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Simple Past Tense of seinThe verb sein (to be) forms the simple past tense ("was" in English) as follows:
Übung 2-2a Wo waren sie am Freitag? Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense form of sein. Complete the exercise on BOLT.
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Übung 2-2b: Städte und Entfernungen Teil A (Teil B ist auf Seite 11) In the last section on weather, a number of cities in Germany were identified. This exercise reviews numbers and introduces a number of other German cities and their locations. Use the distance table (Entfernungstabelle) to ask the distances between the cities. Draw a line or arrow between the cities and label the distance, as in the example (see map). Fill in the table with the distances.
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Plurals of NounsWhen we think of the plurals of nouns in English, the first thing that comes to mind is the addition of "s": books, tables, lamps. Yet there are many common nouns that have other forms: foot/feet, child/children, deer/deer, mouse/mice, woman / women, and so on. These other forms are related to German plurals. In German, only words borrowed from English and some other languages form the plural with an "s". Otherwise, all plurals in German are formed with a variety of endings and vowel changes. Like gender, plurals of German nouns must be memorized.The definite article for all plurals is die. German plurals are grouped in categories. The plural elements are used often in dictionary entries and in other lists of German nouns.
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Übung 2-2c Wie viele waren in meiner Wohnung? Use the website linked above or another reference source
to find the plural forms for the German nouns. The items below are in your apartment. Based on the images, say that there
were a given number of things in your apartment. Write the sentences in the lines below the images and in the exercise in BOLT.
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das Bild -er |
das Bett -en |
das Fenster - |
das Buch -¨er |
die Pflanze -n |
die Studentin -nen |
das Handy -s |
der Tisch -e |
der Stuhl -¨e |
der Rucksack -¨e |
Übung 2-2d Wetter und Städte in Europa. Listen to the recording and select the correct answers based on the weather report for European cities. Prepare answers below and then complete the exercise in BOLT. (Questions and answers in BOLT are randomized.)
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