What you did for and with others: perfect tense
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the perfect tense to say what happened between people in the past.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Reading is a good way to strengthen word knowledge and can be done in a range of ways.
- The perfect tense is formed with a present tense part of 'haben' or 'sein' and a past participle.
- Many past participles are formed by adding ge- to the start of the verb stem and -t to the end.
- For verbs starting with be-, er- and ver- , the past participle does not have the prefix ge-.
- Strong verbs in the perfect tense form the past participle by adding -en; they often have a vowel change too.
Keywords
Perfect tense - a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past, e.g., 'I said', 'she played'
Strong verb (perfect tense) - a verb whose past participle adds ‘en’ and often changes the stem vowel, e.g., 'gesungen'
Common misconception
All German past participles have the prefix ge-.
German verbs starting with be-, ver- and er- do not have the prefix ge- added for the past participle, e.g., 'besucht' - 'visited' or 'verdient' - 'earnt'.
Teacher tip
Teachers might wish to highlight for students the importance of using a range of strategies for practising vocabulary, as demonstrated in the first cycle of this lesson.
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 English.
from, out of
at (the house of)
through
against
with
without
Q2.Match the German and English.
feeling, emotion
cinema
couple, pair
swimming pool
town, city
tour
Q3.Order the words to say: 'My friend showed me nothing.'
Q4.Order the words to say: 'We found the task too easy.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Wie war der Ausflug?'.
Q6.Write in German: 'Do you have a question?'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which verbs do not have past participles starting with ge-?
Q2.Order the words to say: 'He sang and she jumped.'
Q3.Write in German: 'I took a letter'.
Q4.Write in German: 'I flew to Berlin'.
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