Practice

Exercise 16: Possessive Adjectives

Exercise 16.1: Possessive Adjectives

Exercise 16.1: Match the Possessives Matching Match up the English possessives with their German equivalents. Click on an English word, then click on its German translation. my your (singular, informal) your (formal) his / its her / their our your (plural, informal) mein dein Ihr sein ihr unser euer

Exercise 16.2: Nominative Case Endings Fill in the blanks

Fill in the missing endings in the nominative case. In some cases no endings are needed. **Example:** Wie ist Ihre Adresse? – Meine Adresse ist Falkenweg 12.

1 Wie ist dein Name? – Mein Name ist Frank Auerbach.

2 Wie ist dein___ Telefonnummer? – Mein___ Telefonnummer ist 863001.

3 Ist das sein Auto? – Nein, das ist ihr Auto.

4 Was sind Ihr___ Hobbys? – Mein___ Hobbys sind Wandern und Skifahren.

5 Was sind eu___ Namen? Unser___ Namen sind Svenja und Boris.

Exercise 16.2: Nominative Case Endings Fill in the blanks

Exercise 16.3: Looking for Things (Accusative) Write sentences

Write sentences describing what these people are looking for. Use the accusative case with the pattern: **[Person] sucht [possessive + noun]** **Examples:** Claudia → Tasche (f) → Claudia sucht ihre Tasche. Matthias → Führerschein (m) → Matthias sucht seinen Führerschein.

Thomas → Brille f

Britta → Geld nt

Maria → Kreditkarte f

Manfred → Schal m

Klaus → Schuhe pl

Peter → Papiere pl

Paula und Pia → CDs pl

Exercise 16.3: Looking for Things (Accusative) Write sentences

Exercise 16.4: Translation Practice Translations

Translate the following sentences into German. Pay attention to the correct case and endings!

1 This is my father.

2 This is my mother.

3 Jörg is looking for his credit card.

4 Susanne is looking for her driving licence.

5 We meet our friends.

6 Sebastian talks to his mother.

7 Arianne talks to her brother.

8 The children talk to their grandparents.

Exercise 16.4: Translation Practice Translations