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

verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb

the order of adverbs in a German sentence - time before manner before place, abbreviated to TMP

A1 - 1 Gestern [bin] ich ins Kino gegangen.

A1 - 2 Du [hast] dein Geschenk aufgemacht.

A1 - 3 Er [ist] dieses Wochenende abgefahren.

A1 - 4 Wir [haben] viel zu viel Eis gegessen.

A1 - 5 Sie [hat] den ganzen Tag am Strand gespielt.

Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn: past tense, past participles, time-manner-place

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

German uses the __________ to describe most past events. English uses __________ for specific, completed events.

Which of these verbs use the auxiliary 'haben' in the perfect tense?

Order the words to form a sentence in the perfect tense. Start with the pronoun.

Write in German: 'He organised the game.'

Match the adverbs to the correct examples.

Which prefix is added to 'machen' to mean 'to open, opening'?

'Ich reise mit __________ Flugzeug.'. Choose the correct missing word.

Order the words to say: 'I visit him and he visits her.'

Write in German: 'There was an accident.'

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn: past tense, past participles, time-manner-place

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.