9-33: There are no determiners in front of the nouns for this exercise, so you need to figure out what the determiner would be in order to choose the ending for the adjective. For example:

• Ich trage Kleidung ==> Kleidung is in the Accusative, and it's feminine; feminine Accusative = die ==> the adjective ending is -e.
• Ich bestelle Essen ==> Essen is in the Accusative, and it's neuter; neuter Accusative = das ==> the adjective ending is -es
• Ich arbeite mit Leuten ==> Leuten is in the Dative (because of "mit"), and it's plural; plural Dative ==> den ==> the adjective ending is -en.

9-37: Remember the irregular comparative forms for this one. In particular:

• groß ==> größer [but you won't need it since you'll say "so groß wie" in this case]
• alt ==> älter
• hoch liegen ==> liegt höher als
• teuer ==> teurer
• viel Schnee haben ==> hat mehr Schnee
• gut ==> besser [but you won't need it since you'll say "so gut wie" in this case]
• stark ==> stärker [and click on the links for more info re: Bockbier & Exportbier!]

9-40: Remember the irregular superlative forms for this one. In particular:

• hoch ==> die höchsten
• if the adjective ends in -t, like "bekannt," then you need an extra "e": am bekanntesten, die älteste
• lang ==> der längste
• alt ==> die älteste
• viel ==> die meisten

You'll also need to think about the adjective endings. All of these have a determiner (der/das/die), and everything is Nominative ==> everything singular is in dictionary form [==> -e] and everything plural is not in dictionary form [==> -en]

W9-C Look for the word in bold font that both sentences have in common. This is the word that you will be replacing with a relative pronoun when you combine the sentences, as in this English example: The dog is very cute. I love the dog very much. ==> The dog, which I love very much, is very cute. Note how the relative clause "interrupts" the first sentence, providing additional information about the dog. After the relative clause, the first sentence continues.

• Note that the relative pronoun will generally rhyme with the pronoun it is replacing (e.g. ihn ==> den, ihnen ==> denen, sie ==> die, etc.). If it replaces a noun with an article, as in this exercise, then the relative pronoun will be the same as the article for the noun it is replacing, since it fulfills the same grammatical function. The only exception is that the Dative plural "den" is replaced by the Dative plural relative pronoun "denen" (the Accusative masculine "den" is replaced by the Accusative masculine relative pronoun "den"):
  • Ich möchte ein Praktikum machen. Das Praktikum soll drei bis vier Monate dauern. ==> Ich möchte ein Praktikum machen, das drei bis vier Monate dauern soll.
  • Ich will mit verschiedenen Leuten arbeiten. Ich kann von diesen Leuten viel lernen. ==> Ich will mit verschiedenen Leuten arbeiten, von denen ich viel lernen kann. [von diesen ==> Dative plural ==> von denen]
• Remember to move the conjugated verb to the end of the relative clause, as in the above examples.
• If the noun you are replacing is preceded by a preposition, then that preposition stays with the relative pronoun replacing that noun: prepositions are "inseparably" attached to "their" noun/pronoun:
  • Ich suche eine Gelegenheit. Ich kann meine Qualifikationen durch die Gelegenheit gut ausbauen ==> Ich suche eine Gelegenheit, durch die ich meine Qualifikationen gut ausbauen kann.
  • Ich will mit verschiedenen Leuten arbeiten. Ich kann von diesen Leuten viel lernen. ==> Ich will mit verschiedenen Leuten arbeiten, von denen ich viel lernen kann. [von diesen ==> Dative plural ==> von denen]

W9-E: Use hätte when it would make sense to say "would have"; use wäre when it would make sense to say "would be." Remember to choose the appropriate ending (ich hätte, du hättest, er/sie/es hätte, wir hätten, etc.)

W9-I: This is your chance to really systematically apply what you've learned about adjective endings. Try this more than once, and review it before the test! Ask your instructor if one of the answers doesn't make sense to you! Here's the basic procedure:

• Check that the adjective is before "its" noun. If it's not, it won't take an ending.
• Check if there's a "determiner" present. A determiner is any form of "der/das/die" or any other der-word (dieser, jeder, welcher etc.), or any ein-word with an ending (e.g. eine, meine, keinen, seinem, ihren, unserem, euren, but not ein, mein, kein, sein, ihr, unser, euer).
• If there's no determiner present, figure out what form of der/das/die would go in front of the noun, and give the adjective that ending. E.g. Ich esse einen Salat mit frisch__ Gemüse [N] ==> no determiner in front of Gemüse ==> What would it be? "Mit" puts us into the Dative, and "Gemüse" is neuter ==> the neuter Dative form of der/das/die is dem ==> the adjective ending will be -em ==> Ich esse einen Salat mit frischem Gemüse.
  • Short-cut: after ein (or any other ein-word without an ending), the adjective "shows the gender." This can only happen with masculine and neuter nouns. E.g. ein netter Mann [M], mein schneller BMW [M], ihr neuer Computer [M]; ein offenes Fenste [N]r, mein süßes Baby [N], ihr blaues Auto [N]
• If there's a determiner present, then the adjective ending will be -e if the determiner is in dictionary form (der/das/die or eine/meine/deine/keine etc. in the singular), and -en if it is not in dictionary form (dem, den, des; die or meine/deine/ihre/keine etc. in the plural, einen, einem, einer, etc.). Note that der is dictionary form for a masculine noun, but not dictionary form for a feminine noun.
  • For example: der große Mann, die/eine große Frau, das große Baby; den/einen großen Mann, der/einer großen Frau, dem/einem großen Baby, die großen Männer/Frauen/Babys; etc.

W9-J: More adjective ending practice. For this one, all the adjectives will be "unpreceded," i.e. there are no determiners present. See the explanation for W9-I above for more details!

W9-K: Though iLrn will give you a score of 0, save yourself some time by just writing the city names (with the appropriate -er endings) and checking the answers to see you have those right: Hamburger Schauspielhaus; Dresdner Bank; Limburger Käse (note the answers currently incorrectly say Limberger Käse); etc.

• Remember that some cities lose a vowel before the -er ending: Dresdner, Münchner, Zürcher

L9-D: This is good practice, but a bit confusing, as the information comes up in a different order in the listening text than in the statements in the activity. You will hear the information you need in the following order:

• (1) die Oper (die Semperoper)
• (4) eine Porzellansammlung (ganz toll!)
• (7) die Pension
• (6) das Haus (neben der Pension)
• (9) die Elbe. (5) and (2) follow right away in this paragraph.
• (5) die Terasse (hier macht sie das Foto von der Elbe)
• (2) der Fluss (die Elbe) (auf dem sie (mit dem Schiff) gefahren ist)
• (10) das Museum (für Volkskunst)
• (12) die Kirche (die Frauenkirche)
• (3) die Galerie (Galerie Mitte, moderne Kunst)
• (11) das Café (hier isst sie Mittagessen mit einer Italienerin, die sie in der Galerie kennen gelernt hat)
• (8) der Bahnhof

L9-F: First, fill in the adjective endings. The statements have been rephrased (and some are false), so you won't hear most of the endings in the text, but you can figure them out using the rules summarized above for W9-I. Then, listen to the monologue as often as you need to in order to decide if the statements are true or false. Note that some of the statements come up in a (very slightly) different order than in the audio.