Last summer: perfect tense weak and strong verbs, 1st and 3rd persons singular
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand strong and weak verbs in the perfect tense to describe holiday experiences.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Past participles of strong verbs sandwich the stem with 'ge' and 'en' and the vowel often changes in the stem.
- [sch], [st-] and [sp] need to be practised to assist spelling and pronunciation.
- The past participle of strong verbs needs to be recognised in contrast to the infinitive.
- The use of compound nouns enriches vocabulary.
- 'Haben' changes when talking about different people, but the past participle stays the same.
Keywords
[sch] - pronounced as in 'schreiben'
[st-] - pronounced as in 'stark'
[sp] - pronounced as in 'stark'
Strong verb - a verb whose past participle adds 'en' and often changes the stem vowel; for example, 'gesungen'
Common misconception
Compound nouns are completely different words that cannot be understood or pronounced unless they have been met before.
Compound nouns are made up of two (or more) nouns, one or more of which pupils may already know. Knowledge of formation and read aloud can promote recognition as can activities where pupils produce compounds from known words.
Teacher tip
Encourage plentiful oral practice and repetition of past participles of strong verbs as well as the sound symbol correspondences in this lesson.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match these German words to their English meanings.
Q2.Wie sagt man 'this year' auf Deutsch?
Q3.Select the appropriate option to correctly fill in the accusative endings in the following list: 'letzt__________ Monat, letzt__________ Woche, letzt__________ Jahr'
Q4.Put these forms of 'haben' in the correct order to complete the following sentence: 'Du __________ getanzt, er/sie __________ gespielt, ich __________ besucht.'
Q5.To say 'where' something is happening, we use the noun with the case. For example, 'in der Stadt', 'in einem Park'.
Q6.Which of the following location phrases are correct?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following are compound nouns?
Q2.Match each compound noun to its correct gender and hint for meaning.
Q3.Which of these statements about the features of past participles of strong verbs in the perfect tense are true?
Q4.Match each infinitive to its past participle.
Q5.Which of the following statements about the perfect tense in German are true?
Q6.Order the below to complete this perfect tense sentence: 'Ich __________ Deutsch __________ (sprechen), Hans __________ Fußball __________ (spielen) und du __________ am Strand __________ (liegen).'
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