Competitions
(Wett)Rennen
race
to allow someone to enter a place by pressing a button that opens a door and makes a buzzing sound
to buzz in
pünktlich
punctual
Find the mistake: He catched all the balls.
He caught all the balls.
Find the mistake(s): Did you watch the movie at the TV or the movie theater?
Did you watch the movie on TV or at the movie theater?
hart umkämpft, ehrgeizig, leistungsfähig
competitive
Stau
traffic jam
gemütlich
comfortable
a person you know, but not very well; Bekanntschaft
acquaintance
Correct the mistake: At the holidays I had to swim twice a day.
During the holidays...
punkten
to score
pendeln
to commute
verlässlich
reliable
Use "have to" and "don't have to" in a sentence each
I have to quit smoking.
Students don't have to wear a uniform in class at the VHS.
Translate: Ein Bus Ticket ist wesentlich günstiger als ein Taxi.
A bus ticket is much/a lot cheaper than a taxi.
Zuschauer
spectator
Entfernung
distance
praktisch
convenient
Rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives
1. one syllable adjectives: fast, big, long, old
comparative: add -er - faster, bigger, longer, superlative: add -est - fastest, biggest, longest
2. most two or more syllable adjectives: useful, expensive, beautiful, etc
comparative: add more - more useful, more expensive, etc.
superlative: add most - the most useful, the most expensive, etc.
3. some two syllable adjectives (ending in -y, -le, -ow, -er): both -er/-est and more/most
friendly - friendlier or more friendly
simple - simpler or more simple
Translate: Londoner Busse sind/kommen fast so häufig wie Berliner Busse.
London busses are almost as frequent as Berlin busses.
Schiedsrichter
referee
stecken bleiben
to get stuck
selbstsicher, selbstbewusst
confident
Give three examples of irregular adjectives (comparative/superlative)
Irregular adjectives:
good - better - best
bad - worse - worst
far - further/farther - the furthest/the farthest
many/much - more - most
What do we use the past continuous for? Give an example using a past continuous and a simple past in the same sentence.
Past Continuous used to talk about an action in progress at a moment in the past or when something else happened.
I was cooking... when the bell rang.
... yesterday at 5 pm.