Verbs with ‘zu’ – Practice Exercise
Complete the following sentences either with or without using ‘zu’, then click on the thumbnail to check your answers.
Verben mit ‘zu’ (Verbs which take ‘zu’)
Below are some phrases that you may want to use when talking about future plans and intentions:
Notice that we use ‘zu’ in some sentences when we use two verbs. There are some exceptions: Modal verbs and tenses – these do not use ‘zu’.
If you use ‘zu’, you need to split the sentence into two parts divided by a comma:
e.g. Ich hoffe, Arzt zu werden.
The direct translation would then be ‘I hope doctor to become’, but we would say ‘I hope to become a doctor’.
Past Tenses – Verb Table
Here is a list of common irregular verbs. Try to learn these verbs off by heart.
Das Wetter – Vokabeln (Test am 26sten / 27sten Februar)
Es ist windig Es hagelt
Es ist heiß Es regnet
Es gibt ein Gewitter Es ist sonnig
Es schneit
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