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English Grammar for German

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Based on the textbook 'English Grammar for Students of German
Richard Williams
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Questão 1

Questão
A noun that is the name of a specific person, place, thing, etc is called ? e.g. "Her name is Mary"
Responda
  • A proper noun
  • A common noun
  • A compound noun
  • Descriptive
  • Predicate noun

Questão 2

Questão
What is a noun?
Responda
  • A word that names something
  • Indicates how certain words function in a sentence
  • Expresses an action
  • The mood of a verb

Questão 3

Questão
What is the meaning of the German word Groß?
Responda
  • Big
  • Wide
  • Great
  • Green

Questão 4

Questão
A noun that doesn't state the name of a specific person, place, thing, etc., is called ?
Responda
  • A common noun
  • Simple noun
  • Compound noun
  • Informal noun
  • Improper noun

Questão 5

Questão
An expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meaning of the individual words is called a what? e.g. "Schlange Stehen"
Responda
  • Parts of speech
  • Idiom
  • Compound
  • Past participle
  • Conditional

Questão 6

Questão
What is is called when two words are the same or very similar in German and English?
Responda
  • Equates
  • Cognates
  • Conditionals
  • Pluperfect

Questão 7

Questão
The classification of words are placed into categories called what?
Responda
  • Parts of speech
  • Articles
  • Collective nouns
  • Demonstrative adjectives

Questão 8

Questão
What is the male grammatical gender?
Responda
  • Masculine
  • Manly
  • Feminine

Questão 9

Questão
What is the female grammatical gender?
Responda
  • Masculine
  • Feminine
  • Girly
  • Neuter

Questão 10

Questão
Nouns that don't indicate gender are [blank_start]neuter[blank_end]
Responda
  • neuter

Questão 11

Questão
When a word refers to one person or thing, it is said to be [blank_start]singular[blank_end]
Responda
  • singular

Questão 12

Questão
When a word refers to more than one person or thing, it is said to be [blank_start]plural[blank_end]
Responda
  • plural

Questão 13

Questão
To make a noun plural we can add -s or -es
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 14

Questão
A singular noun cannot become plural by changing it's spelling
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 15

Questão
Some nouns, refer to a group of persons or things, but the noun is considered singular. What is it called?
Responda
  • Compound noun
  • Group noun
  • Collective noun
  • Singular compound

Questão 16

Questão
What is an article?
Responda
  • A word placed before the noun
  • A word placed after the noun
  • A descriptive sentence
  • A way to make nouns plural

Questão 17

Questão
A definite article is ?
Responda
  • Placed before a noun when speaking about a particular person, place, animal, thing or idea. Commonly using "the"
  • Placed before a noun when speaking about an unspecified particular person, place, animal, thing or idea. Commonly using "a" or "an"

Questão 18

Questão
Which Definite Article indicates that the noun is masculine singular?
Responda
  • Die
  • Das
  • Der

Questão 19

Questão
Which Definite Article indicates that the noun is feminine singular?
Responda
  • Die
  • Das
  • Der

Questão 20

Questão
Which Definite Article indicates that the noun is neuter singular?
Responda
  • Die
  • Das
  • Der

Questão 21

Questão
Which Definite Article indicates that the noun is plural?
Responda
  • Die
  • Das
  • Der

Questão 22

Questão
An Indefinite Article is?
Responda
  • Placed before a noun when speaking about an unspecified particular person, place, animal, thing or idea. Commonly using "a" or "an"
  • Placed before a noun when speaking about a particular person, place, animal, thing or idea. Commonly using "the"

Questão 23

Questão
There are two Indefinite Articles. "A" is used before a word beginning with ?
Responda
  • A vowel
  • A consonant

Questão 24

Questão
There are two Indefinite Articles. "An" is used before a word beginning with ?
Responda
  • A vowel
  • A consonant

Questão 25

Questão
A [blank_start]vowel[blank_end] is a letter of the alphabet that represents a speech sound created by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity. Vowels are a major category of phonemes in English speech. A [blank_start]phoneme[blank_end] is the smallest sound unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinct meaning, such as the s of sing and the r of ring.
Responda
  • vowel
  • phoneme

Questão 26

Questão
A [blank_start]consonant[blank_end] is a speech sound that's not a vowel. The sound is produced by a partial or complete obstruction of the airstream by a constriction of the speech organs. In writing, it's any letter of the alphabet except [blank_start]I, O, U, A, E[blank_end] and sometimes [blank_start]Y[blank_end]
Responda
  • consonant
  • I, O, U, A, E
  • Y

Questão 27

Questão
Which article is used only with a singular noun?
Responda
  • Indefinite
  • Definite

Questão 28

Questão
In German, of the two forms of Indefinite Article, "Ein" indicates the noun is ?
Responda
  • Masculine
  • Feminine

Questão 29

Questão
In German, of the two forms of Indefinite Article, "Eine" indicates the noun is ?
Responda
  • Masculine
  • Feminine

Questão 30

Questão
Case indicates what ?
Responda
  • How a word functions within a sentence
  • The possible forms of the verb for a particular tense
  • Express an action that occurred in the past
  • A word used in the place of other nouns

Questão 31

Questão
English pronouns have three cases. The [blank_start]Objective[blank_end] Case is used when a pronoun is a [blank_start]direct[blank_end], or [blank_start]indirect[blank_end], object or an object of a [blank_start]preposition[blank_end]
Responda
  • Objective
  • indirect
  • direct
  • preposition

Questão 32

Questão
English pronouns have three cases. The [blank_start]Possessive[blank_end] Case is used when a pronoun shows ownership. This noun can function as a subject, predicate noun, direct or indirect object, or object of a preposition
Responda
  • Possessive

Questão 33

Questão
The complete set of case forms for any noun, indicated by ending of accompanying articles, is called ?
Responda
  • Extended adjectival construction
  • Declension
  • Verbal noun
  • Gerund
  • Relative cause

Questão 34

Questão
The [blank_start]nominative[blank_end] case is used for the subject of a sentence and for predicate nouns
Responda
  • nominative

Questão 35

Questão
The [blank_start]accusative[blank_end] case is used for direct objects
Responda
  • accusative

Questão 36

Questão
The [blank_start]dative[blank_end] case is used for indirect objects
Responda
  • dative

Questão 37

Questão
English pronouns have three cases. The [blank_start]Nominative[blank_end] Case is used when a pronoun is a subject or a predicate [blank_start]nominative[blank_end].
Responda
  • nominative
  • Nominative

Questão 38

Questão
What is the German word for teacher ?
Responda
  • Bleistift
  • Lehrer
  • Zimmer
  • Zug
  • Wetter

Questão 39

Questão
What is a verb?
Responda
  • A word that names something?
  • A word that expresses "the action" of the sentence
  • A word that modifies nouns
  • Something that expresses something you wish for or a hypothetical situation

Questão 40

Questão
Without a verb one cannot write a "complete sentence."
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 41

Questão
An [blank_start]intransitive[blank_end] verb is a verb that cannot take a direct object
Responda
  • intransitive
  • transitive

Questão 42

Questão
[blank_start]Transitive[blank_end] verbs can take a direct object
Responda
  • Transitive
  • Intransitive

Questão 43

Questão
The [blank_start]subject[blank_end] of a sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb
Responda
  • subject

Questão 44

Questão
What is the German word for alone?
Responda
  • Allein
  • Arbeiten
  • Spät
  • Rat

Questão 45

Questão
Sentences contain other nouns or pronouns that are related to the action of the verb, this is called the ?
Responda
  • Object
  • Conditional
  • Subject
  • Predicate noun

Questão 46

Questão
There are three types of objects. [blank_start]Direct[blank_end] objects are nouns or pronouns that receive the action of the verb or show the results of that action. It answers the question what? or whom? asked after the verb.
Responda
  • Direct
  • Indirect
  • Object of a preposition
  • Definite article
  • Indefinite article

Questão 47

Questão
What is the German word for read ?
Responda
  • Lesen
  • Lehrer
  • Liebe
  • Leiden

Questão 48

Questão
There are three types of objects. [blank_start]Indirect[blank_end] objects are nouns or pronouns that receive the action of the verb or show the results of that action indirectly. It answers the question "to whom," "to what," "for whom" and for "for what."
Responda
  • Indirect

Questão 49

Questão
What is the German word for write ?
Responda
  • Schere
  • Schreiben
  • Brief
  • Schutz

Questão 50

Questão
The noun or pronoun which follows a preposition is called the [blank_start]object of the preposition[blank_end]. It answer the question 'what?' or 'whom?' asked after the preposition. In English grammar, a preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. Prepositions are words like in and out, above and below, and to and from, and they're words we use all the time.
Responda
  • object of the preposition

Questão 51

Questão
In English grammar, a preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 52

Questão
The noun or pronoun that follows a preposition is called the [blank_start]object of the preposition[blank_end]
Responda
  • object of the preposition
  • subjunctive
  • modifier

Questão 53

Questão
A [blank_start]predicate noun[blank_end] is a noun in a sentence that refers to the same thing as the subject of the sentence. It's connected to, and completes, a [blank_start]linking[blank_end] verb and renames or identifies the verb. It renames the subject of the sentence. It's a noun that comes after a linking verb - acts like an equals sign. In German they're in the [blank_start]nominative[blank_end] case.
Responda
  • predicate noun
  • predicate adjectives
  • indirect speech
  • past participle
  • noun
  • linking
  • adjoining
  • connective
  • prepositional phrase
  • nominative
  • accusative
  • genitive
  • dative
  • subjective
  • objective

Questão 54

Questão
When the term or phrase following a linking verb describes the subject, it is a [blank_start]predicate adjective[blank_end]. Usually comes after a linking verb rather than before a noun and convey 'new' and not 'given' information. Also known as a 'subject complement'. It contrasts with an attributive adjective, which typically sits immediately before the noun it modifies. They most often occur as complement to the verb be, but be allows such a wide range of complements that its value as a diagnostic is quite limited.
Responda
  • predicate adjective
  • predicate nominative
  • object of a prepositition
  • prepositional phrase

Questão 55

Questão
What does the German word "scheinen" mean?
Responda
  • to become
  • to appear
  • illuminate
  • language

Questão 56

Questão
In German, the [blank_start]genitive[blank_end] case is used to indicate possession or close relations
Responda
  • genitive

Questão 57

Questão
What is the correct way to make this German proper noun genitive (possessive) ?
Responda
  • Inges Mutter
  • Inges's Mutter
  • Ingus' Mutter

Questão 58

Questão
What is the correct way to make this German proper noun genitive (possessive) if the noun ends in "-s" or "-z" ?
Responda
  • Kiwus's Dichtung
  • Kiwus' Dichtung
  • Kiwus Dichtung

Questão 59

Questão
In German genitive proper nouns, the possessor doesn't come before the thing possessed.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 60

Questão
In German genitive common nouns, the possessor usually comes after the thing possessed.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 61

Questão
What is the correct way to make this German common noun genitive (possessive) if the sentence is composed of masculine and neuter singular nouns of one syllable ?
Responda
  • der Ball das Kinde
  • der Ball des Kindes
  • der Ball des Kind

Questão 62

Questão
For masculine and neuter nouns, we can tell they're in the genitive case by the article which changes to "des/eines."
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 63

Questão
Most masculine and neuter singular nouns of one syllable add "-es" and the accompanying article likewise end in "-s."
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 64

Questão
For feminine and plural nouns, we can tell they're in the genitive case by the article which changes to "des/eines."
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 65

Questão
What is the correct way to make this German common noun genitive (possessive) if the sentence is composed of masculine and neuter singular nouns of more than one syllable ? 'The professor's book'
Responda
  • das Buch der Professors
  • das Buch des Professores
  • das Buch des Professors

Questão 66

Questão
Masculine and neuter singular nouns of more than one syllable don't add "-s" and the accompanying article end in "-s."
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 67

Questão
Masculine and neuter singular nouns of one syllable add "es" and the accompanying article ends in "-s."
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 68

Questão
In English, a singular common or proper noun adds an apostrophe and "-s" to indicate possession.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 69

Questão
In English, a plural possessor ending with "-s" adds an apostrophe to indicate possession.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 70

Questão
In English, a plural possessor not ending with "-s" adds an apostrophe and and "-s" to indicate possession.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 71

Questão
In English, a plural possessor not ending with "-s" adds an apostrophe to indicate possession.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 72

Questão
In English, a plural possessor ending with "-s" adds an apostrophe and an "-s" to indicate possession.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 73

Questão
In English, a singular common or proper noun adds an "-s" to indicate possession.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 74

Questão
For feminine singular and plural, to indicate possession "-er" is added to the preceding article or adjective
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 75

Questão
What is the German word for old?
Responda
  • Achten
  • Achtung
  • Alt
  • Allgemein

Questão 76

Questão
With possessives, German structure parallels English structure using "of the." With German [blank_start]common nouns[blank_end], the possessor generally follows the thing possessed.
Responda
  • common nouns
  • proper nouns
  • predicate nouns

Questão 77

Questão
A [blank_start]pronoun[blank_end] is a word used in place of one or more nouns. Standing as a person, place, thing or idea. Generally it's used to refer to someones (or something) that has already been mentioned, for example "Karen likes to sing. She practises every day." The word that is replaced it is called the [blank_start]antecedent[blank_end].
Responda
  • pronoun
  • antecedent

Questão 78

Questão
There are different types of pronouns, each with a different function and following different rules. [blank_start]Personal[blank_end] pronouns refer to different persons (me, you, her) and change form according to their function in a sentence. These consist of [blank_start]subject[blank_end] pronouns that are used as the subject of a verb, [blank_start]object[blank_end] pronouns which are pronouns that can be used as a direct, indirect object or object of a preposition. [blank_start]Reflexive[blank_end] pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence. [blank_start]Interrogative[blank_end] pronouns are used in questions. [blank_start]Possessive[blank_end] pronouns are used to show possession. [blank_start]Relative[blank_end] pronouns are use to introduce [blank_start]relative[blank_end] subordinate clauses - To make a relative clause, we take a sentence, turn it into a subordinate clause, and attach that clause to a noun. Subordinate means that the clause cannot stand alone, it needs to be connected to an independent clause to make sense. A relative clause is a dependent clause that acts as an adjective.
Responda
  • Personal
  • subject
  • object
  • Reflexive
  • Interrogative
  • Possessive
  • Relative
  • relative

Questão 79

Questão
The pronouns "we" and "they" are [blank_start]plural pronouns[blank_end]
Responda
  • plural pronouns
  • singular pronouns

Questão 80

Questão
The pronouns "i" and "she" are [blank_start]singular pronouns[blank_end]
Responda
  • singular pronouns
  • plural pronouns

Questão 81

Questão
In English and German, a personal pronoun has different forms to show its function in a sentence; these forms are called [blank_start]case forms[blank_end].
Responda
  • case forms
  • declension
  • antecedent
  • conditional

Questão 82

Questão
In German there are two sets of pronouns for "you." The [blank_start]familiar form[blank_end] is used with members of one's own family, friends, children and pets - people you call by a first name. There is a singular and plural form - [blank_start]du[blank_end] is the singular form of you and [blank_start]ihr[blank_end] is the plural form of you
Responda
  • familiar form
  • formal form
  • du
  • ihr
  • ihr
  • du

Questão 83

Questão
In these sentences you are addressing one person whom you call by their first name. Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronouns: "Hans, was macht [blank_start]du[blank_end]?" "Inge, bist [blank_start]du[blank_end] jetzt endlich fertig?"
Responda
  • du
  • du

Questão 84

Questão
In these sentences you are addressing one or more persons whom you don't know very well. Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronouns: "Herr Braun, kommen [blank_start]Sie[blank_end] mit?" "Herr und Frau Braun, kommen [blank_start]Sie[blank_end] mit?"
Responda
  • Sie
  • Sie

Questão 85

Questão
In English, whenever you refer to one thing or idea, you use the pronoun "it." In German, the pronoun you use depends on the gender of the noun it replaces, the antecedent.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 86

Questão
In German, to choose the correct form of it you must identify the antecedent and it's gender. A masculine antecedent corresponds to [blank_start]er[blank_end], the feminine antecedent corresponds to [blank_start]sie[blank_end] and the neuter antecedent to [blank_start]es[blank_end].
Responda
  • er
  • herr
  • ernst
  • ermitteln
  • sie
  • des
  • sieg
  • seben
  • es
  • essen
  • es gibt
  • essig
  • esszimmer

Questão 87

Questão
Fill in the blank with the correct form of it: "Wo ist der Bleistift? [blank_start]Er[blank_end] liegt auf dem Tisch" (where is the pencil? it is lying on the table).
Responda
  • Er

Questão 88

Questão
Fill in the blank with the correct form of it: "Wie war die Reise? [blank_start]Sie[blank_end] war sehn schön" (How was the trip? it was nice)
Responda
  • Sie

Questão 89

Questão
Fill in the blank with the correct form of it: "Wo ist das Buch? [blank_start]Es[blank_end] it auf dem Tisch" (where is the book? it is on the table)
Responda
  • Es

Questão 90

Questão
What is the German word for table?
Responda
  • Reise
  • Tisch
  • Trifft
  • Trichter
  • Titel

Questão 91

Questão
What is the German word for travel?
Responda
  • Reise
  • War
  • Liebe
  • Lüge
  • Rein
  • Reis

Questão 92

Questão
Instead of a single objective case for personal pronouns, in German, two cases are used for pronouns that are direct, indirect or objects of a preposition: the dative and accusative case.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 93

Questão
In these sentences you are addressing one person whom you call by their first name. Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronouns: "Wir sehen [blank_start]dich[blank_end], Anna" (We see you, Anna) "Wir helfen [blank_start]dir[blank_end], Anna" (We are helping you, Anna)
Responda
  • dich
  • dir

Questão 94

Questão
Complete the definition: [blank_start]Dich[blank_end] is the accusative singular of the [blank_start]familiar[blank_end] form
Responda
  • Dich
  • Dir
  • familiar
  • formal

Questão 95

Questão
[blank_start]Dir[blank_end] is the dative singular of the [blank_start]familiar[blank_end] form
Responda
  • Dir
  • Dich
  • familiar
  • formal

Questão 96

Questão
The [blank_start]possessive[blank_end] noun is used to show that one noun possesses or owns another noun, or that the two nouns have a similar, close relationship to each other. In English, we do this by adding apostrophes or using the word "of" in which the noun possess comes before the noun possessor
Responda
  • possessive

Questão 97

Questão
[blank_start]Euch[blank_end] is the accusative plural of the [blank_start]familiar form[blank_end]
Responda
  • Euch
  • Uns
  • familiar form
  • formal form

Questão 98

Questão
[blank_start]Euch[blank_end] is the dative plural of the [blank_start]familiar form[blank_end]
Responda
  • Euch
  • Edel
  • familiar form
  • formal form

Questão 99

Questão
Use the correct form of 'you' to complete the sentence: "Wir sehen [blank_start]euch[blank_end], Effi und Franz"
Responda
  • euch

Questão 100

Questão
Use the correct form of 'you' to complete the sentence: "Wir helfen [blank_start]euch[blank_end], Effi und Franz"
Responda
  • euch

Questão 101

Questão
The formal form of 'you' (Sie) has accusative and dative form - the same form is used when addressing one or more persons, whom you don't know very well. [blank_start]Sie[blank_end] is the accusative singular and plural, and [blank_start]Ihnen[blank_end] is the dative singular and plural.
Responda
  • Sie
  • dich
  • dir
  • Ihnen
  • Ihnen
  • Sie
  • ich
  • euch
  • ihm
  • ihr
  • ihm
  • es

Questão 102

Questão
In these sentences you are addressing one or more people whom you don't know very well. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of 'you': "Wir sehen [blank_start]Sie[blank_end] morgen, Frau Erb" (We will see you tomorrow, Mrs. Erb) "Professor und Frau Mayer, wir rufen [blank_start]Sie[blank_end] bestimmt an" (Professor and Mrs. Mayer, we will certainly call you) "Wir helfen [blank_start]Ihnen[blank_end] gern, Dr. Fried"
Responda
  • Sie
  • Ihnen
  • ihr
  • dich
  • euch
  • Sie
  • Ihnen
  • euch
  • uns
  • dich
  • Ihnen
  • Sie
  • uns
  • Euch
  • ihn

Questão 103

Questão
The German equivalent of 'it' used as an object (direct and indirect) has six forms: masculine, feminine and neuter, each with an accusative and dative form. One will have to determine the gender of the noun that it replaces and the function of it in the sentence - to do this the steps are as follows: 1. [blank_start]Antecedent[blank_end] 2. [blank_start]Gender[blank_end] 3. [blank_start]Function[blank_end] 4. [blank_start]Case[blank_end] 5. [blank_start]Selection[blank_end]
Responda
  • Antecedent
  • Selection
  • Selection
  • Antecedent
  • Case
  • Function
  • Function
  • Gender
  • Gender
  • Selection

Questão 104

Questão
In this example what is the correct form of 'it'? "Verstehen Sie das Buch? Ja, ich verstehe [blank_start]es[blank_end]" (Do you understand the book? Yes, i understand it)
Responda
  • es
  • ihm
  • sie
  • Sie
  • ihn
  • Ihnen
  • ihnen

Questão 105

Questão
In this example what is the correct form of 'it'? "Lesen Sie die Zeitung? Ja, ich lese [blank_start]sie[blank_end]" (Are you reading the newspaper? Yes, i am reading it)
Responda
  • sie
  • er
  • ihm
  • Ihnen
  • ihn
  • Sie

Questão 106

Questão
In this example what is the correct form of 'it'? "Hast du den Film gesehen? Ja, ich habe [blank_start]ihn[blank_end] gesehen"
Responda
  • ihn
  • ihm
  • sie
  • Ihnen
  • euch
  • ihr
  • es

Questão 107

Questão
The selection of personal pronouns depends on the gender of the German noun it replaces. When you replace neuter nouns [blank_start]"es" and "ihm"[blank_end] are used. In this example what is the correct form of 'it'? "Wer hilft dem Kind? Wir helfen [blank_start]ihm[blank_end]" (Who helps the child? We are helping her (him))
Responda
  • "es" and "ihm"
  • "er" and "sie"
  • "sie" and "ihr"
  • "ihn" and "ihm"
  • ihm
  • ihnen
  • ihn
  • es
  • sie
  • ihr

Questão 108

Questão
In German, when the pronoun object of a preposition refers to a person, one can follow the step for choosing personal pronouns: Antecedent, gender, case and selection.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 109

Questão
In German, when the pronoun object of a preposition refers to a thing or an idea, one can't follow the same steps for choosing personal pronouns or objects of a preposition describing a 'person'. The process is different. For preposition + 'it', or preposition + 'them' one has to employ the [blank_start]da-compound[blank_end] which takes it's place.
Responda
  • da-compound
  • predicate adjective
  • predicate nominative
  • conditional
  • past participle

Questão 110

Questão
The [blank_start]da-compound[blank_end] construction takes the place of a preposition + a pronoun. It's done by adding the prefix "[blank_start]da[blank_end]-" to the preposition, or "[blank_start]dar[blank_end]-" if the preposition begins with a vowel.
Responda
  • da-compound
  • conditional
  • subjunctive
  • imperative
  • indicative mood
  • da
  • ja
  • ein
  • ge
  • ar
  • dar
  • et
  • est
  • ing
  • sch
  • te
  • en

Questão 111

Questão
What is the German word for course?
Responda
  • Kurs
  • Kuchen
  • Kucken
  • Kosten
  • Kollege
  • Kolben

Questão 112

Questão
The principle parts of English verbs are the [blank_start]infinitive[blank_end], the [blank_start]past[blank_end] tense and the past [blank_start]participle[blank_end]. Knowing these components allows you to construct all other tenses of a verb.
Responda
  • infinitive
  • past
  • participle

Questão 113

Questão
[blank_start]Regular verbs[blank_end] form their past tense and past participle predictably by adding -ed, -d, or -t to to base of the infinitive.
Responda
  • Regular verbs
  • Irregular verbs
  • Weak verbs
  • Strong verbs

Questão 114

Questão
[blank_start]Irregular verbs[blank_end] have unpredictable principal parts.
Responda
  • Irregular verbs
  • Regular verbs

Questão 115

Questão
In German, [blank_start]weak verbs[blank_end] function similarly to English regular verbs by forming principal parts predictably - using the stem, the part from which we derive the verb's meaning.
Responda
  • weak verbs
  • strong verbs

Questão 116

Questão
For German weak verbs, the past tense is formed by adding a '-t-' (or if the stem ends in -d or -t, by adding a -et-) to the stem of the infinitive and then adding the ending for the different person.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 117

Questão
For German strong verbs, the past participle is formed by adding the prefix 'ge-' and the suffix '-t' or '-et' to the stem of the verb.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 118

Questão
For German weak verbs, the past participle is formed by adding the prefix 'ge-' and the suffix '-t' or '-et' to the stem of the verb.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 119

Questão
How do we form the past participle of the infinitive 'machen'? By adding the prefix [blank_start]'ge-'[blank_end] and the suffix [blank_start]'-t'[blank_end] we get [blank_start]gemacht[blank_end].
Responda
  • ge-
  • -t
  • gemacht

Questão 120

Questão
How do we form the past tense of the infinitive 'machen'? By adding suffix '[blank_start]-te[blank_end]' we get [blank_start]machte[blank_end]
Responda
  • -te
  • machte

Questão 121

Questão
The correct German translation of "I played" is "[blank_start]ich spielte[blank_end]."
Responda
  • ich spielte
  • du spieltest
  • er spielte
  • Sie spielten
  • wir spielten
  • sie spielten

Questão 122

Questão
Strong verbs, similar to English irregular verbs, have unpredictable principal parts. The past participle of strong verbs generally end in '[blank_start]-en[blank_end]' or rarely in '[blank_start]-n[blank_end]'
Responda
  • -en
  • -t
  • -et
  • -ed
  • -n
  • -ge
  • -te
  • -d

Questão 123

Questão
The verb 'gefunden' can be identified as the [blank_start]past participle[blank_end] of a [blank_start]strong verb[blank_end] by the presence of [blank_start]-en[blank_end] in the word.
Responda
  • past participle
  • past tense
  • present tense
  • future tense
  • strong verb
  • weak verb
  • -en
  • -n
  • -et
  • -d

Questão 124

Questão
Strong verbs are predictable because the vowel of the infinitive stem may change in the past tense and past participle
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 125

Questão
The [blank_start]infinitive[blank_end] is the form of the verb found in the dictionary as the main entry
Responda
  • infinitive

Questão 126

Questão
In German, the infinitive ends with the letters [blank_start]-n[blank_end] or [blank_start]-en[blank_end]
Responda
  • -n
  • -en
  • -st
  • -hm
  • -te
  • -en
  • -t
  • -d
  • -eg
  • -che

Questão 127

Questão
A [blank_start]verb conjugation[blank_end] is a list of the 6 possible forms of the verb for a particular tense
Responda
  • verb conjugation
  • subjunctive
  • conditional
  • declension
  • modifier

Questão 128

Questão
What is the German word for bird?
Responda
  • Volk
  • Vogel
  • Vulkan
  • Verlassen
  • Vater

Questão 129

Questão
What is the German word for plate?
Responda
  • Teller
  • Telefon
  • Telefonnummer
  • Turm
  • Turnier

Questão 130

Questão
What is the German word for Glass?
Responda
  • Glas
  • Glauben
  • Getriebe
  • Goldbarren
  • Glatt

Questão 131

Questão
In German, the 2nd personal singular for "Molly, you sing well" is "Molly, [blank_start]du[blank_end] [blank_start]singst[blank_end] gut."
Responda
  • du
  • er
  • es
  • sie
  • ihr
  • wir
  • singst
  • singen
  • singt
  • singe

Questão 132

Questão
What is the correct suffix for the wir form (1st person plural) of singen?
Responda
  • sing(en)
  • sing(st)
  • sing(e)
  • sing(t)

Questão 133

Questão
A German verb is composed of two parts. The [blank_start]stem[blank_end], obtained by dropping the final '[blank_start]-en[blank_end]' from the infinitive (sometimes the final '-n') and the [blank_start]personal endings[blank_end], which change for each person. For example Brauchen (infinitive) → Brauch (stem) → Ich Brauch(e) Hilfe or Ich Brauch(en) auch Hilfe
Responda
  • stem
  • declension
  • direct speech
  • subjunctive
  • preposition
  • -en
  • -n
  • -d
  • -et
  • -t
  • personal endings
  • conditional
  • conjugation
  • personal pronoun
  • infinitive phrase
  • prefix

Questão 134

Questão
The [blank_start]tense[blank_end] of a verb indicates the time when the action expressed by the verb takes places: present, past and in the future.
Responda
  • tense
  • noun
  • conditional
  • subjunctive
  • auxillary

Questão 135

Questão
The correct suffix for the wir form (1st person plural) of Brauchen is '[blank_start]-en[blank_end]' giving us '[blank_start]Brauchen[blank_end]'.
Responda
  • -en
  • Brauchen

Questão 136

Questão
The correct suffix for the ihr form (2nd person plural) of Arbeiten is '[blank_start]-et[blank_end]' giving us '[blank_start]Arbeitet[blank_end]'.
Responda
  • -et
  • Arbeitet

Questão 137

Questão
The verb arbeiten (to work) belongs to a category of verbs that add a "connecting" e in the 2nd person singular and plural, and the 3rd person singular (du/ihr, er/sie/es) in the present tense: er arbeitet. Verbs whose stem ends in d or t do this.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 138

Questão
Antworten and bedeuten are examples of German verbs that need a connecting 'e' because their stem ends in 'd' or 't'.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 139

Questão
What is the German word for 'to mean'? (e.g. to signify, imply and connote)
Responda
  • Betonen
  • Bedeuten
  • Bunt
  • Blau
  • Brokkoli

Questão 140

Questão
There are three forms of the verb in the present tense - they all have slightly different meanings. 1. Mary studies in the library is an example of [blank_start]present[blank_end] 2. Mary is studying in the library is an example of [blank_start]present continuous[blank_end] 3. Mary does study in the library is an example of [blank_start]present emphatic[blank_end]
Responda
  • present continuous
  • present emphatic
  • present

Questão 141

Questão
Like English, German has three forms of the verb to indicate the present tense
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 142

Questão
In German, there is only one verb form to indicate the present tense - it corresponds to the three types of English present tense verbs e.g. 'Studiert'. In German, the present tense is indicated by the ending of the verb.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 143

Questão
In English, the past tense is used to express an action that occurred in the past. There are several forms of the verb indicating that an action took place in the past - consisting of the one word simple tenses and compound tenses made up of more than one word. 1. "I worked" is an example of the [blank_start]simple past[blank_end] 2. "I was working" is an example of the [blank_start]past continuous[blank_end] 3. "I did work" is an example of the [blank_start]past emphatic[blank_end] The perfect tenses are compound tenses made up of an [blank_start]auxiliary[blank_end] verb and the past [blank_start]participle[blank_end]. There are three perfect tenses formed with the auxiliary verb 'to have' and the past participle of the main verb. The perfect form is the verb tense used to indicate a completed, or "perfected," action or condition. Verbs can appear in any one of three perfect tenses: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. 1. 'to have' in the present tense + the past participle of the main verb in "i have eaten" or "they have washed the car" are examples of the [blank_start]present perfect[blank_end] 2. 'to have' in the simple past (past definite) tense + the past participle of the main verb in "i had eaten before six" or "they had washed the car before the storm" are examples of the [blank_start]past perfect[blank_end] or [blank_start]pluperfect[blank_end] perfect tense. 3. 'to have' in the future tense + the past participle of the main verb in "i shall have eaten" or "they will have washed the car by Monday" are examples of the [blank_start]future perfect[blank_end]
Responda
  • simple past
  • past continuous
  • past emphatic
  • auxiliary
  • participle
  • present perfect
  • past perfect
  • pluperfect
  • future perfect

Questão 144

Questão
In German, there are two tenses for expressing an action in the past, the simple past and the perfect past. The simple past is also known by what other term?
Responda
  • Imperfekt
  • Perfekt
  • Conditional
  • Declension
  • Past emphatic
  • Past continuous

Questão 145

Questão
In German, there are two tenses for expressing an action in the past, the simple past and the perfect past. The Perfect tense is also known by what other term?
Responda
  • Perfekt
  • Imperfekt
  • Past Continuous
  • Past Emphatic
  • Conditional
  • Declension

Questão 146

Questão
The simple past is a [blank_start]simple tense[blank_end]
Responda
  • simple tense
  • compound tense
  • perfect tense

Questão 147

Questão
In German, the Perfekt Tense is a [blank_start]compound tense[blank_end]
Responda
  • compound tense
  • simple tense
  • future tense

Questão 148

Questão
Any regular German verb uses the basic -te ending to form the simple past, similar to the -ed past ending in English.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 149

Questão
Any regular German verb uses the basic -ed ending to form the simple past, similar to the -ed past ending in English.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 150

Questão
Regular verbs form their past participle by adding -ed, -d or -t to the infinitive form of the verb. The irregular verbs form their past participle by changing their stem vowel.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 151

Questão
An auxiliary verb or '[blank_start]helping verb[blank_end]' helps another verb, called a '[blank_start]main verb[blank_end]' form on of its tenses. In English, there are many auxiliary verbs notably 'to have', 'to be' and 'to do'. Complete the sentences to indicate the tense of the sentence: 1. Liz [blank_start]is[blank_end] reading a book (present) 2. Liz [blank_start]was[blank_end] reading a book (past) 3. Liz [blank_start]will[blank_end] read a book (future) Complete the sentence using an auxiliary verb to for a question: 1. [blank_start]Does[blank_end] Bob have a dog? Complete the sentence using an auxiliary verb to indicate the passive voice: 1. The book [blank_start]is[blank_end] read by many people.
Responda
  • helping verb
  • main verb
  • is
  • was
  • will
  • Does
  • is

Questão 152

Questão
What are the three main auxiliary verbs in German?
Responda
  • Würden
  • Gehen
  • Sprechen
  • Werden
  • Sein
  • Haben
  • Ihnen
  • Euch
  • Gern

Questão 153

Questão
A participle has two functions. It is a form of the verb that is used in combination with an auxiliary verb to create certain tenses.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 154

Questão
A participle has two functions. It's the transmission of another person's statement or message by direct quotation, usually set in quotation marks.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 155

Questão
A participle has two functions. It may be used as an adjective or modifier to describe something.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 156

Questão
There are two type of participles: the Present Participle and the Past Participle.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 157

Questão
The verbs 'can', 'may', 'should' and 'must' show the attitude of the speaker towards what he or she is saying, while the main verb indicates action. This is what we call [blank_start]modal verbs[blank_end].
Responda
  • modal verbs
  • past participles
  • participatory verbs
  • gerunds
  • object of a preposition
  • main verbs
  • conjugations

Questão 158

Questão
In the sentence below, 'can' is a modal auxiliary: "Chris can read this book"
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 159

Questão
In the sentence below, 'may' is a modal auxiliary: "Chris may read this book"
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 160

Questão
In the sentence below, 'are' is a modal auxiliary: "We are working today"
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 161

Questão
With most sentence with a modal auxiliary the action expressed by the main verb is not actually occurring but being discussed. E.g. "Chris should read this book"
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 162

Questão
What is the German word for 'to phone'?
Responda
  • Telefonat
  • Telefonieren
  • Telefonnummer
  • Mobiltelefon
  • Haustelefon

Questão 163

Questão
In German, [blank_start]modal auxiliaries[blank_end] are usually used with the infinitive of another verb - the most common ones are wollen, sollen, müssen and können.
Responda
  • modal auxiliaries
  • auxiliary verb
  • present participles
  • adverb

Questão 164

Questão
What is the English equivalent of the German word sollen?
Responda
  • supposed to be/should
  • obligated to/must
  • to be able/can
  • to be permitted to/may

Questão 165

Questão
Identify the modal auxiliary in the sentence: "Inge will mitkommen"
Responda
  • Inge
  • will
  • mitkommen

Questão 166

Questão
Identify the modal auxiliary in the sentence: "Der Zug sollte pünktlich ankommen"
Responda
  • Der Zug
  • sollte
  • pünktlich
  • ankommen

Questão 167

Questão
Present participles serve various functions. Along with auxiliary verbs they form [blank_start]compound[blank_end] tenses. They can also function as [blank_start]attributive[blank_end] adjectives.
Responda
  • compound
  • attributive

Questão 168

Questão
The sentence "she is singing" is an example of a present participle being used to form [blank_start]compound tenses[blank_end]
Responda
  • compound tenses
  • future tenses
  • attributive adjectives
  • descriptive adjectives

Questão 169

Questão
The sentences below are examples of present participles being used to form [blank_start]attributive adjectives[blank_end]: "This is an amazing discovery" and "Elise read an interesting book."
Responda
  • attributive adjectives
  • present participle
  • descriptive adjectives
  • compound tenses
  • predicate adjectives

Questão 170

Questão
The phrases "turning the corner, Tony ran into a tree" and "look at the cat climbing the tree" are examples of the [blank_start]present participle[blank_end] beginning a [blank_start]participial[blank_end] phrase
Responda
  • present participle
  • participial

Questão 171

Questão
Participles are used in combination with auxiliary verbs to create certain tenses.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 172

Questão
Participles are used in combination with [blank_start]auxiliary verbs[blank_end] to create certain tenses.
Responda
  • auxiliary verbs

Questão 173

Questão
Participles may be used as [blank_start]adjectives[blank_end] to describe something.
Responda
  • adjectives

Questão 174

Questão
In German, the present participle is formed by adding [blank_start]-d[blank_end] to the infinitive.
Responda
  • -d
  • -ed
  • -et
  • -t
  • -ch

Questão 175

Questão
In the sentences below the [blank_start]present[blank_end] participle, similar to English, is used as an [blank_start]attributive[blank_end] adjective. "die singenden Kinder" "ein spielendes Mädchen"
Responda
  • present
  • past
  • future
  • attributive
  • predicate
  • noun

Questão 176

Questão
An English verb ending in -ing is not always a present participle; it can be a [blank_start]verbal[blank_end] noun, or [blank_start]gerund[blank_end]. This is the form of a verb which functions as a noun in a sentence and can be an object or a subject of the sentence. A word ending in -ing is a gerund if you can form a question by replacing that word with the interrogative [blank_start]'what'[blank_end]. The gerund will answer this question. E.g. "reading can be fun" → "what can be fun? Reading." E.g. "we often thought about moving away" → "what have we thought about? Moving."
Responda
  • gerund
  • verbal
  • 'what'

Questão 177

Questão
To identify if a word ending in -ing is a gerund is by forming a question by replacing that word with the interrogative what. The gerund will answer this question.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 178

Questão
In German, you can recognise verbal nouns (gerunds) easily because all nouns are capitalised. They are usually expressed by a neuter noun made from the infinitive of the verb.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 179

Questão
The verb form you would use following 'i have' is the [blank_start]past participle[blank_end] E.g. 'i have talked', 'i have reached' and 'i have taught'.
Responda
  • past participle

Questão 180

Questão
In German, past participles are formed differently depending on whether a verb is weak or strong. For both, however, the [blank_start]ge-[blank_end] prefix is commonly used. For weak verbs the [blank_start]-t[blank_end] suffix is added. Sometimes [blank_start]-ieren[blank_end]. For strong verbs, past participles often change the vowel in the stem and sometimes consonants. Commonly the ending is [blank_start]-en[blank_end] and sometimes [blank_start]-n[blank_end].
Responda
  • ge-
  • -t
  • -ieren
  • -en
  • -n

Questão 181

Questão
The form of the verb that you use following "i have" is the [blank_start]past participle[blank_end]
Responda
  • past participle

Questão 182

Questão
The present participle is easy to identify because it ens in [blank_start]-ing[blank_end].
Responda
  • -ing

Questão 183

Questão
In English, the present participle is easy to identify because it ens in [blank_start]-ing[blank_end]. In German, the present participle is formed by adding '[blank_start]-d[blank_end]' to the infinitive.
Responda
  • -ing
  • -d

Questão 184

Questão
In English, a present participle is easy to recognise because it ends in '[blank_start]-ing[blank_end]'
Responda
  • -ing

Questão 185

Questão
A [blank_start]participle[blank_end] has two functions: To be used in combination with auxiliary verbs to create certain tenses and as an adjectives or modifier.
Responda
  • participle

Questão 186

Questão
In sentence the "Elise read an interesting book" the attributive adjectives is doing what?
Responda
  • describing the noun
  • forming a compound sentence
  • expressing the attitude of the speaker
  • indicating the gender of the noun

Questão 187

Questão
In German, weak and strong verbs form their past participle by adding the prefix [blank_start]ge-[blank_end]
Responda
  • ge-

Questão 188

Questão
Like English, German has three perfect tenses. All formed by the auxiliary verb [blank_start]haben[blank_end] (to have) or [blank_start]sein[blank_end] (to be) + the [blank_start]past participle.[blank_end]
Responda
  • haben
  • sein
  • past participle.

Questão 189

Questão
In English, there are three perfect tenses formed with the auxiliary verb 'to have' + the past participle of the main verb. These are:
Responda
  • Perfect
  • Pluperfect
  • Future Perfect
  • Compound Perfect
  • Simple Perfect
  • Past Perfect
  • Present Subjunctive

Questão 190

Questão
The Pluperfect perfect tense use 'have' in the present tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 191

Questão
The Pluperfect perfect tense use 'have' in the simple past tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 192

Questão
The Pluperfect perfect tense use 'have' in the future tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 193

Questão
The 'Perfect' perfect tense use 'have' in the present tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 194

Questão
The 'Perfect' perfect tense use 'have' in the simple past tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 195

Questão
The 'Perfect' perfect tense use 'have' in the future tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 196

Questão
The Future Perfect perfect tense use 'have' in the future tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 197

Questão
The Future Perfect perfect tense use 'have' in the simple past tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 198

Questão
The Future Perfect perfect tense use 'have' in the present tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 199

Questão
What is the German word for 'had'?
Responda
  • Hätten
  • Hitze
  • Hilfe
  • Huhn
  • Hund
  • Hassen

Questão 200

Questão
In German, the Perfect Tense (Perfekt) use Haben and Sein in the present tense + the past participle of the main verb
Responda
  • True
  • False

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