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    German Grammar in Exercises
    German Grammar in Exercises
    German Grammar in Exercises
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    German Grammar in Exercises

    By Silvia Bald

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    Learn German the easy way with short and comprehensive introductions in English for each grammatical chapter followed by tailored exercises to immediately apply the the new information. Solutions follow each exercise and make it easy to check on yourself. Covers levels A1 to B1.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSilvia Bald
    Release dateDec 11, 2015
    ISBN9781310528422
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    German Grammar in Exercises - Silvia Bald

    German Grammar

    in Exercises

    Silvia Bald

    1 Nouns

    1.1Gender of nouns

    1.2 Plural of nouns

    1.3 Nouns in accusative case

    1.3.1 Definite and indefinite articles in accusative case

    1.3.2 Declension of nouns in accusative case

    1.4 Dative case

    1.4.1 Definite and indefinite articles in dative case

    1.4.2 Declension of nouns in dative case

    2 Verbs

    2.1 Conjugation of the verb „haben" (to have) in present tense

    2.2 Conjugation of the verb „sein" (to be) in present tense

    2.3 Conjugation of regular (weak) German verbs in present tense

    2.4 Conjugation of strong verbs in present tense

    2.5 Polite Form

    2.6 Modal auxiliary verbs

    2.7 Separable verbs

    2.8 Present perfect and past participle

    2.9 Reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns

    2.9.1 Reflexive pronouns in accusative and common reflexive verbs

    2.9.2 Reflexive pronouns in dative case

    3 Pronouns

    3.1 Personal Pronouns

    3.1.1 Personal pronouns in nominative case

    3.1.2 Personal pronouns in accusative case

    3.1.3 Personal pronouns in dative case

    3.2 Possessive Pronouns

    3.2.1 Possessive pronouns in nominative case

    3.2.2 Possessive pronouns in accusative case

    3.2.3 Possessive pronouns in dative case

    3.4 Independent possessive pronouns

    4 Prepositions

    4.1 Prepositions that require accusative

    4.2 Prepositions that require dative

    4.3 Two-way prepositions

    5 Adjectives

    6 Sentence Structure

    6.1 Simple Sentences

    6.2 Questions ?

    6.2.1.1 W – questions?

    6.2.1.2 Declension of wer?

    6.2.2 Yes/No questions

    6.3 Indirect Speech

    1 Nouns

    Gender of nouns

    There is no fix rule to determine the gender of a German noun. However, although there are exceptions, the following endings can give you a hint about the gender of a noun.

    Feminine:

    The endings –e, -ie, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ung, -tät, -anz, -enz, -ion, -tur, -ei, -ik suggest in most cases, that a noun is feminine (die).

    Neutral:

    The endings –o, -chen, -lein, -ment, -nis, -tum, -um, -ium as well as the prefix Ge- suggest in most cases, that a noun is neutral (das).

    Masculine:

    The endings –ner, -ismus suggest in most cases, that a noun is masculine (der).

    Bestimme das Geschlecht der folgenden Nomen und setze den richtigen bestimmten Artikel ein. Determine the gender of the following nouns and fill in the right definite article!

    ______Fantasie

    ______Freundschaft

    ______Gesundheit

    ______Pünktlichkeit

    ______Engagement

    ______Büro

    ______Zeugnis

    ______Universität

    ______Bäckerei

    ______Station

    ______Grammatik

    ______Überraschung

    ______Reichtum

    ______Küche

    ______Gesicht

    ______Fräulein

    ______Kapitalismus

    ______Gericht

    ______Bäcker

    ______Gärtner

    ______Rasierer

    ______Auto

    ______Brötchen

    Lösung (solution):

    die Fantasie, die Freundschaft, die Gesundheit, die Pünktlichkeit, das Engagement, das Büro, das Zeugnis, die Universität, die Bäckerei, die Station, die Grammatik, die Überraschung, der Reichtum, die Küche, das Gesicht, das Fräulein, der Kapitalismus, das Gericht, der Bäcker, der Gärtner, der Rasierer, das Auto, das

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