German 2B: Final Exam General Topics: 12/15/14 at 6:00 p.m.

1.  Listening section on the topic of television 

2.  Vocabulary (fill in blanks)  Know two adjectives each describing various types of television shows, similar to the test in Kapitel 13.  and 
      vocabulary: match words with definitions. 

3.  Subjunctive (Present Subjunctive II): know subjunctive forms for haben and sein, the würde + infinitive construction,  and how the Subjunctive II (present) is constructed.  

4.  Relative pronouns and clauses

5.  "Da" compounds

6.  "Wo" compounds

7.  Infinitive clause + zu

8.  Present passive voice

9.  Present passive with modals

10.  Using "man" as an alternative to passive

11.  A reading passage with questions

12.  Kultur: A and B, based on Landeskunde-Info assigned over the course of the semester.  

German 2A: Final Exam general topics for 12/15/14 at 6:00 p.m.

This exam will cover material from Kapitel 7-10:

1.  Listening section on the topic of Freizeit

2.  Vocabulary identification

3.  Giving Directions

4.  Comparative and superlative forms

5.  Conjunctions:  subordinating and coordinating

6.  Present perfect tense

7.  Simple past (imperfect)
           The strong verbs that you will need to memorize the simple past tense forms are:
                     a. kommen
                     b. essen
                     c.  fahren
                     d. gehen
                     e.  schreiben
                     f.  schlafen
                     g.  bleiben
                     h.  trinken
                     i.  laufen
                     j.  nehmen

also know the simple past of: haben, sein, and the modals.   To review simple past of modals, see the chart on page 196, Kapitel 6.  They are formed similarly to weak verbs, but lose the umlauts, where they have occurred in the present tense.  The "ich" and the "er,sie, es" form are identical.  

8.  Adjective endings !!  Review a similar section on the Kapitel 9 test.  Note the errors that you made there and make mental notes.

9.  Reflexive pronouns

10.  Genitive case

11.  Genitive prepositions

12.  A reading passage with comprehension questions

There will not be a writing passage.

German 2A: Assignment for 12/8/14: Kapitel 10

German 2A will meet at 7:35.

Continue working on workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 10.  Completed work will be collected on the evening of the final, 12/15/14.  No late workbooks will be accepted!  

Due to time constraints, we will skip Thema 2 in favor of Thema 3, as you are more likely to use the information in that Thema than the information in Thema 2.  

Thema 3: Eine Fahrkarte, bitte! (p. 298). 

Answer questions to: "Wo ist das", p. 298, study Neue Wörter

Listen to Am Fahrkartenschalter am Bahnhof, 


Write answers to Akt. 8, p. 299.  

Listen to Akt. 9, p. 299 and fill in the chart. 

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Grammatik im Kontext:

Read "Analyse", p. 309 and identify all the verbs in the simple past.  Write them down in three columns: strong, weak and modal verbs.  Write the infinitives for all verbs.  Don't be concerned with the new past participles you might encounter.  

Read and study "Strong Verbs", p. 308.  Note that verbs that are strong in English (i.e. don't form the past tense with "ed") also tend to be strong in German.  However, these are ones that have to be memorized.   

Read "mixed verbs" and "Sprach-Info" (p. 309)

Fill in the blanks for Übung 12, p. 310 (this is based on the Analyse, p. 309) 

Write sentences for Übung 14.  Be sure to read Sprach-Info (p. 309) before doing this one. 

Read and study, "The Past Perfect Tense", p. 311 and write answers to Übung 15.  
It is simply using the past tense of "haben" or "sein" and the past participle, which you already are familiar with.  Note: this will not be included on the final, but it is a useful concept to review.  

Pay special attention to the note about "bevor" and "nachdem" and how they are used to connect sentences. 

Note: much of this is based on concepts you already know, i.e. you already know the present perfect tense, the past tense of "haben" and "sein", and that's it, folks!    

Note: there will be a section on the final covering the "simple past tense".  However, I will give you a list of 10 verbs (strong) that you should be familiar with in terms of the SPT.  The modal forms must be memorized, as well as how to form the SPT with weak verbs (easy!).  

We will review the practice test, sections: II, A, B, III, A, B, and VI.  Please complete these as homework and use them also with an eye toward the final.  

German 2B: Assignment for 12/8/14: Kapitel 14

German 2B will meet at 6:00 p.m.

Continue working on workbook/lab manual for Kapitel 14.  They are to be handed in on the evening of the final on 5/19/14.  No late workbooks will be accepted!  

Thema 2: p. 412: Umwelt

Study chart and answer the question in A: Welche 3 Punkte sind für Sie am wichtigsten?  Was tun Sie persönlich für die Umwelt?  

Complete B, write 7 sentences according to the Beispiel.  

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 413 and write answers to questions. Also, answer practice test, VI, #2 after reading this.  

Listen to Akt. 5, Langsamer, Bitte and order the sentences.   The vocabulary for this Thema will not be on the test, but it is an important topic and therefore bears some coverage.  

Grammatik: 

Read The Passive with Modal Verbs, p. 419 and write answers to Übungen 7, 8.  Note: there will be a brief (5 questions) section w/modal verbs and passive on the final, but if you know how to conjugate the modal verbs and how to form a past participle, then this will not be too challenging.  

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 420 and answer the two questions.  Also, answer practice test, VI, #1 after reading this. 

Read and study "Use of man as an alternative to the Passive", p. 421.  Note: alternative publications often use frau/man in place of only "man"!  Note: there will be a short section (2 sentences) using this structure on the final.  

Write answers to Übungen 9, 10. 

Read "The Present Participle", p. 422 and try, to the best of your ability, to fill in the blanks for Übung 11.  Note: This will absolutely not be on the final, but it is a useful linguistic construction in German to be familiar with.   

For the practice test: Proceed as above with the Kulture sections.  

Complete: 
II, A.  
II, B: choose one and write a solution. 
III, A: Write sentences for both pictures.  Not in one you are using "wurde" and in the other, you are using "wird".  
B.  As mentioned above, both B and C material will be covered (briefly) on the final, so this is good practice for that).    
C.