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A2 · SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Sollen instructions and advice

Sollen often reports an instruction or expectation from someone else. Sollte can give advice. Conjugate the modal and leave the other verb as an infinitive at the end. Soll and sollte are not identical in force: an instruction and a recommendation can sound different.

Reference

SubjectPresentPast form
ich / er / sie / essollsollte
dusollstsolltest
wir / sie / Siesollensollten
ihrsolltsolltet

Try four exercises

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1. Du ___ den Lehrer fragen. (present sollen)
Answer and explanation

sollst

Du takes sollst.

2. Which is a suggestion to practise more?
Answer and explanation

Du solltest mehr üben.

After solltest, use the infinitive üben.

3. Die Lehrerin sagt, wir sollen ___.
Answer and explanation

warten

Sollen takes an infinitive.

4. Ihr ___ die Aufgabe lesen. (present)
Answer and explanation

sollt

Ihr takes sollt.

Use it yourself

Write or say two new sentences using this pattern. Compare the forms and word order with the reference above.

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