the order of adverbs in a German sentence - time before manner before place, abbreviated to TMP

when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place in questions or word order 2

B1 feedback - Wien ist ein wunderbares Reiseziel ...

Wiener Festwochen: inversion, time-manner-place

German

This unit revisits the future tense, 2-verb structures and the present tense with future meaning. Word order with time-manner-place is consolidated in the context of travel plans.

Communication and the world around us: los geht's. Wohin?

In which city does the event 'die Wiener Festwochen' take place?

Which of these nouns are cognates or near-cognates in German?

must always start with an adverb of time.

must always start with an adverb of manner.

must always start with an adverb of place.

can start with any adverb to emphasise that element.

can end with any adverb to emphasise that element.

Order the words to form a sentence which follows the time-manner-place rule.

Write in German: 'When are you going to the café?'

Which of these words means 'frequent(ly)'?

Order the words to say: 'I study both history and geography.'

Write in English: 'Dort gibt es keine Cafés.'

Write in German: 'Die Reise war wunderbar.'

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