Activities at home: build sentences from infinitive verbs, word order | German

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Which questions are open (information seeking) questions?
- Wo spielst du Gitarre? ✓
- Hast du mein Heft?
- Wer ist der Mann? ✓
- Redest du oft?
- Spielt er jeden Tag?
Match the German and English.
- hören
  
  ⇔
  
  to hear, hearing ✓
- arbeiten
  
  ⇔
  
  to work, working ✓
- lernen
  
  ⇔
  
  to learn, learning ✓
- machen
  
  ⇔
  
  to do/make, doing/making ✓
- sagen
  
  ⇔
  
  to say, saying ✓
- fragen
  
  ⇔
  
  to ask, asking ✓
What is an adverb?
- the form of a verb found in the dictionary
- the subject of a verb, i.e. who is doing an action
- a word that describes when, where or how an action happens ✓
- an object in a sentence
Match the subjects with the correct present tense verbs.
- ich
  
  ⇔
  
  mache ✓
- du
  
  ⇔
  
  machst ✓
- er / sie
  
  ⇔
  
  macht ✓
Fill the gap with the correct subject: ______ spiele jeden Tag Tennis.
- 'Ich' ✓
Translate into English: 'Lernst du zu Hause?'
- 'Do you learn at home?' ✓

Match the German and English:
- zuhören
  
  ⇔
  
  to listen, listening ✓
- wiederholen
  
  ⇔
  
  to repeat, repeating ✓
- zeigen
  
  ⇔
  
  to show, showing ✓
- Aufgabe (f)
  
  ⇔
  
  task ✓
- Antwort (f)
  
  ⇔
  
  answer ✓
- freiwillig
  
  ⇔
  
  voluntarily ✓
Where should the subject be placed in a German sentence?
- before a verb with an ending ✓
- after a verb with an ending if it is a question ✓
- between the adverb and verb
Where is an adverb usually placed in a German sentence?
- before the subject
- after the noun
- after the verb, before the noun ✓
- between the subject and verb
Put the words in the correct order to form a statement.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  ich
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  höre
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  manchmal
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  die
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  Musik
Translate into German: How often do you ask?
- Wie oft frage ich?
- Wie oft fragst du? ✓
- Wie oft fragt er?
- Fragst du oft?
Translate into German: I read German every day.
- 'Ich lese jeden Tag Deutsch.' ✓

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A simple German sentence contains a subject (for example I, you) and a verb with the correct ending.
Extend a sentence by adding a noun after the verb, for example 'Ich spiele Fußball.'
Adverbs normally come after the verb in German, splitting up the verb and noun.
Sentences are turned into questions by swapping the verb and subject.

Word order is the same in German and English.

German sentences containing adverbs have a different word order to English.