Before you start
Meet eilen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How eilen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | eile | eilte |
| du | eilst | eiltest |
| er/sie/es | eilt | eilte |
| wir | eilen | eilten |
| ihr | eilt | eiltet |
| Sie | eilen | eilten |
Partizip II geeilt · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich eile zum Bus.I hurry to the bus.present main clause
- 2Er ist zum Bus geeilt.He hurried to the bus.Perfekt with sein
- 3Ich bleibe hier, weil ich nach Hause eile.I’m staying here because I’m hurrying home.verb at the end after weil
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
eilen + nach Hause
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that the man is going home.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She hurried to him.
Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the busder Bus, die Busse arrived, we hurried outsidenach draußen.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I hurried because my childdas Kind, die Kinder was waitingwarten.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The womandie Frau, die Frauen who hurried to the stationder Bahnhof, die Bahnhöfe missedverpassen her trainder Zug, die Züge.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We must hurry to the doctorder Arzt, die Ärzte.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She hurried to the shopder Laden, die Läden to buy breaddas Brot, die Brote.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Did you hurry to help him?
Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
eilen + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put that clause's verb at the end.
- 3Say that she hurried to the station.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
When do you hurry, and where do you go? Answer in one German sentence.
Your challenge
- 1Answer with a wenn-clause.
- 2Say where you hurry to.