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Ar­beits­blatt Fur­ther ex­er­ci­ses

Task

Write com­ple­te sen­ten­ces using the cor­rect form of the verb (focus on the bold verbs).   

Ex­pla­na­ti­on of the signs

+     →    write a po­si­ti­ve sen­tence
-     →    write a ne­ga­ti­ve sen­tence
?     →    write a ques­ti­on
.     →    write a state­ment

Ex­amp­le

When the Se­cond World War ended last cen­tu­ry, Eu­ro­pe’s lea­ders de­ci­ded to work to­ge­ther.

- : When the Se­cond World War ended last cen­tu­ry, Eu­ro­pe’s lea­ders did not de­ci­de to work   to­ge­ther.
? : Did Eu­ro­pe’s lea­ders not de­ci­de to work to­ge­ther, when the Se­cond World War ended?

Ex­pert know­ledge

Which tense is used here?     sim­ple past
Name the key­words:      last cen­tu­ry

 

Your turn

1. The Eu­ro­pean Union may soon have more than 30 Mem­ber Sta­tes, with very dif­fe­rent his­to­ries, lan­gua­ges and cul­tu­res.

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?

Ex­pert know­ledge

Can you find a sub­sti­tu­te for “may“ that doesn’t chan­ge the mea­ning of the sen­tence?

 

2. Can its ci­ti­zens de­ve­lop a sha­red sense of ‘being Eu­ro­pean’ while re­mai­ning de­eply at­ta­ched to their coun­try, their re­gi­on and their local com­mu­ni­ty?

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Ex­pert know­ledge

What kind of gram­ma­ti­cal form is “re­mai­ning“?

 

3. The Eu­ro­pean Union is con­stant­ly im­pro­ving its le­gis­la­ti­on to pro­vi­de bet­ter pro­tec­tion for pu­blic health.

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?

Ex­pert know­ledge

Re­wri­te the sen­tence in the past per­fect pro­gres­si­ve:

 

4. If you are an EU ci­ti­zen you have the right to tra­vel, work and live anyw­he­re in the Eu­ro­pean Union.

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Ex­pert know­ledge

Trans­form this sen­tence into a con­di­tio­nal sen­tence type 2.

 

5. Ci­ti­zens of Eu­ro­pean Union coun­tries can tra­vel, live and work anyw­he­re in the EU.

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?

Ex­pert know­ledge

What kind of verb is “can“ and how can you re­place it in dif­fe­rent ten­ses?

 

6. Extra: Write down two more sen­ten­ces as tasks for your class­ma­tes.

 

Lö­sungs­vor­schlag

1. The Eu­ro­pean Union may soon have more than 30 Mem­ber Sta­tes, with very dif­fe­rent his­to­ries, lan­gua­ges and cul­tu­res.

- The Eu­ro­pean Union may not soon have…
? May the EU not soon have...?

Ex­pert know­ledge

Can you find a sub­sti­tu­te for “may“ that doesn’t chan­ge the mea­ning of the sen­tence?
Might/could

 

2. Can its ci­ti­zens de­ve­lop a sha­red sense of ‘being Eu­ro­pean’ while re­mai­ning de­eply at­ta­ched to their coun­try, their re­gi­on and their local com­mu­ni­ty?

- Its ci­ti­zens can de­ve­lop a sha­red sense…
- Its ci­ti­zens can­not de­ve­lop

Ex­pert know­ledge

What kind of gram­ma­ti­cal form is “re­mai­ning“?
Par­ti­ciple con­struc­tion in­tro­du­ced by a con­junc­tion

 

3. The Eu­ro­pean Union is con­stant­ly im­pro­ving its le­gis­la­ti­on to pro­vi­de bet­ter pro­tec­tion for pu­blic health.

- The EU is not con­stant­ly im­pro­ving its….
? Is the EU not con­stant­ly…

Ex­pert know­ledge

Re­wri­te the sen­tence in the past per­fect pro­gres­si­ve:
The EU had not been con­stant­ly im­pro­ving …

 

4. If you are an EU ci­ti­zen you have the right to tra­vel, work and live anyw­he­re in the Eu­ro­pean Union.

- If you are not an/ are no EU ci­ti­zen you do not have the right…

Ex­pert know­ledge

Trans­form this sen­tence into a con­di­tio­nal sen­tence type 2 and type 3.
If you were an EU ci­ti­zen you would have the right…
If you had been an EU ci­ti­zen you would have had the right…

 

5. Ci­ti­zens of Eu­ro­pean Union coun­tries can tra­vel, live and work anyw­he­re in the EU.

? Can ci­ti­zens of Eu­ro­pean coun­tries .../ Are ci­ti­zens of Eu­ro­pean coun­tries al­lo­wed to/able to ...
- Can ci­ti­zens of Eu­ro­pean coun­tries not tra­vel... / Are ci­ti­zens of Eu­ro­pean coun­tries not al­lo­wed to/able to... 

Ex­pert know­ledge

What kind of verb is “can“ and how can you re­place it in dif­fe­rent ten­ses?
Modal au­xi­l­i­a­ry; to be al­lo­wed to/ to be able to

6. In­di­vi­du­el­le Auf­ga­ben und Lö­sun­gen

 

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