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📝 Lektion 16 Exercises: Sport und Ernährung (Sports and Nutrition)

🎯 Goal: Learn sports and nutrition vocabulary, use the imperative form (Imperativ), write recipes and health instructions.

💡 Tip: Memorize sports verbs with their prepositions — for example, "sich anmelden zu" and "teilnehmen an" require specific prepositions.


Exercise 1: Sports Vocabulary — Match the Word 🖊️

Match the sport with the letter of the correct sentence from the box:

a. You ride a board on water. — b. You ski on snow with two boards. — c. You meet in a club and score goals. — d. You move in the water with arms and legs. — e. You lift weights at the gym. — f. You run in the park or forest.

# Sport Letter
1 Fußball __
2 Schwimmen __
3 Skifahren __
4 Surfen __
5 Joggen __
6 Krafttraining __

Exercise 2: Nutrition Vocabulary — Categorize Foods 🔗

Categorize the following foods into the groups listed in the box:

Groups: Obst — Gemüse — Milchprodukte — Fleisch/Fisch — Getreideprodukte

# Food Group
1 der Apfel __
2 die Banane __
3 die Tomate __
4 der Käse __
5 der Joghurt __
6 das Hähnchen __
7 der Lachs __
8 das Brot __
9 die Nudeln __
10 der Reis __
11 die Karotte __
12 der Spinat __
13 die Milch __
14 das Ei __
15 die Orange __

Exercise 3: Writing a Recipe with Imperativ ✍️

Write the following recipe using the imperative form (Imperativ) for "Sie" and for "du":

Ingredients: 200g noodles, 2 eggs, salt, pepper, cheese

A. du-form:

# Step Imperative (du)
1 Boil water __
2 Add noodles __
3 Cook 10 minutes __
4 Put eggs in the pan __
5 Season with salt and pepper __
6 Sprinkle cheese on top __

B. Sie-form:

# Step Imperative (Sie)
1 Boil water __
2 Add noodles __
3 Cook 10 minutes __
4 Put eggs in the pan __
5 Season with salt and pepper __
6 Sprinkle cheese on top __

Exercise 4: Healthy Eating Dialogue 💬

Complete the dialogue between a doctor and a patient:

# Dialogue Missing word
1 Arzt: Guten Tag, Herr Müller. Was ______ Ihnen? __
2 Patient: Guten Tag, Herr Doktor. Ich habe oft ______ und fühle mich müde. __
3 Arzt: ______ Sie genug? __
4 Patient: Ich ______ nicht so viel. Ich habe wenig Zeit. __
5 Arzt: ______ Sie mehr Obst und Gemüse! __
6 Arzt: Und ______ Sie regelmäßig Sport! __

Exercise 5: Write About Your Favorite Sport and Food 📝

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

# Question Your answer
1 Welche Sportart machst du gern? (Which sport do you like to do?) __
2 Wie oft machst du Sport? (How often do you do sports?) __
3 Was isst du am liebsten? (What is your favorite food?) __
4 Was ist dein Lieblingsgetränk? (What is your favorite drink?) __

💡 Extra Tip: When using Imperativ with "du": - Regular verbs: kochen → koch + e = Koche! - Irregular verbs (e → i): sprechen → sprich!, geben → gib! (no -e ending) - Separable verbs: aufstehen → steh auf! (the prefix goes to the end)


Übungen / Additional Interactive Exercises

Exercise 6: Choose the Correct Imperative Form 🎯

Choose the correct imperative (Imperativ) form:

# Sentence a) b) c) d)
1 ______ das Wasser! (du) Koche Kochst Kochen Kocht
2 ______ Sie mehr Obst und Gemüse! Iss Esse Isst Essen
3 ______ die Eier in die Pfanne! (du) Geben Gibst Gib Gibt
4 ______ Sie regelmäßig Sport! Mach Mache Macht Machen
5 ______ mehr Wasser! (du) Trinkst Trink Trinken Trinkt

Exercise 7: Fill in the Blank with Food Vocabulary 🖊️

Complete the sentences with the correct word (including the definite article):

# Sentence Answer
1 ______ ist gelb. (banana) __
2 ______ schmeckt gut auf dem Brot. (cheese) __
3 ______ trinke ich oft zum Frühstück. (milk) __
4 ______ essen wir mit Tomatensoße. (pasta) __
5 ______ ist rot und rund. (tomato) __

Exercise 8: Match German Word to Meaning 🔗

Match each German word to its correct meaning:

Deutsch Meaning Match
1. die Ernährung a. recipe
2. das Mitglied b. movement
3. das Rezept c. nutrition
4. die Bewegung d. member
5. die Zutat e. ingredient

🎯 Review: New vocabulary — der Verein (club), das Mitglied (member), das Training (training), die Bewegung (movement), gesund (healthy), ungesund (unhealthy), fit (fit), die Ernährung (nutrition), die Zutat (ingredient), das Rezept (recipe)