📝 Lektion 5 Exercises: Mein neuer Job (My New Job)

🎯 Goal: Talk about a new job, use the simple past (Präteritum) of sein and haben, conduct a job interview 💡 Tip: In Präteritum, the auxiliary verbs sein and haben change specially: ich war, du warst, er war / ich hatte, du hattest, er hatte

Exercise 1: Job Vocabulary 🖊️

Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box:

die Firma	das Gehalt	der Chef	die Bewerbung	der Termin	die Aufgabe	die Kollegen	die Abteilung

I work at a large _________________.
My ________________ is very friendly and helpful.
The ________________ is good, but I'd like to earn more.
My ________________ was successful — I got the job!
I have a ________________ at 2 PM with the client.
My ________________ are nice; we often eat together.
The marketing ________________ is looking for new employees.
My first ________________ is the market analysis.

✅ Solution:

Sentence	Answer
1	Firma (company)
2	Chef (boss)
3	Gehalt (salary)
4	Bewerbung (application)
5	Termin (appointment)
6	Kollegen (colleagues)
7	Abteilung (department)
8	Aufgabe (task)

Exercise 2: Präteritum — sein and haben 🔗

Use the correct simple past form of sein or haben:

I _________________ at the office yesterday. (sein)
My boss _________________ no time. (haben)
We _________________ a great team. (sein)
_________________ you (sg.) have a different job before? (haben)
My colleagues _________________ all very nice. (sein)
_________________ you (pl.) satisfied with the project? (sein)
I used to _________________ a long commute. (haben)
The company _________________ only ten employees back then. (haben)

✅ Solution:

Sentence	Answer
1	war (I was at the office yesterday.)
2	hatte (My boss had no time.)
3	waren (We were a great team.)
4	Hattest (Did you have a different job before?)
5	waren (My colleagues were all very nice.)
6	Wart (Were you satisfied with the project?)
7	hatte (I used to have a long commute.)
8	hatte (The company had only ten employees back then.)

Exercise 3: Match Question & Answer (Job Interview) 🔗

Match each job interview question to the correct answer:

Question	Answer
1. Why did you apply to us?	a. Yes, I had a lot of contact with customers.
2. What were your tasks in your last job?	b. Thank you for the interview. Goodbye!
3. Do you have sales experience?	c. I was responsible for customer service.
4. What is your biggest goal?	d. I am interested in the work in your team.
5. Do you have any questions?	e. I want to develop myself long-term.
6. Thank you for the interview!	f. Yes, how many employees are in the department?

✅ Solution:

Question	Answer
1	d (I am interested in the work in your team.)
2	c (I was responsible for customer service.)
3	a (Yes, I had a lot of contact with customers.)
4	e (I want to develop myself long-term.)
5	f (Yes, how many employees are in the department?)
6	b (Thank you for the interview. Goodbye!)