"Writing (job application)"
Cover every bullet point + Opinions with reasons
Missing a bullet point costs marks. Add ‘weil’ clauses and a mix of tenses.
Ich arbeite gern mit Menschen, weil ich freundlich bin.
🇩🇪 National 5 German
Ich… trinke… Tee? I learned that! But why does ‘weil’ throw my verb to the end of the sentence?
Answer recipes
"Word order (V2)"
Time → Verb → Subject → Manner → Place
The verb is always the second idea. ‘Weil/dass’ send the verb to the end.
Am Wochenende spiele ich Tennis im Park.
"Reading / Listening"
Detail + Qualifier
Include small words like ‘oft’, ‘nie’, ‘fast’ — they change the meaning and the mark.
‘Er geht fast nie aus’ = he hardly ever goes out.
Fix Muffle's messy draft
Rebuild the sentence: “At the weekend I play tennis in the park.”
Remember: the verb is the second idea.
Time → Verb → Subject → Place
I wrote everything down… even my cake thoughts. Can you make my reply make sense?
Muffle's draft
5 piecesich
Am Wochenende
ich spielen
Tennis im Park.
spiele
Crossed out (0)
Perhaps not every thought belongs in my answer…
Short structure practice · not a complete exam answer or an official mark prediction