imperfect tense form meaning 'there was | there were'

after certain conjunctions, the verb is sent to the end of the sentence or clause

B2 Nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg hat man Deutschland offiziell in zwei Länder ...

C1-1 Ich bin jeden Samstag geschwommen, als ich neun Jahre alt war.

C1-2 Als ich jünger war, bin ich nie gern früh ins Bett gegangen.

C1-3 Ich war damals traurig, dass ich keine Haustiere hatte.

C1-4 Ich war elf, bevor ich ein Handy hatte.

Childhood experiences: nouns, past tense, conjunctions

German

What you used to do: perfect tense with 'ihr' (you, familiar pl.) and 'früher'

What did they do then? Perfect, imperfect 'war', 'hatte', 'gab', compound nouns

Famous lives: 'als' as 'when' with the past tense

Famous German speakers: 'bevor' and 'nachdem', word order

This unit revisits past tenses. The perfect tense is consolidated as variations on past participle formation are practised. The imperfect tense (war, hatte, es gab) is revisited, with question formation and word order 3 conjunctions. Pupils learn how to say calendar years in German.

Past lives: perfect and imperfect tenses

What is the correct translation of 'When did you go to Germany?'?

What gender are nouns ending in 'in', 'ung' and 'heit' usually in German?

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence. The verb 'hatte' is the __________ form of the verb 'haben'.

Ich war oft in Spanien, als ich jünger war.

Which of the following sentences shows a verb-comma-verb pattern?

Which of the following is a conjunction meaning 'after' and sends the verb to the end of the clause/sentence?

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: '__________ der Schule spiele ich Tennis.' (After school, I play tennis.)

Choose the correct word for 'when' in the following sentence: '__________ ich nach Deutschland gefahren bin, habe ich meinen Freund besucht.' (When I went to Germany, I visited my friend.)

Complete the following sentence using the correct past participle of the verb 'bezahlen' (to pay): 'Ich habe das Hotel {{}}.'

Starter Quiz