DIV Warm-ups Week 8
DIV Warm-up für Montag, den 24. Februar
Beantworte die Fragen auf Englisch!
- What is another word for possession?
- How is possession shown in English (2 ways)?
- Which word in the phrase is a "new" definite article?
- What are the names of the 3 German grammar cases we know?
- What do their names mean?
die Mappe des Lehrers
Slang: Ich habe Bock auf... = I'm up for...
DIV Warm-up für Dienstag, den 25. Februar
Use the nouns to create phrases that use the genitive case.
- die Schultasche, ihr Freundin
- die Hefte, das Kind
- das Buch, der Junge*
- die Jacke, unser Opa
- die Blumen, der Gärtner
- der Bleistift, meine Schwester
Slang: eine Sauerei = an awful mess
DIV Warm-up für Mittwoch (BERGFEST), den 26. Februar
Answer the questions.
- What is the masculine and neutral genitive definite article?
- What German preposition is sometimes used to show possession?
- What is the major difference in word order between English and German in the genitive case?
- What is the feminine genitive definite article?
- To which nouns is an s, and to which is es added?
- What happens if a masculine or neutral noun ends in -e?
Slang: sauteuer = insanely expensive
DIV Warm-up für Donnerstag, den 27. Februar
CHOOSE ANY 3
Translate to German, using genitive phrases and K4 Wortschatz.
- His sister's birthday is in April.
- The language of the country (Land) is Italian.
- The customs of foreigners are not always different.
- The relationship's problems are very bad (don't use schlecht).
- The opinions of a fringe group are strange.
Slang: abgefahren = cool
Thursday Bonus Question
Create your OWN German genitive phrase!
Beispiele: der Name des Spiels, das Hemd des Mannes, ...
DIV Warm-up für FREITAG, den 28. Februar
Schreib die passenden Wörter!
- the opinion
- to agree
- to be of the opinion
- I don't agree with you.
- to be right
- That's how it is.
- exactly
- That's not how it is.
der Meinung sein |
So ist es nicht. |
Recht haben |
die Meinung |
So ist es. |
zustimmen |
genau |
Ich stimme dir nicht zu. |
Slang: Ich mache nie blau. = I never skip class.