Last year or this year: present and perfect tenses
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Why this why now
Pupils already know the present and perfect tenses of a range of weak and strong verbs with haben and sein. They will practise this with an extended verb lexicon/vocabulary as well as with possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr' (their) and pronouns 'uns' and 'ihnen'. Pupils practise this in a range of receptive, speaking and translation tasks in the contextual setting of schools in Germany.. When contrasting past and current actions, pupils will be able to say what they have done and for how long.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mein, dein, sein, ihr'.
- Pupils know the present and past (perfect) of weak and strong verbs in all persons (except 2nd person plural).
- Pupils know singular object and indirect pronouns 'mich, dich, ihn and sie.
- Pupils know some verbs taking indirect objects and singular indirect object pronouns.
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Why this why now
Pupils already know the present and perfect tenses of a range of weak and strong verbs with haben and sein. They will practise this with an extended verb lexicon/vocabulary as well as with possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr' (their) and pronouns 'uns' and 'ihnen'. Pupils practise this in a range of receptive, speaking and translation tasks in the contextual setting of schools in Germany.. When contrasting past and current actions, pupils will be able to say what they have done and for how long.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mein, dein, sein, ihr'.
- Pupils know the present and past (perfect) of weak and strong verbs in all persons (except 2nd person plural).
- Pupils know singular object and indirect pronouns 'mich, dich, ihn and sie.
- Pupils know some verbs taking indirect objects and singular indirect object pronouns.
Last year or this year: present and perfect tenses
This unit revisits past and present tenses in familiar contexts including school. Pupils ask and answer questions in present and perfect tenses. with the use of 'seit' plus present tense contrasting with 'vor' ago, pupils can talk about what they do, since when and for how long.
4 lessons in unit
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