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Exercises: Lektion 12

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A. TAGE - Abkürzungen

Write out the full word for each of the following German
abbreviations (Abkürzungen) for the days of the week.
Then also write out the English word for that day.

1. Sa  Samstag = (Engl.) Saturday  AND
    Sa  Sonnabend = Saturday

2. Do  Donnerstag = Thursday

3. Fr  Freitag = Friday

4. So  Sonntag = Sunday

5. Mi  Mittwoch = Wednesday

6. Mo  Montag = Monday

7. Di  Dienstag = Tuesday

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B. WANN? An welchem Tag?

Write a complete sentence in German that says the same thing as the English.

Beispiel: They're coming on Wednesday. - Sie kommen am Mittwoch.

  8. Is he coming on Monday or (oder) Tuesday? - Kommt er am Montag oder am Dienstag?

  9. The meeting (das Treffen) is this Friday. - Das Treffen ist (am) kommenden Freitag.

10. Tomorrow is Saturday. - Morgen ist Samstag/Sonnabend.

11. Yesterday was Thursday. - Gestern war Donnerstag.

12. Wasn't that last Monday? - War das nicht letzten Montag?

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C. Tagesrätsel

Items 13-15 are a series of easy word puzzles. Write
in the missing day of the week for each item.

13. Heute ist Donnerstag. Morgen ist Freitag.

14. Gestern war Sonnabend. Heute ist Sonntag.

15. Heute ist Montag. Übermorgen ist Mittwoch.

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