English Grammar for German

Nouns that don't indicate gender are

When a word refers to one person or thing, it is said to be

When a word refers to more than one person or thing, it is said to be

A is a letter of the alphabet that represents a speech sound created by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity. Vowels are a major category of phonemes in English speech. A is the smallest sound unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinct meaning, such as the s of sing and the r of ring.

A is a speech sound that's not a vowel. The sound is produced by a partial or complete obstruction of the airstream by a constriction of the speech organs. In writing, it's any letter of the alphabet except and sometimes

English pronouns have three cases. The Case is used when a pronoun is a , or , object or an object of a

English pronouns have three cases. The Case is used when a pronoun shows ownership. This noun can function as a subject, predicate noun, direct or indirect object, or object of a preposition

The case is used for the subject of a sentence and for predicate nouns

The case is used for direct objects

The case is used for indirect objects

English pronouns have three cases. The Case is used when a pronoun is a subject or a predicate .

The of a sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb

There are three types of objects. objects are nouns or pronouns that receive the action of the verb or show the results of that action indirectly. It answers the question "to whom," "to what," "for whom" and for "for what."

The noun or pronoun which follows a preposition is called the . It answer the question 'what?' or 'whom?' asked after the preposition.

In English grammar, a preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. Prepositions are words like in and out, above and below, and to and from, and they're words we use all the time.

In German, the case is used to indicate possession or close relations

A is a word used in place of one or more nouns. Standing as a person, place, thing or idea. Generally it's used to refer to someones (or something) that has already been mentioned, for example "Karen likes to sing. She practises every day." The word that is replaced it is called the .

There are different types of pronouns, each with a different function and following different rules.

pronouns refer to different persons (me, you, her) and change form according to their function in a sentence. These consist of pronouns that are used as the subject of a verb, pronouns which are pronouns that can be used as a direct, indirect object or object of a preposition.

pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence.

pronouns are used in questions.

pronouns are used to show possession.

pronouns are use to introduce subordinate clauses - To make a relative clause, we take a sentence, turn it into a subordinate clause, and attach that clause to a noun. Subordinate means that the clause cannot stand alone, it needs to be connected to an independent clause to make sense. A relative clause is a dependent clause that acts as an adjective.

In these sentences you are addressing one person whom you call by their first name. Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronouns:
"Hans, was macht ?"
"Inge, bist jetzt endlich fertig?"

In these sentences you are addressing one or more persons whom you don't know very well. Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronouns:
"Herr Braun, kommen mit?"
"Herr und Frau Braun, kommen mit?"

Fill in the blank with the correct form of it: "Wo ist der Bleistift? liegt auf dem Tisch" (where is the pencil? it is lying on the table).

Fill in the blank with the correct form of it: "Wie war die Reise? war sehn schön" (How was the trip? it was nice)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of it: "Wo ist das Buch? it auf dem Tisch" (where is the book? it is on the table)

In these sentences you are addressing one person whom you call by their first name. Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronouns:
"Wir sehen , Anna" (We see you, Anna)
"Wir helfen , Anna" (We are helping you, Anna)

The noun is used to show that one noun possesses or owns another noun, or that the two nouns have a similar, close relationship to each other. In English, we do this by adding apostrophes or using the word "of" in which the noun possess comes before the noun possessor

Use the correct form of 'you' to complete the sentence:
"Wir sehen , Effi und Franz"

Use the correct form of 'you' to complete the sentence:
"Wir helfen , Effi und Franz"

The principle parts of English verbs are the , the tense and the past . Knowing these components allows you to construct all other tenses of a verb.

How do we form the past participle of the infinitive 'machen'?

By adding the prefix and the suffix we get .

How do we form the past tense of the infinitive 'machen'?

By adding suffix '' we get

The is the form of the verb found in the dictionary as the main entry

The correct suffix for the wir form (1st person plural) of Brauchen is '' giving us ''.

The correct suffix for the ihr form (2nd person plural) of Arbeiten is '' giving us ''.

There are three forms of the verb in the present tense - they all have slightly different meanings.
1. Mary studies in the library is an example of
2. Mary is studying in the library is an example of
3. Mary does study in the library is an example of

In English, the past tense is used to express an action that occurred in the past. There are several forms of the verb indicating that an action took place in the past - consisting of the one word simple tenses and compound tenses made up of more than one word.

1. "I worked" is an example of the
2. "I was working" is an example of the
3. "I did work" is an example of the

The perfect tenses are compound tenses made up of an verb and the past . There are three perfect tenses formed with the auxiliary verb 'to have' and the past participle of the main verb. The perfect form is the verb tense used to indicate a completed, or "perfected," action or condition. Verbs can appear in any one of three perfect tenses: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect.

1. 'to have' in the present tense + the past participle of the main verb in "i have eaten" or "they have washed the car" are examples of the
2. 'to have' in the simple past (past definite) tense + the past participle of the main verb in "i had eaten before six" or "they had washed the car before the storm" are examples of the or perfect tense.
3. 'to have' in the future tense + the past participle of the main verb in "i shall have eaten" or "they will have washed the car by Monday" are examples of the

An auxiliary verb or '' helps another verb, called a '' form on of its tenses.
In English, there are many auxiliary verbs notably 'to have', 'to be' and 'to do'.

Complete the sentences to indicate the tense of the sentence:
1. Liz reading a book (present)
2. Liz reading a book (past)
3. Liz read a book (future)

Complete the sentence using an auxiliary verb to for a question:
1. Bob have a dog?

Complete the sentence using an auxiliary verb to indicate the passive voice:
1. The book read by many people.

Present participles serve various functions. Along with auxiliary verbs they form tenses. They can also function as adjectives.

The phrases "turning the corner, Tony ran into a tree" and "look at the cat climbing the tree" are examples of the beginning a phrase

Participles are used in combination with to create certain tenses.

Participles may be used as to describe something.

An English verb ending in -ing is not always a present participle; it can be a noun, or . This is the form of a verb which functions as a noun in a sentence and can be an object or a subject of the sentence.

A word ending in -ing is a gerund if you can form a question by replacing that word with the interrogative . The gerund will answer this question.
E.g. "reading can be fun" → "what can be fun? Reading."
E.g. "we often thought about moving away" → "what have we thought about? Moving."

The verb form you would use following 'i have' is the
E.g. 'i have talked', 'i have reached' and 'i have taught'.

In German, past participles are formed differently depending on whether a verb is weak or strong. For both, however, the prefix is commonly used.

For weak verbs the suffix is added. Sometimes .

For strong verbs, past participles often change the vowel in the stem and sometimes consonants. Commonly the ending is and sometimes .

The form of the verb that you use following "i have" is the

The present participle is easy to identify because it ens in .

In English, the present participle is easy to identify because it ens in .

In German, the present participle is formed by adding '' to the infinitive.

In English, a present participle is easy to recognise because it ends in ''

A has two functions: To be used in combination with auxiliary verbs to create certain tenses and as an adjectives or modifier.

In German, weak and strong verbs form their past participle by adding the prefix

Like English, German has three perfect tenses. All formed by the auxiliary verb (to have) or (to be) + the