Danish 17

2026/03/05

PD2 exam notes: fill-in-the-blanks

Besides vocabulary and grammar, these points are often what decide whether you get the blank right:

1. Look for sentence signals

Common words in this text that show contrast, reason, result, time, or concession:

If you identify the function first, it is much easier to guess the missing word.

2. Watch the word class

Before filling a blank, ask:

Very often the surrounding words tell you the answer type before they tell you the exact word.

3. Learn fixed expressions, not only single words

These are especially useful in PD2 texts:

If you remember chunks, you can often fill a blank even if you are unsure about the whole sentence.

4. Pay attention to references

In gap-fill exercises, a blank is often a small word that refers back to something earlier:

Always check what or who the word refers to in the previous clause.

5. Read for tone and logic

This text moves from an ordinary shopping trip to conflict and then to two different reactions:

When the meaning changes, the connector is often the key to the right answer.

6. Quick exam method

  1. Read the whole text once without filling anything in.
  2. Mark whether each blank needs a noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, preposition, or connector.
  3. Check collocations and fixed expressions.
  4. Re-read the full sentence to test meaning and word order.
  5. At the end, read the whole text aloud in your head to see whether it sounds natural.

7. What to review for this topic

PD2 grammar cheat sheet

Present tense

Past and perfect forms to notice

Subordinate clauses

Common starters:

Examples:

Word order in main clauses

When a sentence starts with another element, the verb usually comes before the subject:

This is very common in PD2 gap-fill tasks.

Pronouns and reference words

Always check the nearest logical reference.

Prepositions and particles to review

Useful connector meanings

Adjectives for reactions and opinions

These are often tested because they change the whole meaning of the sentence.

Mini test

Try to answer without looking at the original text.

  1. What does derfor express in this story: reason or result?
  2. Fill in the blank: Anna bliver ___, da hun ser chokoladen i kurven.
  3. Which phrase means to make a mistake: tage fejl or have lyst til?
  4. Fill in the blank: Chefen beder dem om at gå med ind på sit ___.
  5. Which word shows concession: alligevel or derfor?
  6. Fill in the blank: Han spørger, om han må kigge i hendes ___.
  7. What is the difference between vred and tilfreds?
  8. Which is correct: på indkøb or i indkøb?
  9. Fill in the blank: Ole glæder sig ___ at komme hjem.
  10. Why is Anna still negative even though the manager apologizes?

Answers

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Mini test

  1. Result.
  2. irriteret
  3. tage fejl
  4. kontor
  5. alligevel
  6. taske
  7. vred means angry; tilfreds means satisfied.
  8. på indkøb
  9. til
  10. Because she still feels the store treated them badly, so the apology does not remove the bad experience for her.

En dag er Anna og Ole Larsen på indkøb i et lille supermarked, der ligger tæt på deres hjem. Det har de været tit, men denne gang bliver deres indkøbstur meget anderledes, end den plejer.

indkøb = shopping

tæt = close

anderledes = different

forskellig = different

plejer = usually

One day Anna and Ole Larsen are shopping in a small supermarket that is close to their home. They have been there often, but this time their shopping trip becomes very different from what it usually does.

Anna og Ole skal købe ind til aftensmad, og de går rundt i butikken for at finde de varer, som de skal bruge. Pludselig ser Ole nogle æsker med lækre chokolader, og han lægger en af dem i indkøbskurven, for han elsker chokolade. Da Anna ser chokoladen i kurven, bliver hun irriteret. Ole har nemlig taget et par kilo på, og de har lige snakket om, at han ikke skal spise så meget sødt. Derfor tager Anna æsken op af kurven og lægger den på en hylde.

varer = goods

æsker = boxes

lækre = delicious

lægger = puts

indkøbskurv = shopping cart

hylde = shelf

Anna and Ole are shopping for dinner, and they are walking around the store to find the items they need. Suddenly Ole sees some boxes of delicious chocolates, and he puts one of them in the shopping cart because he loves chocolate. When Anna sees the chocolate in the cart, she gets irritated. Ole has actually gained a couple of kilos, and they just talked about how he shouldn’t eat so much sweet stuff. Therefore Anna takes the box out of the cart and puts it on a shelf.

Så går Anna og Ole til kassen og betaler deres varer. De vil gå ud af butikken, men så bliver de pludselig stoppet af butikschefen, som beder dem om at gå med ind på sit kontor. Han har nemlig set Ole lægge æsken med chokolade i kurven, og han spørger, hvorfor de ikke har betalt for chokoladen. Anna forklarer, at hun har taget chokoladen op af kurven igen inde i butikken. Chefen spørger, om han må kigge i hendes taske, og det siger Anna, at han gerne må. Så det gør han, men han finder selvfølgelig ikke chokoladen.

beder = asks

bedre = better

forklarer = explains

kigge = look

taske = bag

gerne må = is allowed to

So Anna and Ole go to the checkout and pay for their items. They want to leave the store, but then they are suddenly stopped by the store manager, who asks them to go with him into his office. He has actually seen Ole put the box of chocolate in the cart, and he asks why they haven’t paid for the chocolate. Anna explains that she took the chocolate out of the cart again inside the store. The manager asks if he may look in her bag, and Anna says that he is allowed to. So he does, but of course he doesn’t find the chocolate.

Chefen forstår, at han har taget fejl og undskylder mange gange. Han skynder sig også at hente en stor æske chokolade, som han giver til Anna og Ole. Han siger, at han håber, at de vil glemme den dårlige oplevelse. Alligevel er Anna vred, da de går hjem. Hun har ikke lyst til at købe ind i den butik mere, selvom chefen har sagt undskyld. Men Ole er meget tilfreds. Han synes, det var venligt af chefen at give dem en æske chokolade, og han glæder sig til at komme hjem og få et par stykker chokolade til kaffen.

forstår = understands

tage fejl = make a mistake

skynder sig = hurries

hente = fetch

hent en pakke = fetch a package

oplevelse = experience

alligevel = nevertheless

vred = angry

venligt = kind

kaffen = coffee

The manager understands that he made a mistake and apologizes many times. He also hurries to fetch a big box of chocolate, which he gives to Anna and Ole. He says that he hopes they will forget the bad experience. Nevertheless, Anna is angry when they go home. She doesn’t want to shop in that store anymore, even though the manager apologized. But Ole is very satisfied. He thinks it was kind of the manager to give them a box of chocolate, and he looks forward to coming home and having a couple of pieces of chocolate with his coffee.

Some unused words: