Reading 5

Question 1

zeugen

Answer 1

to testify

Question 2

d__ Haus

Answer 2

das Haus (-es, -er)

house

Question 3

d__ Tag

Answer 3

der Tag (-[e]s, -e)

day

Question 4

d__ Heerscharen

Answer 4

die Heerscharen (pl.)

the heavenly hosts (das Heer: army; die Schar: crowd, throng)

Question 5

wo

Answer 5

where

Question 6

da

Answer 6

there, then

Question 7

werden

Answer 7

(to express the passive) be

Question 8

d__ Altar

Answer 8

der Altar (-s, -er)

altar

Question 9

ab-hauen

Answer 9

to cut off

Question 10

fallen (fällt, fiel, ist gefallen)

Answer 10

to fall

Question 11

zu

Answer 11

to

Question 12

d__ Boden

Answer 12

der Boden (-s, -)

floor, ground

Question 13

zerschlagen (zerschlägt, zerschlug, zerschlagen)

Answer 13

to smash

Question 14

mitsamt (+ which case?)

Answer 14

(+ dat.)

along with

Question 15

dann

Answer 15

then

Question 16

d__ Elfenbein

Answer 16

das Elfenbein

ivory

Question 17

d__ Ebenholz

Answer 17

das Ebenholz

ebony wood

Question 18

verschwinden (verschindet, verschwand, ist verschwunden)

Answer 18

to disappear

Question 19

Da as an adverb has several meanings. The more common meanings are…

As a subordinating conjunction, it means….

Answer 19

here, there, then, so, and whereupon

since, because

Question 20

Werden has three functions:

Answer 20

1. Werden + past participle = passive voice
2. Werden + infinitive = future tense
3. Werden alone = to become

Question 21

What are the principal parts of werden? (Infinitive, 3rd pers sg pres, 3rd perrs sg past, pres part, past part)

Answer 21

werden, wird, wurde, werdend, ist geworden/worden

to become, becomes, became, becoming, become

Question 22

an dem Tage, wo

Answer 22

on the day when

Question 23

aus sein mit

Answer 23

to be all over with/for

Question 24

Normally, wo means where, but combined with a __________, it means _____.

Answer 24

specific time period

when

Question 25

German seldom uses an apostrophe. When you see one, it maybe be _________. Try to replace it with the letter __ to see if the word then makes sense.

Answer 25

a contraction of the pronoun es

e

Question 26

What is an appositive?

Answer 26

An appositive is a noun or pronoun — often with modifiers — set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it. Here are some examples of appositives (the noun or pronoun will be in blue, the appositive will be in red).

Your friend Bill is in trouble.
My brother’s car, a sporty red convertible with bucket seats, is the envy of my friends.
The chief surgeon, an expert in organ-transplant procedures, took her nephew on a hospital tour.