2 Plural Circle the correct word. 1 This is my parents / parents’ new car. 2 His parent’s / parents live in Kyoto. 3 Hi. Are you Charles / Charles’s father? 4 Natasha and Anna are my sisters / sisters’ . 5 Her grandparents / grandparents’ flat isn’t very big. 6 What are your colleagues / colleagues’ names? Checking information Bedeutung Zum Überprüfen von Annahmen können negative Frageformen mit dem besitzanzeigenden ‘s verwendet werden. Form Isn’t Carl your neighbour’s gardener? Yes, he is my neighbour’s gardener. Practice Form the question to check the information. 1 Greg and Sue / from Brighton? 2 Erkan / Michelle’s boyfriend? 3 Susan and Mary / best friends? 4 The English teacher / from Newcastle? 5 The bicycles / in the cellar? 6 Grandma / at the hairdresser’s? 7 Robert and Mona / on holiday in Greece right now? be past: was, were Bedeutung Die Vergangenheitsform von be (was, were) wird verwendet, um über Dinge zu sprechen, die in der Vergangenheit geschahen, d. h. abgeschlossen sind. When I was 19, I was a student. In 2018, Leslie and I were classmates. Beth was in Dallas yesterday. Aren’ t Greg and Sue from Brighton? Form I was a journalist. You were late. He was a lawyer. She was a sales rep. It was an easy job. We were friends. They were students. I wasn’t an engineer. You weren’t late. He wasn’t a nurse. She wasn’t a teacher. It wasn’t an easy job. We weren’t friends. They weren’t teachers. Was I late? Were you late? Was he a doctor? Was she a lawyer? Was it a good job? Were we friends? Were they here? / Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t. Yes, you were. / No, you weren’t. Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t. Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t. Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t. Yes, we were. / No, we weren’t. Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. Kurzformen: wasn’t = was not / weren’t = were not Practice Add was, wasn’t, were and weren’t to the correct places in the sentences. 1 After school he an accountant for ten years. 2 Excuse me, you at Wennington College in 2011? 3 “How do you know Carl?” “We classmates at the same school for a couple of years.” 4 “Mario and Lucia at the party last night?” “No, they’re on holiday.” 5 I in Athens last Friday. It’s a really interesting city. 6 “Where Mr Gomez at ten o’clock this morning?” “I don’t know.” 7 “How your exam?” “OK. It very difficult.” 8 Alex and Paul at the same school, but they in the same class. Adjectives and adverbs Bedeutung Adjektive geben Informationen über ein Nomen: der GEGENSTAND / die PERSON ist wichtig: A difficult exercise A new type of school In Verbindung mit to be (= am / is / are / was / were etc.) werden immer Adjektive benutzt, auch wenn sie nach dem Nomen stehen. Sie beschreiben, wie etwas ist: Our teacher was a young woman. The German lessons were difficult. Adverbien werden mit -ly gebildet und können drei verschiedene Wortarten beschreiben: a) ein Verb, b) ein Adjektiv, c) ein anderes Adverb. was 163 G Grammar reference and practice Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Ve lags öbv
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