Nominativ: Word order 1
12 questions. Put the jumbled words into the correct German word order. After each question you see why the answer is right or wrong; at the end you see which topics to review.
Question 1 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
The bus is late.
- kommt
- zu spät
- der Bus
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Der Bus kommt zu spät.
The subject is der Bus; the verb is second.
Question 2 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Today my father is cooking.
- kocht
- heute
- mein Vater
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Heute kocht mein Vater.
Also correct: Mein Vater kocht heute.
With heute first, the verb is second and the subject (mein Vater) third; it is still nominative.
Question 3 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
This is my new teacher.
- ist
- mein neuer Lehrer
- das
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Das ist mein neuer Lehrer.
sein + nominative: mein neuer Lehrer.
Question 4 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
The cat is sleeping in the garden.
- schläft
- im Garten
- die Katze
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Die Katze schläft im Garten.
Also correct: Im Garten schläft die Katze.
The subject is die Katze (nominative).
Question 5 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
My brother wants to become a doctor.
- Arzt
- werden
- mein Bruder
- will
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Mein Bruder will Arzt werden.
werden + nominative; no article with jobs: Arzt werden.
Question 6 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
My sister made the cake.
- den Kuchen
- hat
- meine Schwester
- gebacken
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Den Kuchen hat meine Schwester gebacken.
Also correct: Meine Schwester hat den Kuchen gebacken.
Subject: meine Schwester; object: den Kuchen.
Question 7 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
My uncle is visiting us today.
- heute
- besucht
- uns
- mein Onkel
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Heute besucht uns mein Onkel.
Also correct: Mein Onkel besucht uns heute.
Subject: mein Onkel (nominative).
Question 8 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Everyone knows this song.
- dieses Lied
- kennt
- jeder
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Dieses Lied kennt jeder.
Also correct: Jeder kennt dieses Lied.
Subject: jeder; object: dieses Lied.
Question 9 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
The teacher is writing the letter.
- den Brief
- schreibt
- die Lehrerin
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Den Brief schreibt die Lehrerin.
Also correct: Die Lehrerin schreibt den Brief.
Subject: die Lehrerin.
Question 10 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
A friend helped me yesterday.
- gestern
- hat
- mir
- ein Freund
- geholfen
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Gestern hat mir ein Freund geholfen.
Also correct: Ein Freund hat mir gestern geholfen.
Subject: ein Freund (nominative).
Question 11 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
I really liked this film.
- dieser Film
- hat
- mir
- sehr gut
- gefallen
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Dieser Film hat mir sehr gut gefallen.
Also correct: Mir hat dieser Film sehr gut gefallen.
With gefallen the subject is dieser Film.
Question 12 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
The children are playing in the garden.
- im Garten
- spielen
- die Kinder
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Im Garten spielen die Kinder.
Also correct: Die Kinder spielen im Garten.
Subject: die Kinder; plural verb.
Result
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