Reading · B1 · Text 7

Ausstellung

32 words1 min read88% known at B1

Solche Verkaufsausstellungen sind im Grunde ähnlich wie eine Messe.

Such sales exhibitions are basically similar to a trade fair.

Dort kommen aber immer mehrere Firmen zusammen, um den Kunden ihre Angebote zu zeigen.

However, several companies always come together there to show their offers to customers.

Aber auch eine Messe dauert nur eine bestimmte Zeit.

But a trade fair also lasts only a certain time.

2 words above B1

solche← solch

such demonstrative pronoun; here plural nominative form of solch

Verkaufsausstellungen← die Verkaufsausstellung

sales exhibition(s) plural; compound of Verkauf (sale) + Ausstellung (exhibition)

Grammar in this text

Infinitive purpose clause with 'um ... zu'

um den Kunden ihre Angebote zu zeigen

This structure expresses the purpose of an action. The verb in the infinitive takes the form 'zu' + infinitive (here 'zu zeigen') and is placed at the end of the clause. The subject of the clause is the same as in the main clause.

Demonstrative pronoun 'solch' (such) as a determiner

Solche Verkaufsausstellungen sind im Grunde ähnlich wie eine Messe.

'Solche' is the inflected form of 'solch' in the nominative plural. It agrees with the noun it modifies and means 'such'.

Keep going

B1 · Text 6 Übersetzung 88% known · 129 words Read B1 · Text 8 Steiger 87% known · 31 words Read Practice B1 reading questions Comprehension and true/false items on texts like this one. Test yourself

Same text, graded forB2 version

Text from Ausstellung — Klexikon, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.

Translation, glossary and grammar notes are machine-generated and inherit the same licence.