Test 4: stem changing verbs & negation

Steps

100

What are the 3 steps to REGULAR verb conjugation?

1. Identify the infinitive Form

2. Remove the -En

3. Conjugate the verb according to who is doing the action.

200

How do you identify a direct object?

1. Identify the subject

2. Identify the verb

3. The DO is being directly "verbed" by the verb

300

When given an indefinite article before a noun, how do you negate the sentence?

Add a "K" to the indefinite article

i.e.

ein > kein

400

What are the steps to stem-changing verb conjugation?

1. Identify the infinitive form of the verb.

2. Remove the -en so that you're left with the stem.

3. Check to see if "du" or "er/sie/es" is the subject doing the action and if so, change the vowel in the stem.

4. Conjugate the verb ending according to who is doing the action.

500

What are the 4 parts of speech that "nicht" can be placed after to negate a sentence? 

1. Verb

2. Subject

3. Definite time expression

4. Direct object

Stem-Changing Verbs

100

How would you conjugate geben in the following sentence?

Sarah __________ (geben) mir Eiscreme.

gibt

200

How would you conjugate tragen in the following sentence?

Er __________ (tragen) viele Kinder.

trägt

300

How would you conjugate schalfen in the following sentence?

Ich ___________ (schlafen) bis 9 Uhr Morgens.

schlafe

400

How would you conjugate helfen in the following sentence?

Du _________ (helfen) den Kindern.

hilfst

500

How would you conjugate lesen in the following sentence?

Peter ________ (lesen) ein Buch. 

liest

Negation using "nicht"

100

Negate the following sentence using "nicht" after the direct object.

Ich liebe die Katze.

 Ich liebe die Katze nicht

200

Negate the following sentence using "nicht" after the subject.

Ich esse die Pasta

1. Ich nicht esse die Pasta.

300

Negate the following sentence using "nicht"

Oliver gibt mir einen Hund. 

1. Oliver nicht gibt mir einen Hund.

2. Oliver gibt nicht mir einen Hund.

3. Oliver gibt mir einen Hund nicht. 

400

Negate the following sentence using "nicht" after the verb

Du gehst in die Bibliothek.

Du gehst nicht in die Bibliothek. 

500

Negate the following sentence using "nicht" after the subject.

Am Donnerstag gehen wir zu Schule.

 Am Donnerstag gehen wir nicht zu Schule. 

Negation using "kein"

100

Negate the following sentence using "kein"

Ich liebe ein Tier.

Ich liebe kein Tier. 

200

Negate the following sentence using "kein"

Ich gehe zu ein Laden. 

Ich gehe zu kein Laden.

300

Negate the following sentence using "Kein"

Das ist ein Stuhl. 

Das ist kein Stuhl. 

400

Negate the following sentence using "kein" 

Du habst Schwester.

Du habst keine Schwester.

500

Negate the following sentence using "kein"

Peter isst essen.

Peter isst kein essen. 

Stem-change rules

100

What is the stem-change for stems with an "a" vowel?

a > ä

200

What is the stem-change for stems with an "e" vowel?

e > i

300

What is the stem-change for stems with an "au" vowel?

au > äu

400

What is the stem-change for the verbs lesen and sehen?

e > ie

500

How would you conjugate nehmen according to the two subjects below:

Du: _____________

er/sie/es: _________________

Du Nimmst

er/sie/es nimmt