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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. Lets write! 161
Answer key 169
vi Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
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Introduction
1
bung
1 1
kein 1 noun
1
1 2
bung
1 3
1 4
bung
1 5
bung
1 6
1 7
18
bung
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
bung
2 2
Interrogative words
Interrogative sentences 14
Wer
Interrogative sentences 15
bung
2 3
bung
2 4
Interrogative sentences 17
Prepositional adverbs
25
Interrogative sentences 19
20 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Interrogative sentences 21
interrogative word 1 verb 1 subject 1 ?
1 1 1
bung
26
bung
27
Interrogative sentences 22
bung
2 8
bung
2 9
24 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Questions and answers
3
21
26 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
bung
3 1
Questions and answers 28
bung
3 2
33
3 4
3 5
3 6
3 7
bung
3 8
Imperatives
4
1 1
1
31
verb stem(e) 1 !
1
verb stem 1 -t 1 !
1
bung
4 1
4 2
bung
43
Imperatives 41
verb
1 wir 1 complement 1 !
1 1 1
bung
4 4
45
Imperatives 43
bung
46
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
bung
51
bung
52
bung
5 3
bung
5 4
43
When as a conjunction
bung
6 1
Subordinating conjunctions 53
bung
6 2
bung
6 3
6 4
Subordinating conjunctions 55
Interrogatives
6 5
Subordinating conjunctions 57
bung
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
bung
71
7 2
Relative pronouns 63
bung
7 3
Was
Relative pronouns 65
bung
74
bung
75
7 6
Relative pronouns 67
bung
7 7
Attributive adjectives
59
Present participles
bung
8 1
bung
8 2
Extended modifiers 71
bung
8 3
Extended modifiers
5
5
Extended modifiers 73
bung
8 4
8 5
bung
8 6
Extended modifiers 75
bung
87
Adjectives
9
67
Singular
Plural
9 1
80 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Unpreceded adjectives
bung
9 2
Adjectives 81
bung
9 3
bung
9 4
Adjectives 83
Comparative and superlative
95
bung
9 6
Adjectives 87
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Adverbs
10
Adverbs of Degree
77
1 1
1
bung
10 1
Modal adverbs
10 2
Adverbs 79
10 3
Adverbs in the comparative and superlative
Adverbs 81
bung
10 4
10 5
Pronouns
11
bung
111
98 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Jemand and niemand
bung
11 2
Pronouns 99
Einer and keiner
113
Einander
Pronouns 101
bung
11 4
bung
11 5
Reflexive pronouns
Dative
bung
116
Pronouns 103
bung
11 7
Infinitives
12
Future tense
Modal auxiliaries
91
modal auxiliary 1 complement 1 infinitive
1 1
Present tense
Past tense
Subjunctive
Lassen
bung
12 1
12 2
bung
12 3
Infinitives 109
Helfen, hren, lehren, lernen, sehen
bung
12 4
bung
12 5
bung
12 6
Infinitives 111
bung
12 7
Short responses
13
Also
99
Doch
Gar
Kaum
Mal
Zwar
bung
13 1
Short responses 101
Pat phrases
bung
bung
13 3
Gern
105
bung
14 1
Useful expressions
14 2
14 3
14 4
145
bung
151
113
132 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
bung
15 2
153
Positive
Comparative
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
15 4
bung
155
121
bung
16 1
142 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
bung
16 2
bung
16 3
16 4
bung
16 5
16 6
16 7
Modal auxiliaries
bung
168
16 9
bung
1610
Subjunctive conjugations
133
Modals and the umlaut
156 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
Indirect discourse
17 1
17 2
bung
17 3
17 4
Subordinating clauses
bung
17 5
17 6
bung
177
17 8
Punctuation
18
The period
145
The question mark
bung
18 1
18 2
Punctuation 171
172 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
bung
18 3
bung
18 4
Punctuation 173
bung
18 5
The colon
The semicolon
Punctuation 175
bung
18 6
The address
153
bung
19 1
19 2
19 5
bung
19 3
bung
19 4
bung
20 1
bung
20 2
bung
203
204
20 5
206
207
bung
208
Answer key
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
110
169
2 Interrogative sentences
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
33
34
35
36
37
38
4 Imperatives
41
42
43
44
45
46
5 Coordinating conjunctions
52
53
54
6 Subordinating conjunctions
61
62
63
65
66
67
7 Relative pronouns
71
72
74
75
76
77
8 Extended modifiers
81
82
83
84
86
87
9 Adjectives
91
92
93
94
95
96
10 Adverbs
101
103
104
105
11 Pronouns
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
12 Infinitives
122
123
124
125
126
127
13 Short responses
131
132
133
134
142
143
144
145
152
154
155
162
164
165
166
167
168
169
172
173
174
175
176
177
18 Punctuation
181
182
183
184
185
186
19 Letter writing
191
193
194
195
20 Lets write!
201
203
204
205
206
207
208