Präteritum: Word order 3
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.
We had to leave early.
- wir
- mussten
- früh
- gehen
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Wir mussten früh gehen.
müssen → mussten.
Question 2 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
As a child I wanted to be an astronaut.
- Als Kind
- wollte
- ich
- Astronaut
- werden
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Als Kind wollte ich Astronaut werden.
wollen → wollte.
Question 3 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Were you allowed to go to the party?
- Durftest
- du
- auf die Party
- gehen?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Durftest du auf die Party gehen?
dürfen, du → durftest.
Question 4 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
The weather was very nice.
- das Wetter
- war
- sehr schön
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Das Wetter war sehr schön.
sein → war.
Question 5 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Last year we had a cat.
- letztes Jahr
- hatten
- wir
- eine Katze
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Letztes Jahr hatten wir eine Katze.
Also correct: Wir hatten letztes Jahr eine Katze.
haben → hatten.
Question 6 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Where were you yesterday? (to friends)
- wo
- wart
- ihr
- gestern?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Wo wart ihr gestern?
ihr: wart.
Question 7 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Did you call me yesterday?
- Riefst
- du
- mich
- gestern
- an?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Riefst du mich gestern an?
du: riefst.
Question 8 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
We laughed a lot.
- wir
- lachten
- sehr viel
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Wir lachten sehr viel.
wir: lachten.
Question 9 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Did you bake the cake?
- Backtest
- du
- den Kuchen?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Backtest du den Kuchen?
du: backtest.
Question 10 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
What did you do last night? (to friends)
- was
- machtet
- ihr
- gestern Abend?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Was machtet ihr gestern Abend?
ihr: machtet.
Question 11 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
They went home early.
- sie
- gingen
- früh
- nach Hause
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Sie gingen früh nach Hause.
sie plural: gingen.
Question 12 · Word order
Put the words in the correct order.
Did you read the book?
- Lasest
- du
- das Buch?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Lasest du das Buch?
du: lasest.
Result
That was the last test on this topic. Mixed review picks 12 random questions from all the tests.
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