Abenteuer im Ausland: perfect tense stem changes, perfect tense questions
I can form the past participles of strong verbs with stem changes, and I can ask questions in the perfect tense about a past trip or experience.
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Abenteuer im Ausland: perfect tense stem changes, perfect tense questions
I can form the past participles of strong verbs with stem changes, and I can ask questions in the perfect tense about a past trip or experience.
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Key learning points
- Strong verbs form past participles with 'ge-' and '-en' in the perfect tense.
- Some verbs have a vowel change in their past participle, such as 'ei' → 'ie', 'ie' → 'o', 'i' → 'u' or 'e' → 'o'.
- To form a closed question in the perfect tense, swap the position of 'haben' or 'sein' with the subject.
- For open questions in the perfect tense, place a question word before 'haben' or 'sein'; the subject follows.
Keywords
Strong verb (perfect tense) - verb whose past participle adds ‘-en’ and often changes the stem vowel, e.g., 'geflogen'
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Closed question - a question which can be answered with yes/no, formed by inverting the subject and verb in a sentence
Open question - a question starting with a wh- word, followed by word order 2
Common misconception
Verbs with inseparable prefixes do not change when forming their past participle.
Verbs with inseparable prefixes do not add 'ge-' when forming their past participle, but many do have vowel changes, e.g., 'vermeiden' becomes 'vermieden', 'empfehlen' becomes 'empfohlen'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.'Geschlossen' is ...
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
