a verb that follows a regular pattern of changes

part of the verb that appears in all forms, created by removing the 'en' or 'n' ending of the infinitive

B1, B2 - 1 Ich spiele jeden Tag Saxophon und Gitarre, schreibe ...

B1, B2 - 2 Zweimal in der Woche macht Heidi Yoga. Wenn die Schule ...

B1, B2 - 3 Mia ist sehr sportlich und spielt in einer Fußballmannschaft ...

Meine Mannschaft: stem changes 't' not 'st', 'e' before 't'/'st', 'el' stem

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Liest du Romane? Questions and informal imperatives with strong verbs

Meine Freizeit: present tense for future meaning, extended writing

This unit consolidates the present tense and imperative forms (du/ihr) of weak and strong verbs, and revises the present tense with time adverbs to express future meaning. It revisits stem changes for verbs like finden (findest)  and 't' not 'st' for verbs in examples like 'du tanzt'.

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Sort the words below into the correct order to form the following sentence: 'The TV programme was not successful.'

follow a regular pattern of changes in the present tense.

add just ‘t’ instead of ‘st’ in the ‘du’ form.

Verb stems ending in ‘s’, ‘ß’, ‘x’, ‘z’

lose the ‘e’ in the first person singular of the present tense.

add ‘e’ before the ending in the ‘du’, ‘er, sie, es’ and ‘ihr’ forms.

Match up the sentence halves about different types of verbs.

Which of these are entirely regular weak verbs in the present tense?

Translate the following into German: 'I change'.

Translate the following into German: 'You draw'.

The {{}} tense describes what is happening now or habitual events.

Order the words to say: 'Exercise is very important to me.'

Translate into English: 'Radfahren macht Spaß.'

Starter Quiz

The tense describes what is happening now or habitual events.