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Activities: "What are double-infinitive constructions 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: Check the infinitives

Find all the infinitives in the sentences below. Are they in the correct place? If not, fix them!

Activity 2: Present perfect

Rewrite the following sentences in the present perfect tense using double infinitive constructions.

Example:

Peter sieht den Postboten kommen.
→ Peter hat den Postboten kommen sehen.

Meine Mutter lässt sich die Haare schneiden.
→ .
Ich höre meine Hunde im Garten spielen.
→ .
Die Kinder müssen ihre Hausaufgaben machen.
→ .
Tamara will Schlittschuh laufen.
→ .
Ich lasse meine Wohnung putzen.
→ .

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