Seite 2
 

Übung 6-2a. Video-Aufgabe über das Perfekt. Review the video on the perfect tense linked here. This video introduces strong verbs in the perfect tense. A quiz on the content is in BOLT. Video: Verben im Perfekt

Übung 6-2b. Schwache Verben im Perfekt. Füllen Sie die Tabelle aus und dann übersetzen die Sätze ins Deutsche. On BOLT. (Also: Refer to the Case Tables on Seite 5-11.)

infinitiveparticiple + meaninginfinitive
These participles end in "-et": rasten → gerastet.		participle
brauchen

 regnen 
feiern

 arbeiten 
fragen

 baden 
hören

 kosten 
kaufen

 warten 
kochen

   
lachen

   
lernen

   
lieben

   
machen

   
sagen

   
schenken

   
schmecken

   
spielen

   
suchen

   
tanzen

   
wohnen

   

  1. We needed more time. Wir haben mehr Zeit gebraucht.

  2. My friends partied on Saturday. _________________________________________

  3. Did you ask him? ____________________________________________

  4. Many people (Viele Leute) were listening to music. _____________________________

  5. I bought a shirt yesterday. _______________________________

  6. Sara was cooking soup (die Suppe). _________________________________

  7. They did not laugh. _________________________________________

  8. Students were studying in the library (in der Bibliothek). ____________________________

  9. My mother loved her gift (das Geschenk). __________________________________

  10. What did you do on the weekend (am Wochenende)? ______________________________

  11. My parents did not say that (das). ________________________________

  12. Klaus gave his sister a DVD for Christmas (zu Weihnachten). ____________________________________

  13. The food (Das Essen) in the Restaurant (im Restaurant) tasted very good. _____________________________________

  14. My friends played tennis yesterday (gestern). __________________________________

  15. My parents were looking for their children (die Kinder). _________________________________

  16. We danced in the disco (in der Disko) all night (die ganze Nacht). ____________________________

  17. Klaus was living in Bremen. _____________________________________

  18. It was raining in Germany yesterday. _____________________________________

  19. Why did you work at home (zu Hause)? ______________________________

  20. I did not bathe this morning (heute morgen). _________________________________

  21. Our books cost (past tense) a lot of money (viel Geld). _____________________________

  22. We waited three hours (die Stunde -n) for the train (auf den Zug). __________________________

Lieblingsfreizeitsbeschäftigung!

(favorite freetime activity)

Fernsehen!

It was not very long ago that Germany, Austria and Switzerland only offered television and radio through public broadcasting. When national radio broadcasting first began in Germany in 1924, Germany decided to place total control under the state, initially through the German Postal Service. The idea was that radio should be a non-profit instrument of public education as well as entertainment. In the United States the broadcasting services were organized from the beginning under private commercial organizations, because business interests immediately saw the advertising potential of broadcasting media.

Until the late 1980s there were no commercial TV or Radio stations in Germany! They did have some commercials. But the commercials were broadcast in blocks between shows; no shows on the public stations are interrupted with commercials in Germany. So viewers sometimes have to sit through 90-Minute TV-show with no break.

It was not until 1987 that German television viewers had the option of viewing anything other than the three public TV channels (ARD, ZDF and the "Third Program" regional channels). Radio was similarly limited to three stations, even in large German cities. Austria and Switzerland were even more limited.

Today, almost anything is available through the Internet. Most TV viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland watch TV via cable or satellite. They can also watch a variety of private (commercial) German-language channels, including ntv (news), RTL and ProSieben (both of which carry a lot of American series in German), plus premium movie channels and pay-per-view. English-language channels are also available: CNN International, BBC, Sky, and some other sports and news channels. 3Sat is a cable/satellite service with a mix of programming from the Austrian, Swiss, and German public TV networks.

Still, the major public stations in Germany, ARD and ZDF, are the most popular and have the most original and informative programming, by far.

Similar to the BBC model in Britain, Germans pay a "television and radio tax" to help finance their public radio and television stations (die Öffentlich-Rechtlichen). Previously, one only paid a tax if one owned a television or radio. Moving to the era of computers, streaming video and the Internet, in 2013 the German TV fee system changed to a per-household charge, regardless of the number of computers, radios or TV sets in an apartment, place of business or house.

Übung 6-2c. Was ist im Fernsehen? Beantworten Sie die englische Fragen auf englisch. Beantworten Sie die deutschen Fragen auf deutsch.

  1. Which television station has the most shows from the USA? Which ones did you / do you like to watch?

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

  2. How does television scheduling in Germany differ from scheduling in the USA?

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

  3. Identify several shows according to genre (comedy series, news, talk show, sports, musik, etc.).

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

  4. Um wieviel Uhr ist Deutschland sucht den Superstar?

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

  5. In welchem Programm ist Deutschland such den Superstar? (im Ersten, im ZDF, im RTL, im SAT.1 [eins], im Pro Sieben)

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

  6. Die Nachrichten im Ersten heißen Tagesschau. Wieviele Minuten ist die Tagesschau um 12.00 Uhr? um 17.50? um 20.00 Uhr?

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

  7. Um wieviel Uhr beginnt ZDF SPORTextra? Um wieviel Uhr endet ZDF SPORTextra?

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

  8. Wie heißt der Zeichentrickfilm (animated film) aus den USA? Um wieviel Uhr beginnt der Film?

    __________________________________________________________________________________________