Before you start
Meet verschärfen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How verschärfen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | verschärfe | verschärfte |
| du | verschärfst | verschärftest |
| er/sie/es | verschärft | verschärfte |
| wir | verschärfen | verschärften |
| ihr | verschärft | verschärftet |
| Sie | verschärfen | verschärften |
Partizip II verschärft · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Die Stadt verschärft die Regeln.The city is making the rules stricter.present main clause
- 2Die Firma hat die Regeln verschärft.The company has made the rules stricter.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich bleibe zu Hause, weil der Streit die Lage verschärft.I’m staying at home because the argument is making the situation worse.verb at the end after weil
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
verschärfen + die Regel
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Make die Regel the thing being made stricter.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The schooldie Schule changedändern the ruledie Regel and made it stricter.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When pricesder Preis, die Preise went upsteigen, the shopdas Geschäft made its rulesdie Regel, die Regeln stricter.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The citydie Stadt made the rulesdie Regel, die Regeln stricter because many people complainedsich beschweren.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The ruledie Regel that the school changedändern is stricterstreng now.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The citydie Stadt wants to make the rulesdie Regel, die Regeln stricterstreng.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The teacherder Lehrer · die Lehrerin made the rulesdie Regel, die Regeln stricter to keep the childrendas Kind, die Kinder safe.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Would you make the rulesdie Regel, die Regeln stricter for them?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
verschärfen + die Regeln + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Use an obwohl-clause to show contrast.
- 2Make die Regeln the thing being made stricter.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Would you make any rule stricter at home or at school?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence using the target verb.
- 2Give a reason with a weil-clause.