Tag: softskills

'Bother' in negative imperatives is followed by the -ing form. 'Don't bother doing the dishes' is correct - 'do' needs a helper verb, and 'to do' is ungrammatical.

The verb 'bother' can be followed by either a gerund (writing) or infinitive (to write) with similar meaning. In this context, 'bothered writing' indicates he hasn't taken the trouble to write. While both forms exist, the gerund is the expected answer here.

This question appears to be based on a specific local transit system's fare structure (likely in India). Without the specific fare table provided, the 5% value is the stored answer, but the question is context-dependent.

The question asks 'At what time do you have class?' The correct construction is 'Um wieviel Uhr' (at what time). 'Wann' means 'when' but doesn't combine with 'Uhr' in this way. The construction must include the preposition 'um' for specific times.

The sentence means 'I love Boris. Surely he loves me too.' The object of 'liebt' (loves) must be in the accusative case. 'Mich' is the accusative of 'ich' (I). 'Mir' is dative, 'sich' is reflexive, and 'mein' is a possessive adjective.

The sentence means 'I am traveling to Kerala. The plane starts on Sunday at 12:30.' In German, specific clock times require the preposition 'um' (at). 'Bis' means 'until', 'im' is a contraction of 'in dem', and 'am' is 'an dem' used with days but not clock times.

The sentence means 'Even the best instruction cannot succeed without the participation of the students.' The logic requires 'ohne' (without) - without student participation, even excellent teaching cannot succeed. The other prepositions don't make logical sense.

The sentence means 'After class, we go to the restaurant.' 'Nach' means 'after' and takes the dative case 'dem'. 'Bis' means 'until', 'ab' means 'from/since', and 'mit' means 'with' - none fit the temporal meaning of 'after class'.