relationship between letters and their sounds, abbreviated to SSC

1st and 3rd person plural imperfect tense form of 'haben', meaning 'had'

2nd person plural imperfect tense form of 'haben', meaning 'had'

1st and 3rd person plural imperfect tense form of 'sein', meaning 'were'

2nd person plural imperfect tense form of 'sein', meaning 'were'

B1 - 1 [Du] hattest keine Lust einzuschlafen. 

B1 - 2 [Ihr] wart immer aktiv und in Bewegung.

B1 - 3 [Du] warst gerne im Garten und hast die Blumen beim Wachsen beobachtet.

B1 - 4 [Du] hattest das Talent, ungefähr einen Meter zu spucken.

B1 - 5 [Ihr] wart meistens in der Nacht wach. 

B1 - 6 [Ihr] hattet den Plan, Wissenschaftler zu werden. 

B1 - 7 [Du] warst bei den Nachbarn beliebt.

B1 - 8 [Ihr] hattet oft Zahnschmerzen

Childhood experiences: imperfect plural forms of 'sein' and 'haben'

German

Famous people and their languages: perfect tense with 'sein', calendar years

Language and identity: separable verbs, cardinal and ordinal numbers

Childhood experiences: imperfect modal verbs 'konnte', 'musste', 'wollte'

Migration: imperfect modal verbs 'konnte', 'musste', 'wollte'

Migration: imperfect modal verbs, word order with two-verb structures

Migrant experiences: noun suffixes, ‘welch-’

This unit revisits the perfect tense with sein, introducing change of state verbs, and teaches the formation of past participles of separable verbs. Imperfect modal verbs (singular) are introduced as pupils learn about past lives and experiences within the cultural context of migration in Germany.

Past lives and experiences: imperfect modal verbs, perfect tense

Match the subject pronoun with the correct form of the verb.

Which of the words below does **not** have the same sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) in the vowels as 'Mai'?

What is the correct meaning of 'Sie' in the following sentence? 'Sie haben viel Geld.'

Match the subject pronoun and verb stems to the correct verb endings.

Choose the correct verb to complete the following sentence: 'Sie __________ Tennis.' (They play tennis.)

A modal verb is a verb of necessity or possibility ('must', 'can', 'want') used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive, which goes to the {{}} of the sentence.

Starter Quiz

Match the German and English.