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B. sentences with the dative. Fill in the gaps with the correct endings. Attention: the endings are nominative, accusative OR dative!

1. The brother gives his sister a new printer.
2. I give my wife my old couch.
3. Today the teacher gave the student (pl) a quiz (s).
4. Did you see our friends in the library yesterday??
5. Do you buy a radio for your children??
6. We borrowed our opa d en computer.
7. Did you give your mother something for Mother’s Day??
8th. You buy your father a new computer?

C. In the house. Describe what is in the rooms and what is happening here. (Remember: if you use the expression “there is” (there is / there are), you will need an accusative noun; when using ‘in’ to express location, it will take a dative noun.) Write 5-10 sentences about the house.

English Example: A woman is sleeping in the bedroom. There is a TV in the living room.

A man reads in the study. A woman is dancing in (or on) the balcony. A woman sleeps in the bedroom (in bed). A car drives out of the garage. A man cooks in the kitchen. People eat in the dining room and they watch TV in the living room. There is a TV in the living room and there is also a sofa there. There is a table and three chairs in the dining room. There is a car in the garage. There is a bookcase and an armchair in the study.

Christina Cherry

Worksheet: dative verbs

B. dative verbs. Select a verb from the list and write it in the blank. You also need to conjugate the verb!

answer • thank • please • belong • believe • congratulate • help • fit • taste
1. These books are mine, but the pens here are for you.
2. You have to believe me ! I tell you the truth !
3. The mother asks the children: "Do you like this music?"
4. The children answer their mother: "Yes, the music is great!"
5. These shoes don’t fit me. I’m wearing size 10, not 9.
6. I congratulate you on the graduation! Here’s a little present.
7. Maria, that’s so nice! I thank you for the gift!
8th. I don’t like this apple juice. I only like orange juice.
9. Mommy, can you help me? I cannot understand my homework.

C. Dative pronouns. Write the correct pronoun in each gap. All are in the dative!

1. Hello Anita! How are you ?
2. I’m sorry I didn’t call you.
3. Children, how do you like the food??
4. Grandpa can’t do it alone. Please help him !
5. We love German! We really like German!

D. Dative forms. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Everyone should be in the dative!

1. The house belongs to my mother .
2. I tell the children a fairy tale.
3. We didn’t tell people.
4. He gave his aunt perfume.
5. I don’t believe the man.

E. Adjectives with the dative. Write an answer to every situation. Follow the example.

hot • cold • boring • bad • warm
1. It is 101 degrees Fahrenheit and you stand outside in the sun. How do you feel?
I’m hot.
2. You are in a class, but it is not interesting. How do you feel?
I’m bored.
3. You have eaten a lot of sweets and you have had no real food. How do you feel?
I feel sick.
4. You are on the train with 10 other people and the window is not open. How do you feel?
I feel warm.
5. It’s December and you forgot your coat at home. How do you feel?
I’m cold.

F. Personal questions. Write an answer to every question. (You’ll need to invent answers to some questions, just be creative.)

Christina Cherry

B. Yesterday was a nice day. Rolf is a student in Göttingen. He tells his friend Bernd what he did with his friends over the weekend. Fill in the gaps!

I ate at McDonalds on Friday with my friends. Then we saw a movie in the cinema. The film was boring, but after that we went for a walk through the city. We met a lot of people from the university. We took a bus on Saturday. We drove to a beautiful park. We ran through the grass there and discussed the university and the professors. On Sunday we traveled to a lake in Northeim. We bought something to eat and drink. We had a picnic at the lake. We stayed a long time and we got home late. We didn’t study at all !

C. Mixed verbs. Complete the story with the correct participles of the following verbs.

bring • think • know • call • run • know
My father brought me to university in early September. I never knew any people there, but I soon had a lot of friends. We ran from one party to another and it was a lot of fun, but we rarely thought about our courses. My poor parents soon didn’t know what to do with me, and they called me a good-for-nothing .

D. The story of Martin and Claudia. Below is a story in pictures. Write sentences in perfect telling the story. Use the phrases from the list.

visit the museum
Call Claudia
dance in the disco
watch TV together
play tennis
cook dinner
to take a walk on the beach
fall in love
drive through the city together
eat in the restaurant
go to the cinema
dream of Martin

Christina Cherry