Word Order

Instruction

For each question, you will be given an English sentence and a series of German words.

Construct a grammatically correct German sentence that translates the English sentence and follows any additional instructions.

⚠️ Every word has to be used.

⚠️ There may be more than one possible answer.

⚠️ The first word or group of the German sentence may be indicated.

⚠️ If there is no indication, the first word must be the subject.

➡️ You can find a guide to German Word Order here.

Examples

I take my gloves

nehme Handschuhe ich meine

  ✔ ich nehme meine Handschuhe


In the evening I watch a film.

In first position: temporal phrase

sehe am Film ich Abend einen

  ✔ Am Abend sehe ich einen Film.

  ✖ Ich sehe am Abend einen Film. (doesn't follow the first-position instruction)


He must work today.

arbeiten er heute muss

  ✔ Er muss heute arbeiten.

  ✖ Heute muss er arbeiten. (if no first-position instruction is given, the first word must be the subject)

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