Check for Understanding 1

Check for Understanding 2

a noun for someone who performs the action of a verb, usually ending in -er; for example, worker - ‘Arbeiter’

German single-word past tense used mainly to narrate past events in writing; for example, 'war', 'hatte', 'gab', 'fand'

German two-word past tense using either 'haben' or 'sein' with a past participle

Check - Verdiener

Check - Verdienerin

Matthias Maurer: yes/no questions in the perfect and imperfect tenses

German

Heidi: perfect tense -ieren verbs, perfect tense with adverbs

Marietta Slomka: dictation, extended translation

This unit revisits the perfect tense of '-ieren' verbs, the use and translation of perfect tense with adverbs of time. Pupils learn to add -er to a verb stem to create male agent nouns, extending their ability to manipulate known and new vocabulary when talking about role models.

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Match the subjects to the correct imperfect verb forms.

Sort the words below into the correct order to complete the following sentence: 'Du __________ sehr müde, als wir im Kino __________.  Der Film __________ spannend und ihr __________ glücklich.'

Sort the words below into the correct order to complete the following sentence: Male __________ nouns add __________ to the __________ stem. Then add __________ for the feminine form of the noun.

Match these German male agent nouns to their English meanings. 

Which of the below are correctly formed yes/no questions about Matthias Maurer?

'Ich __________ (read) das Buch, als ich im Urlaub __________ (was). Ich  _________ (lay) am Strand aber meine Mutter __________ (sat) im Schatten. Dann __________ (wrote) ich dir einen Brief.'

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

Past participles of -ieren verbs always end in {{}}.

Write the sentence as a statement and add a question mark at the end.

In the present tense, put the verb first, then the subject.

In the perfect tense, put 'haben' or 'sein' first, then the subject. 

Put the question word first, then the verb, then the subject. 

Which of these statements correctly describe how to form a yes/no question in German?

Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'Did you answer the question?'

Which verbs do **not** have 'ge-' at the beginning of their past participles?

Matthias Maurer: yes/no questions in the perfect and imperfect tenses

Lesson outcome