Exercises: Parts of Speech and Word Order

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Von Autor/in Sarah Klein-Adolph, Heidrun Legner-Hackney, Antonia Renon

Exercise A

Place the words in the right order and form sentences. Careful, the last two sentences are negative.
Example: a burger – eat – I
I eat a burger.

Exercise B

The sentences below contain expressions of place and time. Rewrite each sentence and place the expressions in the correct order.
Example: They have breakfast (every morning / at the diner).
They have breakfast at the diner every morning.

Exercise C

Put the words in each sentence in the correct order.
Example: Wrong order: In the morning – coffee - drinks – she - at the diner. Correct order: She drinks coffee at the diner in the morning.

Exercise D

Translate the following sentences into English.
Example: Die Gäste genießen warme Burger und kalte Getränke am Abend im Diner. The guests enjoy warm burgers and cold drinks in the diner in the evening.

Exercise E

Choose the correct conjunction to complete each sentence.
Example: She ordered a milkshake, ___ noticed she had forgotten her wallet.
and - but - because
Solution: but
She ordered a milkshake, but noticed she had forgotten her wallet.

1 I want to order a burger, ______ I am not very hungry today.

2 We stayed at the diner ______ it started raining heavily outside.

3 You can have fries ______ a salad with your burger.

4 The milkshake looked delicious, ______ it was a bit too sweet for me.

5 They couldn’t serve burgers ______ they had run out of beef.

6 I want to try the new burger ______ it has bacon and cheese on it.

7 The diner was busy, ______ we had to wait for a table.

8 She loves to eat fries ______ she tries to avoid eating too much fast food.

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Autor/in
Sarah Klein-Adolph
Heidrun Legner-Hackney
Antonia Renon