Into the English World. Günther Albrecht
Verben. Letztere muss man sich ganz besonders gut einprägen. Aber trösten Sie sich, davon gibt es ja „nur“ etwa 150, im Gegensatz zu den vielen Hunderten, ja Tausenden von regelmäßigen Verben.
Jedes Verb hat eine Grundform (infinitive), eine Vergangenheitsform (past tense form) und ein Mittelwort der Vergangenheit (past participle), das für die Bildung der zusammengesetzten Zeitformen gebraucht wird.
THE VERB TO BE DAS VERB„ TO BE “
1 B KATHERINE MANSFIELD, THE GARDEN PARTY, PRÉCIS
One day in early summer the weather for the garden party is ideal. The gardener is preparing the large garden for this event in the afternoon. Even the bushes shine in full green and hundreds of roses have come out overnight, the only flowers that everybody knows.
Questions on the text. Tick the correct answer.
1. When is the weather ideal for a garden party?
| a. in spring | b. in summer | c. in autumn | d. in June or July |
2. The only flowers everybody seems to know are _____________.
| a. lawns | b. roses | c. green leaves | d. bushes |
3. “They” (l.5) are ______ .
| a. the workmen | b. mother and the gardener | c. Laura and the gardener | d. mother and her daughters |
4. Laura tells the workmen ______ .
| a. to cut the lawn | b. to finish breakfast | c. to put up the tent for the garden party | d. to carry the staves |
5. Laura likes one of the workmen and so she ______ .
| a. starts talking to him and is no longer afraid | b. begins to laugh | c. gives him her bread and butter | d. loses courage |
Give the past tense forms of these irregular words.
| infinitive | past tense form |
| 6. to be | |
| 7. to shine | |
| 8. to come | |
| 9. to know | |
| 10. to have breakfast | |
| 11. to tell | |
| 12. to leave | |
| 13. to put up | |
| 14. to do | |
| 15. to eat | |
| 16. to feel | |
| 17. to lose |
1 C LANGUAGE LAB
SAY IT AGAIN SAM
An American tourist is on tour through England with a rented TRUCK. He goes to a fast food restaurant and eats a massive portion of FRENCH FRIES with lots of KETCHUP on it and drinks some coke. (He has a bottle of LIQUOR with him, but as he is a driver he doesn’t drink it, of course.) Later he has a PUNCTURE in one of the TYRES. He goes to a garage nearby.
| Tourist: | “I have a FLAT, can you help me?” |
| Mechanic: | “Sorry Sir, we are a garage and not an ESTATE AGENT’s.” |
EXERCISE
Complete this diagram.
A BAVARIAN IN BOSTON
EXERCISE
Unterstreichen Sie die betonte Silbe:
| a desert (Wüste) | a dessert (Nachspeise, Dessert) |
1 D INTO THE ENGLISH WORLD
NEW ZEALAND
EXERCISES
I. Find the English words and expressions in the text for:
| 1. | umfasst | |
| 2. | etwas die achtfache Anzahl an | |
| 3. | Durchschnitt | |
| 4. | wird beherrscht von | |
| 5. | erstreckt sich von … bis | |
| 6. | stolperte über | |
| 7. | atemberaubend | |
| 8. |
bis heute
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