Kapitel 3 - Arbeitsblatt
A. (Mostly) Stem-Changing Verbs
You've placed an ad for a roommate on craigslist, and a German exchange student [Deutsche(r)
Austauschstudent(in): DA] has come to look at your place. It's important to you to have a roommate who
(0) does not watch TV a lot (1) sleeps a lot, (2) always wears Lederhosen, (3) likes to read Kafka &
Nietzsche [use "gern"!], (4) drinks a lot of _____ [a lot of = viel] and (5) eats _____. (Of course, you may
have to compromise a little.) Find out if s/he is the one. Write down your questions and his/her answers.
Remember the stem-changes: schlafen > du schläfst, tragen > du trägst etc. - and that these happen in the
du- and er/sie/es forms, but NOT in the ich-form of the verb (or any of the plural forms). And remember
that trinken is not a stem-changing verb.
(0) Ich: Siehst du viel fern?
(0) DA: Nein, ich sehe nicht viel fern. Ich bin intellektuell.
(1) Ich:
(1) DA:
(2) Ich:
(2) DA:
(3) Ich:
(3) DA:
(4) Ich:
(4) DA:
(5) Ich:
(5) DA:
End the dialogue by telling him/her "Yes, you can live here" or "No, you can't live here." [Hints: (1) The
verb you want is "wohnen"; (2) No, you can't swim here = Nein, du kannst hier nicht schwimmen]:
Ich:
B. Was möchten Sie lieber? [See p. 93. Use lieber like gern. It's NOT a verb, and never changes!]
1. Essen Sie lieber Eis oder Kuchen? ____________________________________
2. Was tun Sie lieber: schlafen oder Bier trinken? ==> Ich ________________________ The question
means: What would you rather do [tun]: X or Y ==> You answer: Ich ____ lieber (____). No "tun"!]
C. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the Nominative or Accusative Possessive Adjectives.
1. Jeff: Wer hat ___________ [my] Quark [M]? Anna: Das ist nicht ___________ [your] Quark. Das ist
____________ [our] Quark. Jeff: OK, wer hat ____________ [our] Quark? Anna: Darth Vader hat ihn 
2. Jeff: Da ist Prinzessin Leia! Kennst du __________ [her] Vater? Anna: Ja. __________ [his] Maske [F] ist cool.
D.
Pluralformen
Schreiben Sie die Pluralform des Substantivs.
z.B. der Schuh, -e ==> die Schuhe; das Kind, -er ==> die Kinder; der Apfel, ¨- ==> die Äpfel
1. das Stinktier, -e
2. der Idiot, -en
3. das Buch, ¨-er
4. die Maus, ¨-e
5. der Bruder, ¨-
6. der Teletubbyzurückwinker, -