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german grammar

Adjectives, Adverbs and Adverbials

(Chapter 4)

Adjective Declension

Exercise 1 - A warm-up exercise on adjective declension. Provide the ending for the adjective in brackets.

Exercise 2 - Fill in the blanks giving the endings for the adjective in brackets. Articles and verbs can give you clues to gender and case.

Exercise 3 - Insert the adjective with the correct ending.

Exercise 4 - Do you know your adjective endings? Insert the adjectives in brackets into the gap.

Exercise 5 - Form adjectival nouns from the adjectives in brackets. You need to choose an ending according to the article.

Exercise 6 - Insert the adjectival noun. Pay attention to case and gender.

Exercise 7 - This is a quiz on adjective declension after plural determiners. Fill in the gaps providing an ending for the determiner and the adjective. You will need to write complete words, not just the endings.

Exercise 8 - Do you want more practice on adjective declension after plural determiners? Fill in the gaps providing an ending for the determiner and the adjective. You will need to write complete words, not just the endings.

Exercise 9 - Test your knowledge of adjective endings. Choose the adjective that fits into the sentence.

Exercise 10 - Complete the following idiomatic expressions by choosing the adjective.

Exercise 11 - Do you feel confident? Then take this quiz on adjective endings.

Exercise 12 - A fairly advanced quiz on adjective endings. Add the corresponding ending to the adjectives and determiners. Give complete words, not just the endings.

Exercise 13 - A fairly advanced quiz on adjective endings. Add the endings (if necessary) to the adjectives and determiners. Give complete words, not just the endings.

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Adjectives and Prepositions

Exercise 1 - Form complete sentences by matching the prepositions and adjectives. Give the superlative form of the adjective in brackets.

Exercise 2 - Insert the preposition that goes with the adjective.

Exercise 3 - Adjectives and prepositions. Which preposition fits?

Exercise 4 - Adjectives and prepositions. You will need to insert the preposition together with the noun phrase in brackets in the appropriate case.

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Adverbs

Exercise 1 - Choose an adverb of time or place for the sentence to make sense.

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Comparison

Exercise 1 - Give the comparative form of the adjective/adverb in brackets.

Exercise 2 - Give the superlative form of the adjective in brackets.

Exercise 3 - Give the superlative form of the adjective in brackets.

Exercise 4 - Superlatives used as predicate complements. Give the superlative in the form of am …sten.

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