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You want to ask someone a question. Check all the sentences below that express your request correctly and in a polite way.

You want to ask a salesperson for the price of a shirt. Check all the sentences below that express your request in a polite way.

Check the verbs that are almost always followed by a dass-clause. (Select all that apply.)

Integrate the second sentence in brackets by adding it as a “dass”-clause to the first sentence. Write the “dass”-clause into the blank. Do not forget the period at the end of the sentence. Sie hat mir geschrieben, (ihr Zug kommt um 15:45 Uhr in Heidelberg an).

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the indefinite pronoun of quantity. Read each sentence prompt, and pay attention to the given pronoun in parentheses. Examine whether the verb is transitive or intransitive, or determine the grammatical case governed by the prepositional complement. Select the correct ending of the indefinite pronoun of quantity that agrees with the singular/plural noun that follows. Write the indefinite pronoun form into the blank. ———————— Ich habe (several – mehrer-) [1] Freunde in Deutschland. Mit (some – einig-) [2] Freunden spreche ich jeden Tag via FaceTime. Den (other – ander-) [3] Freunden schicke ich jeden Tag (several – mehrer-) [4] SMS.

Fill the blanks with the correct form of the German quantitative determiner. Read each question prompt to select the fitting German vocabulary. Identify if the main verb is transitive or intransitive, or the proper grammatical case for the given preposition. Determine the gender of the noun after the parentheses, and whether it is singular or plural. Write the determiner reflecting the appropriate case into the blank. —————– 1. Ich esse [1] (each) Tag in der Mensa 2. Sie hat Probleme mit [2] (both) Professoren. 3. Wir haben [3] (some) Konzerte in Berlin besucht. 4. Sie kennt [4] (each) Soap Opera (fem.). 5. Er kennt die Namen von [5] (all) Fußballspielern.

Fill the blanks with the correct form of the German quantitative determiner. Read each question prompt to select the fitting German vocabulary. Determine whether the required determiner functions as part of the subject, or related to a preposition. Determine the gender of the noun after the parentheses, and whether it is singular or plural. Write the correct determiner reflecting the appropriate case into the blank If applicable, capitalize the beginning of the sentence. —————– [1] (both) Länder sind sehr reich. In [2] (each) Land gibt es Obdachlose (homeless people). [3] (every) Bewohner hat eine Krankenversicherung (health insurance). [4] (some) Familien haben zwei oder drei Autos. [5] (all) Familien können Ferien machen.  

Rewrite the following sentence as a complex sentence by using the subordinating conjunction in parentheses. Write the new sentence into the blank. Example: Wir fahren nach Italien und brauchen keinen Pass. (wenn) Wenn wir nach Italien fahren, brauchen wir keinen Pass. ——————– Wir fuhren nach Venedig, davor hatten wir einen Unfall. (bevor)

Transform the a) sentence into a subordinate clause and integrate it with the b) sentence into a complex clause. Write this complex clause into the blank. Pay attention to the word order and do not forget the period at the end of the sentence. Example: a) Wir waren in Rom. b) Wir hatten einen Unfall. (als) Als wir in Rom waren, hatten wir einen Unfall. —————————- a) Ich besuchte einen Kurs. b) Mein Freund kam mit mir. (wenn)

Put the verb of phrase a) into the past perfect and write the sentence into the blank followed by a comma. Do not write phrase b) into the blank. Example: a) Sie (sein) schon oft im Ausland, b) trotzdem möchte sie noch viele Länder sehen. Sie war schon oft im Ausland gewesen, ——————————- a) Eigentlich (wollen) sie in Deutschland arbeiten, b) aber sie hat keinen Job gefunden.