Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

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Exercise 10.1


Indicate which of the irregular verbs in the following list change their
stem vowel in the present tense by marking them with a ✓and put a ✗
next to those that do not. You can use the list on page 215 to help you.
The first two have been done for you.

1 fahren ✓ 7 gefallen 13 essen 19 sprechen
2 bleiben ✗ 8 sitzen 14 schwimmen 20 waschen
3 sehen 9 laufen 15 trinken 21 schlafen
4 fangen 10 kennen 16 vergessen 22 helfen
5 geben 11 tragen 17 werden 23 gehen
6 bringen 12 kommen 18 treffen 24 empfehlen

Exercise 10.2


Now write out the ich,duander/sie/esform of all verbs with a stem vowel
change from Exercise 10.1.

Exercise 10.3


Write out the full present tense forms (ich,du,Sie,er/sie/es,wir,ihr,Sie,
sie) of the following verbs:

1 arbeiten; 2 finden; 3 rechnen; 4 grüßen; 5 tanzen; 6 sammeln;
7 behandeln; 8 ändern.

Exercise 10.4


Translate the sentences below into German.

1 She works in Bern.
2 Yes, he does work today!
3 She is seeing a film.
4 You are driving too fast. (Use the du,Sieandihrforms.)
5 She runs slowly.
6 He finds the keys.
7 I collect old postcards.
8 Do you like dancing? (Use the du,Sieandihrforms.)
9 Are you from New York? (Use the du,Sieandihrforms.)
10 You know how expensive life in London is. (Use the du,Sieandihr
forms.)

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