past tense formed using either ‘haben’ or ‘sein’ with a past participle, which goes to the end of the clause, e.g., 'ich habe das gemacht'

single-word past tense, used mainly to narrate past events in writing, e.g., 'ich machte'

verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with 'haben' or 'sein', e.g., 'gemacht', 'gesehen'

B1 - 1 Das Ruhrgebiet liegt am Fluss ‚Ruhr‘ und besteht aus vielen einzelnen ...

B1 - 2 Früher [waren] viele Menschen im Ruhrgebiet Arbeiter, …

B1 - 3 … aber sie [hatten] nicht viel Geld.

B1 - 4 Früher [gab] es, und gibt es immer noch, hohe Arbeitslosigkeit.

B1 - 5 Deshalb sind viele Arbeiter früher nach Amerika [gegangen].

B1 - feedback - Das Ruhrgebiet liegt am Fluss ‚Ruhr‘ und besteht aus vielen ...

Das Ruhrgebiet: perfect tense irregular verbs, imperfect tense, 'früher'

German

This consolidation unit revisits all of the grammar covered in previous units in the context of travel destinations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Pupils learn to use 'man' in order to avoid the passive, and also learn 'sein' and 'ihr' in nominative, accusative and dative to mean 'its'.

Travel and tourism: Reiseziele

It uses the present-tense form of ‘haben’ or ‘sein’, plus the past participle.

It uses endings attached to the verb stem.

Which statements apply to the imperfect tense?

Which verb does **not** have an irregular past participle?

Order the words to say: 'There was lots of traffic in the past and it was loud.'

Write in German, using the imperfect tense: 'I won the prize.'

Which of these verbs are in the imperfect tense?

Which preposition is used with the verb 'schützen'?

Order the words to say: 'I sold a ticket for the Vienna Film Festival.'

Write in German: 'We have played in the park.'

Starter Quiz