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A R T I C L E S
Test 9
HAVE A GO!
Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit der (im Deutschen ungewöhnlichen) Konstruktion „a/an” + substantiviertes Verb.
bite
a go
1. Come on, try it, you can do it, just have _____________________________________________
.
bore
2. Listening to Mr Dull is such ______________________________ , he never says anything interesting.
brush
3. On Sundays we usually take the car and go for _____________________________ in the countryside.
crawl
4. Every time I stroke our dog my jacket needs
drive
5. Have you seen my jogging shoes? I want to go for
.
_____________________________________________________
______________________________________________
.
go
6. Traffic slowed to ______________________________ when a snowstorm hit the motorway yesterday.
run
7. Marvin took his cigarettes and went outside for
ring
8. We felt a bit hungry and stopped at a pub for _________ quick ____________________________________ .
smoke
9. Here’s my telephone number, give me ___________________________________ when you are in town.
❧
_________________________________________________
.
❧
cut
10. I don’t feel like going to the party, I think I’ll give it ____________________________________________ .
laugh
11. Could you take _____________________________ at my essay and tell me if there are any mistakes?
lie-in
12. I had _________________________________________________ about what you said – maybe you are right.
look
13. I’m paying half the expenses, so I want
miss
14. I didn’t mean any harm when I dressed up as a vicar – I only did it for ______________________ .
say
15. You can tell whether an avocado is ripe by gently giving it ____________________________________ .
________________________
in how we spend the money.
squeeze
16. I caught the boy who’d run through my garden and gave him
talking-to
17. On Sundays we never get up early but have
think
________
________________________________
.
proper ____________________________________ .
18. At our local barber shop you can get ____________________________________ and blow-dry for £15.
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PLURAL PROBLEMS
Test 19
Don’t worry, Sir, lots of people
lose their heads these days.
DON’T LOSE YOUR HEADS!
Bei Bezug auf Körperteile mehrerer Personen, muss – anders als im Deutschen – der Plural verwendet werden.
Er schüttelte den Kopf. ➔ He shook his head.
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Wir schüttelten den Kopf. ➔ We shook our heads.
Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit den Verben der oberen Box und den Pluralformen der Substantive.
A
A
blow
breathe down
change
close
lose
wash
B
break
draw in
look down
lose
shake
show
A
eye
face
life
mind
neck
nose
B
face
head
heart
memory
nose
stomach
breathing down
necks
1. Our new boss is so demanding, he is ______________________________________
our _____________________
all the time.
2. We had to sneeze and took out paper tissues to ____________________________ our _________________________________ .
3. I’ve got a surprise for you all. _____________________________ your ________________________________ and don’t look!
4. The children had dirt on their cheeks; I told them to ________________________ their ______________________________ .
5. All the passengers ________________________________ their _______________________________________ in the plane crash.
6. We planned to go to Ibiza but _____________________________ our ____________________ and went to Turkey instead.
B
7. Alzheimer patients slowly but surely ______________________________ their ________________________________________ .
8. Men tend to ________________________ their ______________________________ when they walk past a girl on the beach.
9. It _________________________________ our _____________________________________ to see our beloved aunt die of cancer.
10. Ron’s plan was so crazy that his friends just ________________________________ their ______________________________ .
11. We don’t want to go to Jo’s party, but I’m afraid we have to ________________________ our _______________________ .
12. Silly cows! Just because they’re rich they _______________________________ their ____________________________ at us.
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COMPOUNDS
Test 46
My ultimate aim is to be rich.
What can you recommend?
FINANCIAL
PLANNING
ADJECTIVE + NOUN
YOUR ULTIMATE AIM
Viele deutsche Nominalzusammensetzungen werden im Englischen durch
Kombinationen aus Adjektiv+Substantiv wiedergegeben wie z.B. Endziel ➔ ultimate aim.
Bilden Sie die englischen Entsprechungen der deutschen Zusammensetzungen.
A
annual
dental
foreign
global
solar
ultimate
urban
B
Baltic
cultural
criminal
daily
local
rainy
scheduled
A
aim
eclipse
language
planning
salary
surgery
warming
B
flight
heritage
law
newspaper
Sea
season
time
Endziel
Erderwärmung
Fremdsprache
Jahresgehalt
ultimate aim
Kulturerbe
Linienflug
A
Ortszeit
Ostsee
Sonnenfinsternis
Regenzeit
Stadtplanung
Strafrecht
Zahnarztpraxis
Tageszeitung
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B
PA R T I T I V E S
Test 30
a
of
a
of
a
of
PARTITIVES
Als Allgemeinbegriff nicht-zählbare Nomen können oft durch partitive (aufteilende) Strukturen nach dem
Muster a cup of tea, a slice of bread (two cups of tea, two slices of bread, etc.) zählbar gemacht werden.
Verbinden Sie die Elemente der grauen Kästen mit ‘OF’ und vervollständigen Sie die Sätze.
ball
block
piece
beam
drop
scrap
blanket
flash
spoonful
of
fire
light
snow
furniture
lightning
sugar
ice
paper
whisky
1. I don’t drink much alcohol, but I do enjoy a ________________________________ good ___________________________________ .
2. Terry tore off a _________________________________________ from an envelope and wrote down her telephone number.
3. All of a sudden winter had come and the whole country was under a ______________________________________________ .
4. The hotel’s heating had broken down and my feet felt like a ________________________________________________________ .
5. It was pitch-dark, all I could see was the ___________________________________________________________ from Ella’s torch.
6. There is some truth in the old song ‘A ______________________________________________ makes the medicine go down.’
7. A sudden _____________________________________________________ illuminated the sky and then the thunderstorm began.
8. I inherited that desk from my father, it is the most valuable __________________________________________________ I own.
9. It was a massive explosion, there was a bright _______________________________________ and a huge cloud of smoke.
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