Journeys past and present: time-manner-place in the perfect tense
I can use the correct German word order of time before manner before place when discussing trips in the past tense.
- Year 9
Journeys past and present: time-manner-place in the perfect tense
I can use the correct German word order of time before manner before place when discussing trips in the past tense.
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Key learning points
- Consolidating vocabulary in different contexts is an important skill which needs regular practice.
- Some words have more than one meaning and it is important to use context to select the correct meaning
- German adverbs in a sentence follow the order time before manner before place, abbreviated to TMP.
- TMP, in German wann-wie-wo, applies in all tenses.
- In the perfect tense, the past partiple goes at the sentence end after the TMP elements.
Keywords
Time-manner-place (TMP) - the order of adverbs in a German sentence - time before manner before place, abbreviated to TMP
Common misconception
Although some German words have more than one meaning, most of them have a main meaning and it's not important to know the other meanings.
Some very frequent words have several different meanings, all of them commonly used. It is important to know the meanings and to use context to select the right meaning. For example, 'vor' can mean 'in front of', 'before' and 'ago'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which noun is plural?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
