Storytelling: imperfect tense
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Why this why now
This unit, designed around an adaptation of Grimm Brothers' fairy tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (Der Rattenfänger) uses a famous literary base to introduce the imperfect tense for narration. Pupils also practise their knowledge of the new tense in contrast with the present tense..
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the imperfect tense of 'sein' and 'haben' and es gab.
- Pupils know the perfect tense.
- Pupils know and understand the use of the historic present.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit, designed around an adaptation of Grimm Brothers' fairy tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (Der Rattenfänger) uses a famous literary base to introduce the imperfect tense for narration. Pupils also practise their knowledge of the new tense in contrast with the present tense..
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the imperfect tense of 'sein' and 'haben' and es gab.
- Pupils know the perfect tense.
- Pupils know and understand the use of the historic present.
Storytelling: imperfect tense
This unit introduces the imperfect (simple past) tense of regular and highly frequent irregular verbs in singular persons.Da- compounds are revisited along with the perfect tense and the historic present in the narration of a story.
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