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Exercise 2: Underline the verbs in the infinitive (the full form that you find in the
dictionary). There are eight infinitives to underline, but one of them crops up twice.
Exercise 3: Find the seven different infinitives from the text in the puzzle below.
Their English meanings are also hidden. Write out both the German and their
English translations.
K N E P M T E V V F T Y
R Y E Z B V E E T I O R
O Z Q T A V R Z L N B R
W N D H A L K B Q D E A
O J O E A R F E S E E M
T T L S X D I Z A N T O
S O S N E T I E B R A T
T E P Z O F W O H N E N
N U I L Y R B T O J Q L
V F I N K Z O Y O X Y N
B V A D N I F O T E M K
E H A B E N O Y F L Y Q
1 .............................................................. 1. .............................................................
2 .............................................................. 2 .............................................................
3 .............................................................. 3 .............................................................
4 .............................................................. 4 .............................................................
5 .............................................................. 5 .............................................................
6 .............................................................. 6 .............................................................
7 .............................................................. 7 .............................................................
c. I want to ....................................................................................................
d. He would be ....................................................................................................
f. I would be ....................................................................................................
Exercise 5: Adapt the phrases above to create the following sentences in German.
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d. I would be friendlier
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h. He would be friendly
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Exercise 6: Match up the German time expressions with their English meanings.
b. dann 2. then
Exercise 7: Unscramble the sentences. The verb needs to be the second piece of
information in a German sentence. Careful! We have taken the capital letters out of
the first words of each sentence, unless the word would normally start with a capital
letter!
Nächstes Jahr werde ich die Schule verlassen, weil ich die Schule hasse. Mit 18 werde ich
einen Job finden. Ich möchte in einem Büro arbeiten, weil ich als Sekretärin arbeiten will.
Mit 20 möchte ich heiraten. Mein idealer Mann wäre nett und freundlich und er hätte
blonde Haare und blaue Augen. Später werde ich Kinder haben und in einem großen
Haus auf dem Land wohnen, dann wäre ich glücklicher. Glücklich zu sein ist mir sehr
wichtig.
Exercise 2: Underline the verbs in the infinitive (the full form that you find in the
dictionary). There are eight infinitives to underline, but one of them crops up twice.
Exercise 3: Find the seven infinitives from the text in the puzzle below. Their
English meanings are also hidden. Write out both the German and their English
translations.
K N E P M T E V V F T Y
R Y E Z B V E E T I O R
O Z Q T A V R Z L N B R
W N D H A L K B Q D E A
O J O E A R F E S E E M
T T L S X D I Z A N T O
S O S N E T I E B R A T
T E P Z O F W O H N E N
N U I L Y R B T O J Q L
V F I N K Z O Y O X Y N
B V A D N I F O T E M K
E H A B E N O Y F L Y Q
Exercise 5: Adapt the phrases above to create the following sentences in German.
Exercise 6: Match up the German time expressions with their English meanings.
a. später:…………………………………………. 4. later
b. dann:…………………………………………..’ 2. then
Exercise 7: Unscramble the sentences. The verb needs to be the second piece of
information in a German sentence.