Düsseldorf: past participles of strong and irregular verbs, questions
Learning outcomes
I understand how to form the past participles of strong and irregular verbs, and can ask and answer questions in the perfect tense about a past trip.
I can correctly pronounce long and short [a], [o] and [e] in past participles.
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Düsseldorf: past participles of strong and irregular verbs, questions
Learning outcomes
I understand how to form the past participles of strong and irregular verbs, and can ask and answer questions in the perfect tense about a past trip.
I can correctly pronounce long and short [a], [o] and [e] in past participles.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- The vowels [a], [o] and [e] can be pronounced long as in 'gezogen' or short as in 'gewonnen'.
- Strong verbs form past participles by adding 'ge-' and '-en' around the verb stem, e.g. 'gelesen'. Others are irregular.
- 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.
- The past participles 'gefallen' and 'gemocht' both mean 'liked'. Use indirect object pronouns with 'gefallen'.
Keywords
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
Questions are formed in the same way in both German and English.
English uses 'do you ... ?' or 'are you ... ?' when forming questions. German inverts the position of the subject and verb in a statement to form a closed question. Add a question word at the start to change it into an open question.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
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Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
Q4.'Hast du __________ gesagt?'. Choose the correct missing word.
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Q6.Write in German: 'I am looking forward to the holiday.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words to the correct missing sound.
