supposed to do.
_________________________________________________________________________
8.An acquaintance of yours spent twenty minutes in a bookstore and
came away empty handed. Find out what she wanted to read.
_________________________________________________________________________
9.I just got finished registering for the next semester, and I dont
look too happy. Obviously, I didnt get the courses I wanted. Find
out which courses I have and which courses I wanted to register for
this semester.
_________________________________________________________________________
10.You are one of my friends in German class, and you know Ive been
stuck in the hospital with a complicated leg fracture. The mid-term
in German was scheduled for today. Find out if I had to take the
test today or if I was permitted to take it later.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.You see me ready to hand in a huge written assignment, and you
begin to have a very uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach. Ask
me if we were supposed to do an assignment for today.
_________________________________________________________________________
12.You just finished that mid-term in German, and youre upset at a
question that contained things you havent had yet. Express your
frustration and let me know that you couldnt know that yet.
_________________________________________________________________________
13.Franz and Dieter didnt show up at the soccer field this weekend.
They were being punished by their parents for getting poor grades
on an English test. Tell me they werent allowed to play soccer last
weekend and why.
_________________________________________________________________________
14.I expected you to have to work overtime to plan the agenda for a
meeting. Let me know you didnt have to do that at all.
_________________________________________________________________________
15.The last time you saw Uta, she wanted to enter the nursing
field. You just read about the brain transplant operation she
successfully performed. Tell me that she was supposed to become a
nurse, but that she became a doctor.
_________________________________________________________________________
16.You are a German who has just returned from a visit to the US.
Tell me you didnt like the beer in the United States (in den
Vereinigten Staaten).
_________________________________________________________________________
17.You just completed your Ph.D. in nuclear biology, and I have
been congratulating you on all your hard work. Shrug it off with a
comment to the effect that you never did like homework.
_________________________________________________________________________
Sie sind dran! Answer the following questions as completely as
possible. 1.Was wollten Sieimmer haben? Haben Sie es jetzt? Wenn
ja, wie lange haben sie es schon?
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Wohin wollten Sie immer reisen? Warum dorthin? Konnten Sie
dorthin reisen?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Was durften Sie als Kind nicht machen?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Durften Sie als Kind Bier oder Wein trinken? Warum oder warum
nicht?
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Was sollten Sie neulich machen? Warum sollten Sie das machen?
Konnten Sie es machen?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Welche Dinge mochten Sie als Kind? Mgen Sie sie jetzt auch noch?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,4 Was haben Sie gestern
gemacht? Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with information you have
learned in this Teil. 1.The past tense you use with most verbs in
everyday conversation is called the ____________ ____________ or
_____________________________________. 2.Since this verbal
construction requires two verb forms, it is not a simple past
tense, but a ____________ past tense. 3.The verb form in this past
tense that agrees with the subject is the __________ verb. 4.Any
verb that is capable of accommodating a direct object is a
__________ verb. 5.When such a verb is used in the present perfect,
the helping verb is always __________. 6.In the present perfect,
the helping verb is always in __________ position in the sentence.
7.The main verb appears in what form? As
a_________________________. 8.In the present perfect the main verb
is always found at the ______ of the sentence. 9.A past participle
has three distinct parts: a.____________b.____________ c.__________
10.If a verb is regular, will its stem be the same in the past
paritciple as the infinitive? _____ 11.If a verb is regular, its
past participle will end in a ____-sound. 12.If a verb is
irregular, will its stem usually be the same in the past participle
as in the infinitive?
________________________________________________________________
13.If a verb is irregular, the ending of its past participle will
be __________. 14.Hybrid verbs that share properties of both
regular and irregular verbs are called ____________ verbs. 15.Do
such verbs change their stems in the past participle? ________
16.What ending do these verbs have in their past participle?
________ 17.Name three of these hybrid verbs.
____________,____________,and ____________. ben wir! Write the past
participle for each verb. 1.sagen __________________________
2.fragen _________________________ 3.antworten
______________________ 4.hren __________________________ 5.machen
________________________ 6.zhlen _________________________ Name:
__________________________ 7.suchen _________________________
8.ffnen _________________________ 9.zeigen
_________________________ 10.lernen _________________________
11.fhlen _________________________ 12.schicken
_______________________ 13.brauchen _______________________
14.zeichnen _______________________ 15.rauchen
________________________ 16.feiern _________________________
17.tragen _________________________ 18.lachen
_________________________ 19.kaufen _________________________
20.spielen _________________________ 21.tanzen
_________________________ 22.sammeln _______________________
23.bauen __________________________ 24.kochen
_________________________ 25.grillen _________________________
26.jagen __________________________ 27.angeln
_________________________ 28.malen _________________________
29.nhen __________________________ 30.turnen
_________________________ 31.ben __________________________
32.filmen _________________________ 33.pflanzen
_______________________ 34.tippen _________________________
35.lschen ________________________ 36.speichern
_______________________ 37.planen _________________________
38.wiegen _________________________ 39.fahren
_________________________ 40.bringen ________________________
41.kennen _________________________ 42.lesen
__________________________ 43.sehen __________________________
44.essen __________________________ 45.schreiben
_______________________ 46.machen ________________________
47.schneiden ______________________ 48.reiten
__________________________ 49.sprechen _______________________
50.nehmen ________________________ 51.werfen
_________________________ 52.schlieen _______________________
53.finden _________________________ 54.trinken
_________________________ 55.singen _________________________
56.lassen _________________________ 57.waschen
_______________________ 58.denken _________________________
5.wissen ________________________ ben wir! Stze. Rewrite each
sentence in the conversational past 1.Das machen wir immer zu
Hause.
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 2.Jeden Tag lese ich die Zeitung.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Erika bringt Bier und Wein.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Mutter sagt das immer.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Sehen Sie meinen Bleistift?
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Braucht er etwas?
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Was isst das Kind heute?
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Hren Sie das?
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Ich schreibe heute einen Brief.
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Maria wscht das Auto dieses Wochenende.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Warum antworten Sie nicht?
_________________________________________________________________________
12.Macht er viel Sport?
_________________________________________________________________________
13.Was denken Sie?
_________________________________________________________________________
14.Sie lt die Kinder zu Hause.
_________________________________________________________________________
15.Die Studentin fragt den Professor.
_________________________________________________________________________
16.Schneiden Sie das Brot?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 17.Bernd sucht seinen Schlssel.
_________________________________________________________________________
18.Gottfried raucht viele Zigaretten.
_________________________________________________________________________
19.Wir sprechen Deutsch miteinander.
_________________________________________________________________________
20.Kennen Sie unsere Professorin?
_________________________________________________________________________
21.Jrgen ffnet die Tr.
_________________________________________________________________________
22.Onkel Karl bringt seinen Neffen nach Hause.
_________________________________________________________________________
23.Ich nehme zwei Zeitschriften.
_________________________________________________________________________
24.Sie singt dieses Lied immer.
_________________________________________________________________________
25.Das wei ich nicht.
_________________________________________________________________________
26.Hans wirft den Ball gegen die Wand.
_________________________________________________________________________
27.Sie trgt eine Bluse und einen Rock.
_________________________________________________________________________
28.Wir lernen Deutsch
_________________________________________________________________________
29.Martina schliet das Fenster.
_________________________________________________________________________
30.Ich fahre meine Tante nach Osnabrck
_________________________________________________________________________
31.Wir schicken eine Postkarte nach Hause.
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 32.Er findet den Autoschlssel
nicht.
_________________________________________________________________________
33.Jeden Morgen trinken wir Orangensaft.
_________________________________________________________________________
34.Was kaufen Sie fr die Party?
_________________________________________________________________________
35.Marion plant eine groe Party.
_________________________________________________________________________
36.Wir bauen ein neues Haus.
_________________________________________________________________________
37.Kochen Sie Wasser fr den Tee?
_________________________________________________________________________
38.Peter grillt das Fleisch.
_________________________________________________________________________
39.Die Professorin speichert die Noten am Computer.
_________________________________________________________________________
40.Schafen Sie
gut?_________________________________________________________________________
Im Kontext.Teil A. You are telling some friends about a party you
helped plan for German Club. Write in German the things that you
tell them. Tell them that: 1.you searched for a house for the party
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Martina said you should use her house
_________________________________________________________________________
3.you needed a lot of
things_________________________________________________________________________
4.Peter bought the sausage and meat
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Karl Heinz and Wolfgang bought a lot of vegetables and drinks
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 6.Peter grilled the meat and
vegetables outside
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Heiko cooked a few things inside
_________________________________________________________________________
8.several people played soccer
_________________________________________________________________________
9.and a few other people danced
_________________________________________________________________________
Teil B. Describe what you did for homework. Indicate that you:
1.you opened your notebook
_________________________________________________________________________
2.read Teil 7,2
_________________________________________________________________________
3.learned the vocabulary by heart [auswendig
lernen]_________________________________________________________________________
4.did all the exercises
_________________________________________________________________________
5.wrote the answers
_________________________________________________________________________
6.made no mistakes
_________________________________________________________________________
7.closed your
notebook_________________________________________________________________________
8.read a book
_________________________________________________________________________
Teil C. You met a friend after work and went out for the evening.
Write that you: 1.met your friend Willi at five oclock
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 2.and you spoke with Willi for a
few minutes
_________________________________________________________________________
3.you were hungry and ate in a restaurant
_________________________________________________________________________
4.there you ate pizza and drank beer (or cola)
_________________________________________________________________________
5.then you saw a movie
_________________________________________________________________________
6.and you found it excellent
_________________________________________________________________________
7.it was a long day and you were tired
_________________________________________________________________________
8.you went (simple past) home and slept well
_________________________________________________________________________
Sie sind dran! Answer each of the following questions as completely
as possible. 1.Haben Sie neulich etwas gekauft? Was?
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Was haben Sie letztes Wochenende gemacht? Hat es Spa gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Haben Sie heute oder diese Woche geraucht?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Haben Sie heute Sport oder Gymnastik gemacht? Was haben Sie
gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Haben Sie neulich einen Fehler gemacht? Was haben Sie falsch
gemacht und wie haben Sie es verbessert?
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Haben Sie neulich gelacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Haben Sie diese Woche etwas gebastelt oder gebaut? Gegrillt oder
gekocht?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 8.Haben Sie am Wochenende
gearbeitet? Was haben Sie gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Spielen Sie ein Instrument oder singen Sie? Was haben Sie das
letzte Mal gebt?
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Was haben Sie gestern gegessen und getrunken?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Was haben Sie heute gelesen?
_________________________________________________________________________
12.Haben Sie neulich etwas gefunden? Was?
_________________________________________________________________________
13.Was haben Sie fr Ihren Deutschkurs geschrieben?
_________________________________________________________________________
14.Haben Sie neulich eine interessante Fernsehsendung gesehen?
Welche?
_________________________________________________________________________
15.Was haben Sie gestern getragen?
_________________________________________________________________________
16.Wie haben Sie gestern Nacht geschlafen?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,5 gestern, vorgestern,
letzte Woche ben wir! Teil A.Supply the German equivalents for the
following adverbial past time expressions.
1.yesterday___________________________________ 2.yesterday
morning___________________________________ 3.yesterday
afternoon___________________________________ 4.yesterday
evening___________________________________ 5.the day before
yesterday___________________________________ 6.the day before
yesterday in the evening___________________________________ 7.the
day before yesterday in the
morning___________________________________ 8.in the
past__________________________ Teil B.Supply the German noun phrase
equivalents for the following specific time expressions. Remember
that the accusative case is used for noun phrases that designate
specific time. 1.last Friday _______________________________ 2.last
month _______________________________ 3.last winter
_______________________________ 4.last year
_______________________________ 5.last weekend
_______________________________ 6. last May
_______________________________ 7.last semester
_______________________________ 8.the year before last
_______________________________ Im Kontext For each of the
situations described, write sentences in good German as directed.
Try to use inverted word order for the time expressions in some of
the statements you write. 1.Situation: there was an explosion last
night. Say that you didnt hear anything last night.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Situation: Maria is surprised to see your project completed. Tell
her that you did it last Tuesday.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Situation: The substitute teacher wants to work on grammar today.
You dont. Tell him that you and the other students learned the
grammar yesterday.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Situation: You just arrived home wearing brand new clothes. Tell
your parents that you bought the clothes last month.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Situation: Your advisor thinks you need a philosophy course to
fulfill graduation requirements. Tell her that you took philosophy
the semester before last.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Situation: You are looking at an artists exhibit. As the artist
if she painted the picture this year or last.
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Situation: Your professor looks very pale on Monday morning. Ask
her if she was sick last weekend.
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Situation: I was wondering when you last saw your aunt and uncle.
Say that you and your father saw them last fall.
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Situation: Your friends in Germany have been expecting a letter
from you for some time. Say that you already wrote the letter.
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Situation: You had lost your keys. Say that you found them
yesterday morning.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Situation: You cant find your textbook, and the teacher just
called one you for the answer to an exercise. Tell him that you
left your book at home this morning.
_________________________________________________________________________
12.Situation: Dads car is a mess, and he wants you to wash it. Tell
him that you washed the car last Saturday.
_________________________________________________________________________
13.Situation: Your mother thinks youre wearing this suit/outfit
much too often. Tell her you wore it the weekend before last.
_________________________________________________________________________
14.Situation: Fritz hadnt prepared for class and couldnt answer the
teachers questions. Say that Fritz didnt know that yesterday but he
does know it now.
_________________________________________________________________________
15.Situation: Your parents insist that you and your sister just
dont eat enough meat. Tell them that you both ate meat last week.
_________________________________________________________________________
16.Situation: I recently bought a new car and had to got to
Saarbrcken on business. As me if I drove the car to Saarbrcken this
week.
_________________________________________________________________________
17.Situation: The lawn really looks nice. Ask me if I cut the grass
[das Gras] this weekend.
_________________________________________________________________________
18.Situation: You had told me about one of your favorite TV shows.
Ask me if I saw it last Tuesday evening.
_________________________________________________________________________
19.Situation: You are planning to go on vacation with some friends.
Tell me that in the past your family took vacations together.
_________________________________________________________________________
20.Situation: I dont really seem to be up on current events at all.
Ask me if I read the newspaper today.
_________________________________________________________________________
21.Situation: One of your classmates has been complaining of a
stomach ache and has not been able to eat much. Ask him where he
ate last evening.
_________________________________________________________________________
22.Situation: Members of the German Club spent a weekend camping
and you heard there was a huge thunder storm on the Friday night of
the campout. Ask if they all slept well Friday before last.
_________________________________________________________________________
Sie sind dran! Answer each of the following questions as completely
as possible. 1.Was haben Sie letztes Wochenende gemacht? Und
vorletztes?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Was haben Sie gestern Abend gemacht? Und vorgestern Abend?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Was haben Sie heute Nachmittag gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Welche Kurse haben Sie letztes Semester gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Wo waren Sie vorletztes Jahr? Gingen Sie noch zur Schule? Oder
gingen Sie schon zur Uni?
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Was haben Sie gestern gegessen?
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Was haben Sie vergangenen Winter gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Was mchten Sie nchstes Semester machen?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,6 Was haben Sie heute
mitgebracht? Kontrolle.Fill in the blanks with information you have
learned in this Teil. 1.Do separable prefixes look like words in
their own right? ______ 2.List six separable prefixes:
________________________ ________________________
____________________ ________________________
________________________ ____________________ 3.What do past
participles with separable prefixes do with the ge-sound?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Is the main vocal stress on the separable prefix or the stem of
the core verb? ____________ 5.Can a verb serve as a separable
prefix? __________ ben wir! Write the past participle for each
verb. 1.fernsehen _______________________ 2.anhren
________________________ 3.durchstreichen ___________________
4.ausziehen _______________________ 5.zumachen
______________________ 6.ausmachen ______________________
7.mitlesen ________________________ 8.mitbringen
______________________ 9.einkaufen _______________________
10.ansehen ________________________ 11.hinsetzen
_______________________ 12.anziehen _______________________
13.aufmachen ______________________
14.anmachen_______________________ 15.mitmachen
______________________ 16.wegnehmen _____________________ 17.kennen
lernen ___________________ 18. anschauen ______________________
19.vorlesen ________________________ 20.zurckbringen
___________________ ben wir! Stze Rewrite each sentence in the
conversational past 1.Das Mdchen bringt ihren Bruder mit.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Die Studentin nimmt das Heft mit.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Der Professor nimmt die Prfung weg.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Die Studenten lesen alle mit.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Die Kinder machen in der Schule alle mit.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Ich mache das Licht an.
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Und Irmgard macht es aus.
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Ich mache die Tr auf.
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Und der Student macht sie wieder zu.
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Das Mdchen zieht sich schnell an.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Der Junge zieht sich sehr langsam aus.
_________________________________________________________________________
12.Die Professorin streicht den Fehler durch.
_________________________________________________________________________
13.Die Frau setzt sich hier hin.
_________________________________________________________________________
14.Wir hren Musik an.
_________________________________________________________________________
15.Meine Eltern sehen diese Fernsehsendung immer freitags an.
_________________________________________________________________________
16.Wir sehen frhmorgens fern.
_________________________________________________________________________
17.Wir kaufen im Supermarkt ein.
_________________________________________________________________________
18.Professor Doktor Mangold liest vor.
_________________________________________________________________________
Im Kontext. Write complete sentences as directed. Situation A. You
are my boss and youre checking up on me. Find out: 1.what I brought
along today
_________________________________________________________________________
2.what I took along home yesterday
_________________________________________________________________________
Situation B. You are an SI leader who was absent from class the
last meeting, and things didnt go too well for me and the other
students. Find out: 3.why the professor took away my test
_________________________________________________________________________
4.why the students didnt do the homework
_________________________________________________________________________
Situation C. You just came home and find the house different that
when you left it. Find out from me, one of your roommates: 5.who
turned out the lights
_________________________________________________________________________
6.who opened all the windows
_________________________________________________________________________
7.who turned on the TV and the radio
_________________________________________________________________________
8.who closed the door
_________________________________________________________________________
Situation D. You are a colleague at work and you notice that I look
pretty tired. Ask me: 9.if I watched TV late last night
_________________________________________________________________________
10.when I watched TV and for how long
_________________________________________________________________________
Situation E. Youve been talking to me at a party. Ask me: 11.when I
met my husband
_________________________________________________________________________
12.how long I have known him
_________________________________________________________________________
Sie sind dran! Write complete, logical sentences to each question.
1.Welche Kleidung haben Sie heute angezogen?
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Was haben Sie heute zurUni mitgebracht?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Haben Sie vor kurzem ferngesehen? Welche Sendung haben Sie
gesehen?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Wen haben Sie neulich kennen
gelernt?_________________________________________________________________________
5.Was haben Sie gestern zu Hause angemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Was haben Sie heute zu Hause ausgemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Was haben Sie vor kurzem zu Hause auf- oder zugemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,7Haben Sie etwas vergessen?
Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with information you have learned in
this Teil. 1.Do inseparable prefixes look like words in their own
right? ______ 2.List six separable prefixes:
________________________ ________________________
____________________ ________________________
________________________ ____________________ 3.What do past
participles with inseparable prefixes do with the ge-prefix?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Is the main vocal stress on the separable prefix or the stem of
the core verb? ____________ ben wir! Write the past participle for
each verb. 1.verbessern ______________________ 2.verlieren
_______________________ 3.vergessen _______________________
4.versuchen ______________________ 5.erklren
________________________ 6.erkennen _______________________
7.empfehlen ______________________ 8.beginnen
______________________ 9.beantworten _____________________
10.beschreiben _____________________
11.verstehen_______________________ 12.verkaufen
______________________ 13.verdienen _______________________
14.gebrauchen _____________________ 15.erledigen
_______________________ 16.entdecken ______________________
17.benutzen _______________________ 18.berhren
_______________________ 19.besuchen _______________________
20.wiederholen _____________________ 21.zerstren
_______________________ 22.verstehen _______________________
23.erlauben _______________________ 24.bekommen
______________________ Im Kontext. Write complete sentences as
directed. Situation A. You and I are at a restaurant. 1.Ask me what
the waiter recommended, and tell me you didnt understand him.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 2.Find out if the waiter explained
everything clearly.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.You suddenly realize that you dont have your wallet. Break it to
me gently that you lost it or left it at home.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Situation B. You have not seen Herr Schmidt for quite some time,
and you bump into him while in the park. 4.Tell him that you didnt
recognize him.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Find out if he visited his son (your old friend) this past
summer.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Ask him where he used to work before (earlier) and if he is now
retired (a pensioner).
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Tell him that you just started your job in Austin and that you
just sold your house in San Marcos.
_________________________________________________________________________
Situation C. You are our teacher and have just discovered that the
assignment you gave your students was wrong. 8.Find out if we, the
students, discovered the problem.
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Ask if we completed the assignment [-e Aufgabe].
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Find out who tried to do it.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Find out who forgot the assignment.
_________________________________________________________________________
12.Find out if any students reviewed (=repeated) some exercises.
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Sie sind dran! Write complete,
logical sentences to each question. 1.Wann hat dieses Semester
begonnen?
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Haben Sie neulich etwas bekommen? Was?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Welche Kurse haben Sie fr nchstes Semester belegt?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Welches Restaurant haben Sie vor kurzem empfohlen?
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Was haben Sie neulich erledigt?
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Was haben Sie vor kurzem verloren? Haben Sie es wieder gefunden?
Wo war es?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Haben Sie heute oder gestern etwas vergessen? War das ein Problem
fr Sie?
_________________________________________________________________________
8.Was haben Sie neulich nicht verstanden? Was mussten Sie machen?
_________________________________________________________________________
9.Haben Sie neulich etwas verkauft?
_________________________________________________________________________
10.Haben Sie letzten Sommer gearbeitet? Wie viel Geld haben Sie
verdient?
_________________________________________________________________________
11.Was sollten oder mussten Sie neulich machen? Haben Sie alles
erledigt?
_________________________________________________________________________
12.Wen haben Sie neulich besucht?
_________________________________________________________________________
13.Wen haben Sie dieses Semester vermisst?
_________________________________________________________________________
14.Haben Sie vor kurzem etwas verpasst? Was?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,8 Was haben Sie studiert?
Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with information you have learned in
this Teil. 1.Many infinitives of German verbs borrowed from French
and English end in ____________. 2.Their past participles end in
__________. 3.Where is the ge- prefix located?
__________________________________ ben wir! Write the past
participle for each verb. 1.funktionieren ____________________
2.reservieren ______________________ 3.fotografieren
____________________ 4.renovieren ______________________
5.studieren _______________________ 6.reparieren
______________________ 7.probieren _______________________
8.identifizieren ____________________
9.buchstabieren____________________ 10.korrigieren
______________________ 11.diskutieren ______________________
12.demonstrieren ___________________ Im Kontext. Write complete
sentences as directed. Situation A. You have problems with your car
and are discussing them with your mechanic. 1.Remind the mechanic
the you and he discussed the problem yesterday.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Find out if hes studied the problem.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Remind him that the car didnt work right last week.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Ask him if he and his colleagues have identified the
problem._________________________________________________________________________
5.Ask if they have tried everything.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.And now the biggie: Ask him if they fixed the car.
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Situation B. Stephan is a
6-year-old who has just returned home from school. He is telling
you what he and his classmates did earlier today. Write what he
says. He tell you that: 7.they spelled their names correctly
_________________________________________________________________________
8.the teacher corrected our mistakes
_________________________________________________________________________
9.we erased (ausradieren) them (the mistakes)
_________________________________________________________________________
10.then you discussed them
_________________________________________________________________________
11.this afternoon we took pictures (photographed) of the classroom
_________________________________________________________________________
12.and we tried a little ice cream before we came home
_________________________________________________________________________
Sie sind dran! Write complete, logical sentences to each question.
1.Studieren Ihre Geschwister oder haben sie schon studiert? Haben
Ihre Eltern studiert?
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Was oder wen haben Sie neulich fotografiert? Was fr eine Kamera
haben Sie?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Was haben Sie neulich probiert? Wie war es?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Was hat vor kurzem nicht gut oder gar nicht funktioniert? Haben
Sie es repariert?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Was haben Sie neulich diskutiert? Diskutieren Sie manchmal
Politik? Andere Themen?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Haben Sie schon ein Haus, ein Auto oder etwas anderes renoviert?
Was? Wann?
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,9 Ich bin gestern Abend
ausgegangen. Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with information you
have learned in this Teil. 1.A verb that can govern a direct object
is said to be _____________________. 2.All such verbs use
___________________ as the helping verb to form the past perfect.
3.A verb that cannot accommodate a direct object is known as an
__________________ verb. 4.If such a verb denotes a change of
position or change of condition, it forms the past perfect with the
helping verb ____________. 5.The following verbs all use sein when
constructing the past perfect. Indicate whether the verb denotes a
change of condition (write C) or position (write P): a. werden
_____ b. gehen _____ c. wandern _____ d. reisen _____ e. mitkommen
_____ f. ausgehen _____g.sterben _____ h. laufen _____ i. frieren
_____ j. fahren _____ k. aufstehen _____ l. weggehen _____ m.
spazieren gehen _____ n. kommen _____ o. bummeln _____ p. geschehen
_____ q. schwimmen _____ r. passieren _____ s. fliegen _____ 6.To
form the past perfect of bleiben, use the helping verb __________.
7. The present perfect of sein is formed with the helping verb
__________ and the past participle ____________. This is equivalent
to the simple past tense form__________. 8.Three verbs that use the
helping verb sein when there is no direct object and haben when a
direct object is explicitly stated are: __________,__________,and
__________. ben wir! Write the correct form of sein in the blank.
1.Peter __________ schon nach Hause gegangen. 2.Ich __________ von
Heidelberg nach Hamburg gefahren. 3.Tina und ich __________ durch
den Wald gewandert. 4.Warum __________ wir so frh nach Hause
gegangen? 5.Ich __________ mit Renate nach Rom geflogen. 6.Wir
__________ den ganzen Abend zu Hause gewesen. Name:
__________________________ 7.Das Bild __________ von der Wand
gefallen. 8.__________ Sie meinen Wagen gefahren? 9.Wann __________
Sie gestern hierher gekommen? 10.Es __________ wirklich kalt
geworden. 11.Wir __________ nach Amerika gereist. 12.Was __________
denn passiert? 13.Das Wasser __________ schon gefroren. 14.Ich
__________ hier geblieben. 15.Wir _________ in der Stadt gebummelt.
16.Warum __________ Herbert kein Pferd geritten? Im Kontext. Using
the situations presented in brackets, write sentences as directed.
1.[It was 28 Celsius today.] Indicate it got pretty warm this
afternoon.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.[You dont see my friends.] Ask me if my friends have gone away.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.[I went to bed before you came home.] Mention that you came home
late last night.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.[You heard a loud noise on the next street over.] Ask a neighbor
what happened over there.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.[You werent at home when I called yesterday.] Say that you went
window shopping (bummeln) with Kthe.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.[You just walked sleepy-eyed into the classroom.] Tell the
professor you were really tired this morning. (express this two
says, once with the simple past and once with present perfect.)
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
7.[I didnt see you sister at home last night.] Say that she was in
the library all evening.
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 8.[You know that my family was in
the Black Forest recently.] Ask me if we hiked in the woods.
_________________________________________________________________________
9.[The party where we both were was really boring. You left early,
but I stayed.] Ask why I stayed there so long.
_________________________________________________________________________
10.[Your parent have always admired the cathedral in Cologne Kln).]
Find out if they drove there last weekend.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.[Im visiting you in the Alps on your vacation, and Id like to
see your parents.] Say that your family went for a hike through the
mountains and around the lake.
_________________________________________________________________________
12.[I just came into the room where you and your friends have
guilty looks on your faces. Im suspicious.] Say that nothing
happened.
_________________________________________________________________________
13.[I put some water in the ice cube tray an hour ago.] Ask me if
the water has frozen.
_________________________________________________________________________
14.[You just came out of the water breathing a bit hard.] Say that
you swam 5000 meters.
_________________________________________________________________________
15.[You were told I left work early last Friday.] Find out if I got
sick.
_________________________________________________________________________
16.[I expected to see you at the park today, as usual.] Say that
you stayed home today.
_________________________________________________________________________
17.[I was under the impression that Professor Huebel was leaving
for Europe this month.] Tell me that he flew to Europe last month.
_________________________________________________________________________
Sie sind dran! Write complete, logical sentences to each question.
1.Wie war das Wetter gestern? Was ist passiert? Hat es gefroren?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 2.Wo waren Sie gestern Abend? Was
ist geschehen?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Wann sind Sie gestern Abend eingeschlafen? Wann sind Sie heute
Morgen aufgewacht? Wann sind Sie aufgestanden? Wann sind Sie zur
Uni gekommen?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Wer ist neulich gestorben? Was war diese Person von Beruf? Wie
alt war diese Person?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Beschreiben Sie Ihre letzte Reise! Wohin sind Sie gefahren
(gereist)? Was ist geschehen? Was haben Sie gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
6.Sind Sie mal geflogen? Wohin sind Sie geflogen? Wie lange waren
Sie dort? Wie war es? Was ist geschehen?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
7.Sind Sie letztes Wochenende ausgegangen oder zu Hause geblieben?
Was ist geschehen? Was haben Sie gemacht?
_________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
8.Wohin sind Sie gegangen, als Sie das letzte Mal Urlaub gemacht
haben?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Teil 8,10 Es hat gedonnert,
geblitzt und geregnet. Kontrolle. Fill in the blanks with
information you have learned in this Teil. 1.Intransitive verbs
that involve a change of condition or position use __________ as
the helping verb to form the present perfect. 2.Intransitive verbs
that do not involve a change of condition or position use
__________ as the helping verb to form the present perfect. ben
wir! Write the past participle for each verb. 1.blitzen
_________________________ 2.hageln _________________________
3.regnen _________________________ 4.arbeitet
________________________ 5.warten _________________________
6.stehen _________________________ 7.donnern
________________________ 8.schneien _______________________
9.schlafen ________________________ 10.dauern
_________________________ 11.sitzen __________________________
12.wohnen ________________________ Im Kontext. Using the situations
presented in brackets, write sentences as directed. 1.[You just
moved into my neighborhood.] Say that you lived in Frankfurt for
many years.
_________________________________________________________________________
2.[We had a bad storm last night.] Say that there was a lot of
lightning and ask me if I saw it.
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Say that it thundered very loudly and hailed this morning. Ask me
if I heard it.
_________________________________________________________________________
4.[I was supposed to meet you in front of the library yesterday.]
Say that you stood there for a while, but then you left.
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Tell me you waited there for twenty minutes.
_________________________________________________________________________
6.[I went to a meeting that you could not attend.] Ask me where I
sat. Ask me if I saw Mrs. Springer. Ask me if she talked a lot, and
find out what she said.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ 7.[Klara looks really awful this
morning.] Ask her if she slept well last night. Find out when she
got in last night.
_________________________________________________________________________
8.[I am a student at the university in Graz. You are an American
exchange student.] Say that it snowed a little last winter in Texas
and ask me if it snows a lot in Austria.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
9.[We all work at a caf near the university.] Ask us if we worked
last Saturday. Tell us you stayed home because were sick.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
10.[I wanted to go to the movies with you but couldnt.] Find out
how the film was and how long it lasted.
_________________________________________________________________________
11.[I have just bumped into you on the street in New York.] Tell me
you flew to New York yesterday.
_________________________________________________________________________
Sie sind dran! Write complete, logical sentences to each question.
1.Wo wohnen Sie jetzt? Wo haben Sie frher gewohnt?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Wann hatten Sie das letzte Mal Ferien? Wie lange haben die Ferien
gedauert?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Haben sie gestern gearbeitet oder gelernt? Wie lange haben Sie
gearbeitet oder gelernt?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Haben Sie gestern Nacht gut geschlafen? Wie lange haben Sie
geschlafen?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Hat es gestern
geregnet?_________________________________________________________________________