Use of nominative, accusative and dative cases in German

Gap-fill exercise

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1.The subject of a German sentence is in the case.
2. Direct objects are in the case.
3. In the sentence "Der Student trinkt gern Kaffee", "der Student" is the of the sentence, so it is in the case. "Kaffee" is the in the case.
4. In the sentence "Leider kann ich ihn erst morgen besuchen", the subject of the sentence is , and it is in the case. The direct object is , and it is in the case.
5. Indirect objects are in the case. For example in the sentence "Ich gebe meinem Onkel ein Bier", the indirect object is . It is in the case.
6. Identify the direct object and the indirect object in the following sentence: "Er schenkt seiner Freundin ein Buch zum Geburtstag." The direct object is , which is in the case. The indirect object is , and it is in the case.
7. The accusative and dative cases also are used in conjunction with certain.
8. The prepositions "für, ohne, gegen, durch and um" are prepositions. Insert the following accordingly: "Wir gehen ohne (unser Vater) einkaufen. Er hat Blumen für (ich). Ich bekomme die Konzertkarten durch (mein Nachbar)."
9. The prepositions "bei, von, nach, aus, außer, mit, zu and seit" are prepositions. Insert the following accordingly: "Ich helfe (meine Schwester) bei (ihre Hausaufgaben). Der Vater spricht mit (seine Kinder).
10. Fill in all the nouns in brackets in the required case: "Meine Mutter schenkt (ihre Freundin) immer (ein Roman). (die Freundin) liest den Roman oft mit (ihr Student, use plural!). Ihr gefallen (die Romane) immer sehr gut.