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German - Sentence Builder Practice Makes Perfect PDF
PRACTICE
MAKES
PERFECT
German
Sentence
Builder
Ed Swick
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To Riane, AJ, Jalyn, Tori, and Riley, my terrific grandkids.
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Contents
2. Interrogative sentences 11
4. Imperatives 31
5. Coordinating conjunctions 39
6. Subordinating conjunctions 43
7. Relative pronouns 51
8. Extended modifiers 59
9. Adjectives 67
10. Adverbs 77
11. Pronouns 83
12. Infinitives 91
13. Short responses 99
14. Idioms and special phrases 105
15. Antonyms and contrasts 113
16. The passive voice 121
17. The subjunctive mood 133
v
18. Punctuation 145
19. Letter writing 153
20. Let’s write! 161
Answer key 169
vi Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
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Introduction
1
Übung
1 ·1
kein 1 noun
1
1 ·2
Übung
1 ·3
1 ·4
Übung
1 ·5
Übung
1 ·6
1 ·7
1·8
Übung
1 ·9
1 ·10
Interrogative sentences
·2 ·
verb 1 subject 1
verb 1 subject 1
verb 1 subject 1
11
verb 1 subject eine Frage
2 ·1
Übung
2 ·2
Interrogative words
Interrogative sentences 14
Wer
Interrogative sentences 15
Übung
2 ·3
Übung
2 ·4
Interrogative sentences 17
Prepositional adverbs
2·5
Interrogative sentences 19
20 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Interrogative sentences 21
interrogative word 1 verb 1 subject 1 ?
1 1 1
Übung
2·6
Übung
2·7
Interrogative sentences 22
Übung
2 ·8
Übung
2 ·9
24 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Questions and answers
·3 ·
21
26 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Übung
3 ·1
Questions and answers 28
Übung
3 ·2
3·3
3 ·4
3 ·5
3 ·6
3 ·7
Übung
3 ·8
Imperatives
·4 ·
1 1
1
31
◆
verb stem(e) 1 !
1
verb stem 1 -t 1 !
1
◆
Übung
4 ·1
4 ·2
Übung
4·3
Imperatives 41
verb
1 wir 1 complement 1 !
1 1 1
Übung
4 ·4
4·5
Imperatives 43
Übung
4·6
Coordinating conjunctions
·5 ·
Coordinating conjunctions
1 1 1 1 1
1
39
sentence 1 1 comma 1 coordinating conjunction 1 sentence 2
1 1 1
Übung
5·1
Übung
5·2
Übung
5 ·3
Übung
5 ·4
43
When as a conjunction
Übung
6 ·1
Subordinating conjunctions 53
Übung
6 ·2
Übung
6 ·3
6 ·4
Subordinating conjunctions 55
Interrogatives
6 ·5
Subordinating conjunctions 57
Übung
6 ·6
6 ·7
Subordinating conjunctions 59
Relative pronouns
·7 ·
Definite article
Welcher
51
main clause 1 der/die/das 1 relative clause with verb in final position
1 1
main clause 1 welcher 1 relative clause with verb in final position
1 1
Relative pronouns 61
Übung
7·1
7 ·2
Relative pronouns 63
Übung
7 ·3
Was
Relative pronouns 65
Übung
7·4
Übung
7·5
7 ·6
Relative pronouns 67
Übung
7 ·7
Attributive adjectives
59
Present participles
Übung
8 ·1
Übung
8 ·2
Extended modifiers 71
Übung
8 ·3
Extended modifiers
5
5
Extended modifiers 73
Übung
8 ·4
8 ·5
Übung
8 ·6
Extended modifiers 75
Übung
8·7
Adjectives
·9 ·
67
Singular
Plural
9 ·1
80 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Unpreceded adjectives
Übung
9 ·2
Adjectives 81
Übung
9 ·3
Übung
9 ·4
Adjectives 83
Comparative and superlative
9·5
Übung
9 ·6
Adjectives 87
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Adverbs
·10 ·
Adverbs of Degree
77
1 1
1
Übung
10 ·1
Modal adverbs
10 ·2
Adverbs 79
10 ·3
Adverbs in the comparative and superlative
Adverbs 81
Übung
10 ·4
10 ·5
Pronouns
·11 ·
Übung
11·1
98 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Jemand and niemand
Übung
11 ·2
Pronouns 99
Einer and keiner
11·3
Einander
Pronouns 101
Übung
11 ·4
Übung
11 ·5
Reflexive pronouns
Dative
Übung
11·6
Pronouns 103
Übung
11 ·7
Infinitives
·12 ·
Future tense
Modal auxiliaries
91
modal auxiliary 1 complement 1 infinitive
1 1
Present tense
Past tense
Subjunctive
Lassen
Übung
12 ·1
12 ·2
Übung
12 ·3
Infinitives 109
Helfen, hören, lehren, lernen, sehen
Übung
12 ·4
Übung
12 ·5
Übung
12 ·6
Infinitives 111
Übung
12 ·7
Short responses
·13 ·
Also
99
Doch
Gar
Kaum
Mal
Zwar
Übung
13 ·1
Short responses 101
Pat phrases
Übung
Übung
13 ·3
Gern
105
Übung
· 14 1
Useful expressions
14 ·2
14 ·3
14 ·4
14·5
Übung
15·1
113
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Übung
15 ·2
15·3
Positive
Comparative
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
15 ·4
Übung
15·5
121
Übung
16 ·1
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Übung
16 ·2
Übung
16 ·3
16 ·4
Übung
16 ·5
16 ·6
16 ·7
Modal auxiliaries
Übung
16·8
16 ·9
Übung
16·10
Subjunctive conjugations
133
Modals and the umlaut
156 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Indirect discourse
17 ·1
17 ·2
Übung
17 ·3
17 ·4
Subordinating clauses
Übung
17 ·5
17 ·6
Übung
17·7
17 ·8
Punctuation
·18 ·
The period
145
The question mark
Übung
18 ·1
18 ·2
Punctuation 171
172 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Übung
18 ·3
Übung
18 ·4
Punctuation 173
Übung
18 ·5
The colon
The semicolon
Punctuation 175
Übung
18 ·6
The address
153
Übung
19 ·1
19 ·2
19 ·5
Übung
19 ·3
Übung
19 ·4
Übung
20 ·1
Übung
20 ·2
Übung
20·3
20·4
20 ·5
20·6
20·7
Übung
20·8
Answer key
1·2
1·3
1·4
1·5
1·6
1·7
1·8
1·9
1·10
169
2 Interrogative sentences
2·1
2·2
2·3
2·4
2·5
2·6
2·7
2·8
2·9
3·3
3·4
3·5
3·6
3·7
3·8
4 Imperatives
4·1
4·2
4·3
4·4
4·5
4·6
5 Coordinating conjunctions
5·2
5·3
5·4
6 Subordinating conjunctions
6·1
6·2
6·3
6·5
6·6
6·7
7 Relative pronouns
7·1
7·2
7·4
7·5
7·6
7·7
8 Extended modifiers
8·1
8·2
8·3
8·4
8·6
8·7
9 Adjectives
9·1
9·2
9·3
9·4
9·5
9·6
10 Adverbs
10·1
10·3
10·4
10·5
11 Pronouns
11·1
11·2
11·3
11·4
11·5
11·6
11·7
12 Infinitives
12·2
12·3
12·4
12·5
12·6
12·7
13 Short responses
13·1
13·2
13·3
13·4
14·2
14·3
14·4
14·5
15·2
15·4
15·5
16·2
16·4
16·5
16·6
16·7
16·8
16·9
17·2
17·3
17·4
17·5
17·6
17·7
18 Punctuation
18·1
18·2
18·3
18·4
18·5
18·6
19 Letter writing
19·1
19·3
19·4
19·5
20 Let’s write!
20·1
20·3
20·4
20·5
20·6
20·7
20·8