Whose doll is it? · German reading A2

Read “Whose doll is it?”, a A2 German text in five short paragraphs, then check two comprehension questions and continue into guided practice.

Marie: Mutti! Thomas nimmt mir immer meine Puppe weg.

Bettina: Thomas! Du sollst deiner Schwester nicht ihre Puppe wegnehmen.

Thomas: Nein, das ist meine Puppe.

Bettina: Nein. Die Puppe gehört deiner Schwester.

Thomas: Gut, hier hast du die Puppe.

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Who takes the doll away?

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Thomas

Marie complains: “Thomas nimmt mir … meine Puppe weg”: Thomas takes my doll away from me.

According to Bettina, who owns the doll?

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Thomas’s sister

“Die Puppe gehört deiner Schwester” means the doll belongs to your sister. Gehören takes dative.

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