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Exercise 8
German verb SEIN
die Adjektive (adjectives)

Choose the correct forms of the missed words and click on Überprüf die Antwort (check the answer).

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"Er ___ groß.", "___ wir klein?", "Die Straße ___ ___ lang.", "___ der Fußweg kurz?", "Mein Handy ___ neu.", "Morgen ___ ich älter ___.", "Das Fenster ___ ___ gut.", "Du ___ ___ schlecht.", "___ der Mann stark?", "Die Männer ___ ___ schwach.", "Das ___ richtig.", "Dieses Wort ___ falsch.", "Wir ___ jung.", "Maria ___ ein sehr schnelles Mädchen.", "___ dieser Traktor sehr langsam?", "Meine Tasche ___ schwerer ___.", "Die Federn ___ leicht.", "Das Glas ___ ___ klar.", "Ihre Hände ___ schön ___.", "Man muss immer frei ___.", "Er ist groß.", "Sind wir klein?", "Die Straße ist nicht lang.", "Ist der Fußweg kurz?", "Mein Handy ist neu.", "Morgen werde ich älter sein.", "Das Fenster ist nicht gut.", "Du warst nicht schlecht.", "Ist der Mann stark?", "Die Männer sind nicht schwach.", "Das ist richtig.", "Dieses Wort ist falsch.", "Wir waren jung.", "Maria ist ein sehr schnelles Mädchen.", "Ist dieser Traktor sehr langsam?", "Meine Tasche wird schwerer sein.", "Die Federn sind leicht.", "Das Glas ist nicht klar.", "Ihre Hände werden schön sein.", "Man muss immer frei sein.", "in the present, for the 3rd person, singular (er,sie,es), use : IST", "in the present, for WIR, SIE(YOU),SIE(THEY), use : SIND", "in the present, for the 3rd person, singular (Straße, Stadt, Land,...), use : IST ... ..., also NICHT usually goes after SEIN, unless there is a WEIL (reverse) situation", "in the present, for the 3rd person, singular (er,sie,es), use : IST", "in the present, for the 3rd person, singular (er,sie,es), use : IST", "when describing future, use appropriate form of WERDEN (ich werde, wir(Sie=you,sie=they) werden, du wirst, er(sie,es) wird, ihr werdet) and the infinitive form of the verb SEIN, which you should normally put at the end of the sentence", "when describing present, for the 3rd person, singular (Fenster, Tür, Wand,...), use : IST ... ..., also NICHT usually goes after SEIN, unless there is a WEIL (reverse) situation", "when describing past, for the 2nd person, singular (DU), use : WARST, ... ..., also NICHT usually goes after SEIN, unless there is a WEIL (reverse) situation", "when describing present, for the 3rd person, singular (der Mann, die Frau, das Mädchen,...), use : IST ..., also if it is a question than IST normally goes before the subject (Ist der Mann?, Ist die Frau?, Ist der Junge?)", "when describing present, for any person, plural: WIR, SIE(YOU),SIE(THEY), use : SIND, but for ihr(you (more than one person)) use SEID, ... also NICHT usually goes after SEIN, unless there is a WEIL (reverse) situation", "when describing present, for the 3rd person, singular (dieses,dieser,diese), use : IST", "when describing present, for the 3rd person, singular (dieses,dieser,diese), use : IST", "when talking about the past, for any person, plural: WIR, SIE(YOU),SIE(THEY), use : WAREN, but for ihr(you (more than one person)) use WART", "when talking about the present, for the 3rd person, singular (Maria, Thomas, Sam, Hans, Sonja,...), use : IST", "when talking about the present, for the 3rd person, singular (der Traktor, das Auto, das Flugzeug,...), use : IST ..., also if it is a question than IST normally goes before the subject (Ist der Traktor?, Ist das Auto?, Ist der Bus?,...)", "when talking about future, use appropriate form of WERDEN (die Tasche wird), wir(Sie=you,sie=they) werden, du wirst, er(sie,es) wird, ihr werdet) and the infinitive form of the verb SEIN, which you should normally put at the end of the sentence", "when talking about present, for any person, plural: WIR, SIE(YOU),SIE(THEY), use : SIND", "when talking about the present, for the 3rd person, singular (das Glass, der Teller, die Gabel,...), use : IST ... ..., also NICHT usually goes after SEIN, unless there is a WEIL (reverse) situation", "when talking about future, use appropriate form of WERDEN (die Hände werden, die Leute werden,...), wir(Sie=you,sie=they) werden, du wirst, er(sie,es) wird, ihr werdet) and the form SEIN, which you should normally put at the end of the sentence", "for any tense, when the verb SEIN is used with another verb, use infinitive form : SEIN, and it usually goes into the very end of the sentence (Es ist gut here zu sein.=It is good to be here.), ... also, if SEIN is used with one of the modal verbs (dürfen,können,mögen,müssen,sollen,wollen), than do not use ZU, like: Ich muss da sein.=I must be there., ... i", "He is tall.", "Are we short?", "The street is not long.", "Is the footpath short?", "My mobile is new.", "Tomorrow I will be older.", "The window is not good.", "You were not bad.", "Is the man strong?", "The men are not weak.", "That's right.", "This word is wrong.", "We were young.", "Maria is a very fast girl.", "Is this tractor very slow?", "My bag will be heavier.", "The feathers are light.", "The glass is not clear.", "Her hands will be beautiful.", "One must always be free.",
Other exercises with the German verb SEIN:

See also:
German verbs reference

verb SEIN - adjectives (20 exercises)

verb SEIN - Future Tense

verb SEIN - Present Perfect Tense (Perfekt)

verb SEIN - Past Tense (Vergangenheitsform)

verb SEIN - Present Tense (Präsens)

verb Sein - General

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Some useful videos explaining some aspects of the usage of the German verbs & adjectives:

You can learn more about SEIN with Anja

Ein Video über negative : Niemand - nichts - keiner

Here is video that explains the WEIL situation (Subordinating Conjunctions)

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