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Neu in Deutschland: 'hatte', 'war', 'es gab', imperfect tense singular & plural

German

Neu in Deutschland: irregular past participles, perfect tense with 'haben'

Namibia: extended reading, extended writing

This unit introduces perfect tense irregular past participles, and consolidates translation of the German perfect tense with the English 'did' and 'have done' The simple past of haben, sein, es gab, weak and strong verbs are revisited in singular persons, and plural persons added.

People and lifestyle: Identitätsprobleme

The German imperfect tense is use mainly in writing.

'Haben' and 'sein' are irregular in the imperfect tense.

All German verbs have the same endings in the imperfect tense.

'Es gab' means 'there is' or 'there are'.

The verb form 'hatte' can be used with the pronouns I, she, he and it.

Which of the following statements about the German imperfect tense are true?

Sort the imperfect verb forms below into the following order: (1) I (and he/she/it) (2) you (singular), (3) we, (4) you (plural).

Irregular verb stems in the imperfect tense need to be learnt, but the past participle and the imperfect stem are often similar. Match the German to the English simple past equivalent. 

a group of people who live in shared accommodation

an individual room in a student hall of residence

Write the following sentence in German: 'I had a book.'

The English words below are cognates or near-cognates in German. Which ones change spelling in German?

Which of the following sentences are in the perfect tense?

Match the imperfect forms of 'sein' and 'haben' to the correct English meanings.

'Es gibt' means __________. 'Es gab' is the imperfect tense form, meaning __________. For example: 'Es __________ im Winter Schnee in den Alpen, aber letztes Jahr __________ es nicht genug!' 

'Hatte', 'war' and 'es gab' are frequently used in writing and speaking in German to describe past events. Other forms of the imperfect tense are mostly used in {{}}.

Starter Quiz

The English words below are cognates or near-cognates in German. Which ones change spelling in German?