Wie sind deine Familie und Freunde? Adding un-, word order, superlatives | German

Starter quiz

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

die Form

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form, shape ✓

das Gesicht

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face ✓

jung

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young ✓

lang

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long ✓

zufrieden

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satisfied ✓

allein

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alone ✓
Match the German phrases below to the correct English translations.

meiner Meinung nach

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in my opinion ✓

ich denke, dass

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I think that ✓

ich glaube, dass

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I believe that ✓
Match each word order to the correct example sentence.

word order one (standard word order)

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Die Jacke ist extrem dunkel. ✓

word order two (subject-verb inversion)

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Heute bin ich gar nicht zufrieden. ✓

word order three (verb to the end)

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Warum? Weil ich alt bin. ✓
Which of these sentences uses the correct word order?

Meiner Meinung nach sein Blick ist freundlich.

Meiner Meinung nach ist sein Blick freundlich. ✓

Meiner Meinung nach sein Blick freundlich ist.
Which of these sentences uses the correct word order?

Ich glaube, dass er ist jung für sein Alter.

Ich glaube, dass ist er jung für sein Alter.

Ich glaube, dass er jung für sein Alter ist. ✓
If 'möglich' means 'possible', what does 'unmöglich' mean?

'impossible' ✓

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

das Paar

⇔

couple ✓

dick

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thick, fat ✓

geschieden

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divorced ✓

schlimm

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bad, serious ✓

miteinander

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with each other ✓

weiter

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further ✓
Match these irregular superlative forms to their English meanings.

am besten

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the best ✓

am höchsten

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the highest ✓

am liebsten

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the most preferred ✓

am meisten

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the most ✓

am nächsten

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the next, nearest ✓
What is 'unfriendly' in German?

'unfreundlich' ✓
Translate the following sentence into German: 'In my opinion, you were lucky.'

1

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meiner

2

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Meinung

3

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nach

4

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hattest

5

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du

6

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Glück
Translate the following sentence into German: 'I think that you were satisfied.'

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ich

2

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denke

3

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dass

4

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du

5

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zufrieden

6

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warst
Turn 'schlecht' into a superlative to fill the gap in the following sentence: 'Sie spricht ______ Deutsch.'

'am schlechtesten' ✓

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Add ‘un’ to adjectives for their negative or opposite meaning.
Use word order two after 'meiner Meinung nach', and adverbs of time, manner, place.
Use the superlative to express the highest degree of something, e.g., the most.
To form the superlative, use ‘am’ before the adjective/adverb, and then add ‘-sten’.
Use word order three after 'ich denke, dass' and 'ich glaube, dass'.

I should use word order two after phrases of opinion.

Use word order two after 'meiner Meinung nach' and word order three after 'ich denke, dass' and 'ich glaube, dass'.

Superlative - a form of adjective or adverb used to express the highest degree of a quality, e.g., the tallest, the most interesting
Word order two - inverts the subject and verb in a sentence
Word order three - sends the verb to the end