Die Vennbahn: perfect tense, imperfect tense, weak past participles
Learning outcomes
I can use adverbs to give and respond to detailed responses in the past tense, form past participles of a range of weak verbs, and apply this knowledge when translating into German.
I can correctly pronounce [v] in inseparable prefixes.
- Year 11
- AQA
Die Vennbahn: perfect tense, imperfect tense, weak past participles
Learning outcomes
I can use adverbs to give and respond to detailed responses in the past tense, form past participles of a range of weak verbs, and apply this knowledge when translating into German.
I can correctly pronounce [v] in inseparable prefixes.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Use 'gern', 'lieber' and 'früher' with a past tense to mean 'liked', 'rather', 'in the past, used to'.
- Weak verbs form their past participles by sandwiching the verb stem with 'ge-' and '-t', e.g., 'gespielt'.
- Verbs with separable prefixes add 'ge-' after the separable prefix, e.g., 'aufgemacht'.
- Verbs with inseparable prefixes do not add 'ge-' to form their past participle, e.g., 'erlebt'.
- Verbs ending '-ieren' do not add 'ge-' to form the past participle. They add the suffix '-iert', e.g., 'ausprobiert'.
Keywords
Gern - adverb meaning ‘gladly, liked to’ with the past tense
Lieber - comparative adverb meaning ‘more gladly, rather’
Früher - adverb meaning ‘previously, in former times, in the past'
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb 'haben' or 'sein'
Common misconception
'Lieber' means 'love'.
It is easy to confuse the words 'Liebe', 'liebe' and 'lieber', particularly in spoken German. Pay careful attention to pronunciation and listen out for [er]. 'Liebe' is a noun (love), 'liebe' is a verb (love) and 'lieber' is an adverb (more gladly).
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German words with their English meanings.
Q2.Match each German verb to its English meaning.
Q3.Which of the following sentences is written correctly in the perfect tense with 'haben'?
Q4.Put the words in the correct order to make a grammatically-correct perfect tense sentence.
Q5.What is the German word for 'a German person' (female)?
Q6.Which sentence correctly uses a subject relative clause and a comparative?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sentence correctly uses 'lieber' with the perfect tense?
Q2.What is the past participle of the verb 'funktionieren'?
Q3.Put these words in the correct order to make a sentence using 'früher' in the perfect tense. Start with 'ich'.
Q4.Fill in the correct past participle of 'aufmachen' to complete the sentence in the perfect tense: 'Ich habe die Karte .'
Q5.Which sentence uses a verb ending in '-ieren' correctly in the perfect tense?
Q6.Match each adverb to the most appropriate sentence meaning.
