Where I went: singular perfect tense 'sein' vs 'haben', 'mit' + dative
Learning outcomes
I can say where I went and how I got there, using the perfect tense with ‘sein’.
I can confidently and accurately read aloud words with short and long [a] and [o].
- Year 8
Where I went: singular perfect tense 'sein' vs 'haben', 'mit' + dative
Learning outcomes
I can say where I went and how I got there, using the perfect tense with ‘sein’.
I can confidently and accurately read aloud words with short and long [a] and [o].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [a] and [o] are short when followed by two consonants, but long in other words.
- ‘Mit’ is used with an article in the dative to describe the manner in which a person travels, e.g., ‘mit dem Bus’.
- The perfect (past) tense is formed with three parts: subject, part of ‘haben’ or ‘sein’ and past participle.
- ‘Sein’ is used to form the perfect tense with past participles of verbs of movement to a destination.
Keywords
[a] - short and long sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in ‘sagen’ and ‘kalt’
[o] - short and long sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in ‘wo?’ and ‘Kopf’
Dative - case used after a dative preposition, e.g., ‘mit’ or ‘von’
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Common misconception
To talk about the past using the perfect tense, we always use the present tense of ‘haben’ with a past participle.
Some verbs require the present tense of ‘sein’ with a past participle when forming the past perfect tense. These are mostly verbs of movement to a destination, e.g., ‘fahren’ to travel, ‘fliegen’ to fly.
Equipment
A mini whiteboard and pen, together with pen and paper for making notes, would be useful, if available.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and the English adjectives.
Q2.'Am' ('an' + 'dem') is often used in expressions of time. Match up the German and the English.
Q3.Put the following words in the correct order to form a sentence in the perfect tense.
Q4.What is the missing word in the following definition? 'The past is the verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb.'
Q5.Match up the pronouns with the correct forms of the verb 'to be' (sein).
