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Activities: "What are the most important rules for writing and spelling in German?"

By: Babsi Cabrera
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These activities are part of our German Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Activity 1: Capitalization

In the following sentences, some words are capitalized correctly, while others are not. Select the words that need to be capitalized.

!1. !Tim !fährt !gern !mit !dem !fahrrad !zur !arbeit!.
!2. !Bei !rot !bleibt !man !stehen, !bei !grün !kann !man !gehen.
!3.!Nach !der !Schule !geht !Tim !in !den !zoo, !um !die !tiere !zu !sehen.
!4. !Herr !Meier, !müssen !sie !heute !arbeiten?
!5. !Er !liebt !es !auch, !im !wald !spazieren !zu !gehen.
!6. !Das !buch!, !das !er !liest, !handelt !von !der !liebe !zum !kochen!.
!7. !Die !straßenbahn !fährt !direkt !zum !bahnhof!.
!8. !Ihr !lachen !klang !wunderschön.

Activity 2: Commas

In the following sentences, some commas are missing. Add commas where necessary.

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