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Die Ferien: perfect tense with adverbs
I can use time adverbials in the perfect tense to add more detail to discussions about holidays.
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Die Ferien: perfect tense with adverbs
I can use time adverbials in the perfect tense to add more detail to discussions about holidays.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- Use time adverbials 'schon', '(noch) nie', 'noch', 'schon einmal' with the perfect tense to provide more information.
- In a role play, the response to each prompt should contain at least one verb, but still be relatively brief.
- In a role play, the response should match the tense of the prompt.
Keywords
Time adverbial - adverbs or adverbial phrases which denote time; for example, 'nie', 'schon', 'noch nicht'
Perfect tense - past tense formed with ‘sein’ or ‘haben’ and a past participle
Role play - task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role play
Common misconception
I can answer a role-play question with one or two words.
Role-play questions need to be answered in full sentences with at least one verb.
Pupils could be further challenged in Task A2 by asking them to incude additional grammatical features from this unit, such as word order 2, 'jed-', 'nächst-', 'letzt-', negation with 'sondern'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and the English.
Match the German and the English.
Q2.Match the German and the English.
Match the German and the English.
Q3.Which word best completes the following sentence? We use the perfect tense to describe events in the ...
Which word best completes the following sentence? We use the perfect tense to describe events in the ...
present.
future.
Q4.Select the sentences in the perfect tense.
Select the sentences in the perfect tense.
Letztes Jahr war ich in Italien.
Ich wollte ein Paar Tage länger bleiben.
Q5.Put this perfect tense sentence in the correct order.
Put this perfect tense sentence in the correct order.
Q6.Fill in the gap to complete the following sentence: 'Er nach Deutschland gefahren.'
Fill in the gap to complete the following sentence: 'Er nach Deutschland gefahren.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Match the German and English.
Q2.'Say who you went to school with.' Which tense would you use to respond to this prompt?
'Say who you went to school with.' Which tense would you use to respond to this prompt?
present
future
Q3.Which responses include a verb?
Which responses include a verb?
Wunderbar!
Mit meiner Mutter.
Nicht so gut.
Q4.Sort the words below into the correct order to form the following sentence: 'Have you ever played handball?'
Sort the words below into the correct order to form the following sentence: 'Have you ever played handball?'
