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MOTIVE A2 · printed page 75
Fragen A
5 questions
C2.a · A.1Teacher example
Bekommst du oft Einladungen?
Do you often receive invitations?
Your answer
No independent answer submitted; a teacher example is shown.
Teacher example
Ja, ich bekomme oft Einladungen, zum Beispiel zu Geburtstagsfeiern.
Yes, I often receive invitations, for example to birthday parties.
Analysis
Bekommen means to receive. Die Einladung is singular; die Einladungen is plural.
This is a personal question: the answer should reflect the learner's own experience.
If invitations are rare
Nein, ich bekomme nur selten Einladungen.
Teacher example only. The learner requested a model and has not submitted an independent answer to A.1.
C2.a · A.2Guided practice
Wer lädt dich ein?
Who invites you?
Your answer
meine frunden oft lädt mir ein
Corrected answer
Meine Freunde laden mich oft ein.
My friends often invite me.
What worked
The learner expresses the intended meaning and puts the separated prefix ein at the end.
Analysis
Meine Freunde is plural, so use laden. Singular er/sie/es uses lädt.
Einladen takes an accusative object: mich means me here.
Put the conjugated verb second: Meine Freunde | laden | mich oft | ein.
Freunde is the correct spelling and begins with a capital. In the nominative, use meine before plural Freunde.
Follow-up attempts (3)
Guided checkSuccessful guided step
___ Bruder / ___ Eltern
mein-meine
Both choices are correct: mein Bruder (masculine singular) and meine Eltern (plural).
Guided checkMore practice needed
Meine Schwester ___ mich oft ___. (einladen)
laden-ein
Teacher correction: Meine Schwester lädt mich oft ein.
Ein is in the right place. Meine Schwester is singular and needs lädt.
Guided retrySuccessful guided step
Mein Bruder ___ mich oft ein.
lädt
Correct singular form after the explicit model.
The later correct short answers followed explanations and models. They show immediate guided success; retention has not been checked.
C2.a · A.3Reviewed
Hat dein Chef dich einmal eingeladen?
Has your boss ever invited you?
Your answer
Nein, mein Chef hat nie mich eingladen.
Corrected answer
Nein, mein Chef hat mich noch nie eingeladen.
No, my boss has never invited me before.
What worked
Mein Chef and the auxiliary hat are correctly formed. The learner puts the attempted participle at the end.
Analysis
The neutral order here is hat mich nie, with mich before nie.
The participle is eingeladen: ein + ge + laden.
Noch nie means never before and fits a question about experience. Nie by itself is also grammatically possible.
Also correct
Nein, mein Chef hat mich nie eingeladen.
C2.a · A.4Guided practice
Was bringst du mit?
What do you bring along?
Your answer
Sie hat mich noch nie engeladen, deshalb ich bringe kein thug mit mich
Corrected answer
Sie hat mich noch nie eingeladen, deshalb bringe ich nichts mit.
She has never invited me, so I don't bring anything.
What worked
The learner correctly reuses hat mich noch nie from the preceding feedback and chooses the first-person form bringe.
Analysis
After deshalb, the conjugated verb comes immediately next: deshalb bringe ich.
Use nichts for nothing. Mitbringen has the separated prefix mit at the end; the extra mit mich is unnecessary here.
The participle is eingeladen, with the prefix ein-.
The correction retains Sie, the learner's feminine pronoun. If referring to the previously mentioned masculine Chef, use Er.
Follow-up attempts (1)
Guided checkSuccessful guided step
Ich bin müde, deshalb ___ ___ zu Hause. (ich / bleiben)
bleibeßich
Teacher correction: Ich bin müde, deshalb bleibe ich zu Hause.
The intended order bleibe ich is correct. Write the words with a space; the inserted ß appears to be a typing error.
The teacher interpreted kein thug as an attempt to say nothing. The original wording is preserved above.
C2.a · A.5Guided practice
Kommst du immer pünktlich?
Are you always on time?
Your answer
Nein, ich Immer komme spät
Corrected answer
Nein, ich komme immer zu spät.
No, I always arrive late.
What worked
The first-person form komme is correct, and the negative response is understandable.
Analysis
Put the verb second: ich komme immer. Immer stays lowercase within the sentence.
Zu spät means late for an expected time.
Immer zu spät means always late. Nicht immer pünktlich means not always on time; this alternative changes the frequency.
Follow-up attempts (1)
Sentence-order retrySuccessful guided step
Put in order: ich / oft / komme / zu spät
ich komme oft zu spät
Teacher correction: Ich komme oft zu spät.
Correct word order, verb form, and zu spät. Capitalize Ich at the start. This guided retry uses oft rather than immer.
Fragen B
5 questions
C2.a · B.1Reviewed
Hast du schon einmal viele Gäste (drei oder mehr) eingeladen?
Have you ever invited three or more guests?
Your answer
Nein, ich habe nicht oft viele Gäste engeladen
Corrected answer
Ja, aber ich habe nicht oft viele Gäste eingeladen.
Yes, but I haven't often invited many guests.
Meaning clarified by the learner
nicht oft
The learner chose not often when asked to clarify never versus infrequent invitations. The correction preserves this meaning.
What worked
Ich habe and the sentence-final participle position are correct. Nicht oft is correctly placed for the intended frequency.
Analysis
The participle is eingeladen.
Schon einmal asks whether something has happened at least once. Ja answers that question; aber ... nicht oft adds low frequency.
Noch nie would mean never before. That is a different meaning from the learner's clarification.
C2.a · B.2Guided practice
Waren deine Gäste pünktlich?
Were your guests on time?
Your answer
ja meine Gäste weren pünktlich
Corrected answer
Einige Gäste waren pünktlich, andere sind zu spät gekommen.
Some guests were on time; others arrived late.
Meaning clarified by the learner
but i wana say some were ontime and some late
The detailed correction follows the learner's intended mixed-arrival meaning.
What worked
The first answer has the correct plural subject and sentence order. The learner later writes a correct, more detailed sentence.
Analysis
Spell the past plural of sein as waren. The basic correction is Ja, meine Gäste waren pünktlich.
The learner then clarified that some were on time and some late. Einige ... andere ... expresses that distinction.
Kamen is the Präteritum plural of kommen. Sind ... gekommen is the Perfekt alternative.
Waren and sind ... gekommen work naturally together in this sentence. Repeating Gäste is also correct.
Teacher's initial model with kamen
Einige Gäste waren pünktlich, andere kamen zu spät.
Follow-up attempts (1)
Learner rewrite after explanationSuccessful guided step
Express that some guests were on time and others arrived late.
Einige Gäste waren pünktlich, andere Gäste sind zu spät gekommen
Grammatically correct. The second Gäste can be kept or omitted. The rewrite followed an explanation and a supplied Perfekt model.
C2.a · B.3Guided practice
Haben die Gäste Geschenke mitgebracht?
Did the guests bring gifts?
Your answer
Nein, sie bringen nicht mit
Corrected answer
Nein, sie haben keine Geschenke mitgebracht.
No, they didn't bring any gifts.
What worked
Sie bringen is correct in the present tense, and the learner puts the separated prefix mit at the end.
Analysis
The question is about the past. Use haben ... mitgebracht.
Mitbringen is the infinitive; mitgebracht is the participle. Bringen becomes gebracht.
Keine Geschenke negates the plural noun. It means no gifts, without claiming that the guests brought nothing at all.
Follow-up attempts (1)
Guided Perfekt checkMore practice needed
Ja, sie ___ Blumen ___. (mitbringen)
haben mitbringen
Teacher correction: Ja, sie haben Blumen mitgebracht.
Haben is correct. The second gap requires the participle mitgebracht. Participle formation still needs practice.
The flowers sentence is a hypothetical grammar check, not a fact about the learner's guests.
C2.a · B.4Reviewed
Was habt ihr gemacht?
What did you do together?
Your answer
Wir haben hausarbeiten gemacht
Corrected answer
Wir haben Hausarbeiten gemacht.
We did household chores.
Meaning clarified by the learner
householding. they didn't bring any gift, so...
The intended activity is household chores. The original scenario is retained.
What worked
Wir haben, the sentence order, and the sentence-final gemacht are correct. Gemacht was also present in the question.
Analysis
Hausarbeiten is a noun and begins with a capital. The plural is grammatically valid.
Hausarbeit is a common collective alternative for household chores. Hausaufgaben means homework, which the learner confirmed was not intended.
The learner linked the chores to the guests not bringing gifts. The longer teacher example connects both answers with deshalb haben wir.
Teacher model connecting B.3 and B.4
Sie haben keine Geschenke mitgebracht, deshalb haben wir zusammen Hausarbeit gemacht.
C2.a · B.5Reviewed
Hat jemand bei der Vorbereitung geholfen?
Did anyone help with the preparations?
Your answer
Ja, ich habe der VorBereitung geholfen
Corrected answer
Ja, ich habe bei der Vorbereitung geholfen.
Yes, I helped with the preparations.
What worked
The learner uses habe and sentence-final geholfen correctly. Geholfen was supplied in the question.
Analysis
Bei der Vorbereitung expresses the activity the learner helped with.
Jemandem helfen means helping a person; bei ... helfen expresses helping with an activity.
Write Vorbereitung with only the first letter capitalized. The corrected sentence preserves the learner's subject ich.
Both question sets in C2.a have been covered: A.1 as a teacher example, A.2–A.5 and B.1–B.5 as learner responses. The next reporting exercise in C2.b has not been answered.