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DIV Warm-ups Week 8

DIV Warm-up für Montag, den 24. Februar

 

Beantworte die Fragen auf Englisch!

  1. What is another word for possession?
  2. How is possession shown in English (2 ways)?
  3. Which word in the phrase is a "new" definite article?
  4. What are the names of the 3 German grammar cases we know?
  5. 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.

  1. die Schultasche, ihr Freundin
  2. die Hefte, das Kind 
  3. das Buch, der Junge*
  4. die Jacke, unser Opa
  5. die Blumen, der Gärtner
  6. der Bleistift, meine Schwester

Slang:            eine Sauerei = an awful mess

 

DIV Warm-up für Mittwoch (BERGFEST), den 26. Februar

 

Answer the questions.

  1. What is the masculine and neutral genitive definite article?
  2. What German preposition is sometimes used to show possession?
  3. What is the major difference in word order between English and German in the genitive case?
  4. What is the feminine genitive definite article?
  5. To which nouns is an s, and to which is es added?
  6. 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.

  1. His sister's birthday is in April.
  2. The language of the country (Land) is Italian.
  3. The customs of foreigners are not always different.
  4. The relationship's problems are very bad (don't use schlecht).
  5. 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!

  1. the opinion
  2. to agree
  3. to be of the opinion
  4. I don't agree with you.
  5. to be right
  6. That's how it is.
  7. exactly
  8. 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.