past tense formed with the present tense of 'sein' or 'haben' and a past participle

single-word past tense used mainly to narrate past events in writing

verb whose past participle adds ‘en’ and often changes the stem vowel, e.g., 'geflogen'.

verb which changes the stem vowel in the imperfect tense, e.g., ‘blieb’

C1 - 1 Ich habe gerade einen Film heruntergeladen. 

C1 - 2 Er hat gerade seinen digitalen Detox begonnen.

C1 - 3 Sie schlief gerade, als ich anrief.

C1 - 4 Wir haben gerade Pommes bestellt.

C1 - 5 Er sah gerade fern, als es an der Tür klingelte.

C1 - 6 Die Fans sangen gerade, als der Sänger auftrat. 

Digital Detox: perfect tense, imperfect tense, 'gerade'

German

This unit revisits verbs and prepositions and teaches new da-/wo-compounds dabei, darin, davon and dazu. Relative pronouns in subject relative clauses are also used in 2-verb structures. Pupils consolidate the perfect tense and am/beim with the nominationson of the infinitive is introduced.

Media and technology: Mein Leben online

The __________ tense, also known as the simple past, is usually used in __________ texts for narration. The __________ tense is much more common in __________ German.

Which of these perfect tense sentences include strong verbs?

Order the words to say: 'He was (just) writing when she appeared.'

Order the words to say: 'We have (just) seen the film.'

Write in German: 'There were lots of fans.'

Order the words to say: 'The friends won the tennis game.'

Write in English: 'Das WLAN im Hotel ist kostenlos.'

Write in German: 'I have read the newspaper.'

Starter Quiz