This summer: perfect tense weak verbs 1st person singular, 'in' (dative)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use past and present tenses, time adverbials and location to talk and write about holiday experiences in German.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The past participle comes at the end of a sentence in the perfect tense.
- Time adverbials with adjectives use the accusative case.
- Time adverbials at the beginning of the sentence trigger word order 2.
- Describing location requires the dative.
Keywords
Past participle - the form of a verb used in the past (perfect) tense; for example, 'I have done'
Time adverbial - a word or group of words that modify the time frame of a verb; for example, 'last week', 'this month'
Accusative - word endings used, for example, in time adverbials: 'letzten Sommer', 'diese Woche'
Dative - word endings used, for example, after prepositions of location: 'in einem Park', 'in der Stadt'
Common misconception
There is no change in word order after time adverbials.
Practise short examples with and without time adverbials, and use cards (or the pupils themselves) to move to demonstrate word order 2 with time adverbials at beginning of sentences.
Teacher tip
Use mini whiteboards for CfU, and cards for the sentence elements - 'haben', past participle time and location - so pupils can model understanding before their writing task.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match these German verbs to their English meanings.
to pull, pulling
to leave, leaving
to take, taking
to receive, receiving
to stop, stopping
to throw, throwing
Q2.Which time phrases below can only be used in the past tense?
Q3.Match the following German words to their English meanings.
first, firstly
then
after that, afterwards
later
finally, in the end
Q4.Which of the following statements about how to form the German perfect tense of weak verbs is false?
Q5.Which of these German verbs do not have 'ge' at the beginning of their past participle?
Q6.Sort the verbs below into the right order to correctly complete the following sentence: 'Ich __________ oft London aber ich __________ nie Berlin __________.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match these German words to their English translations.
already
middle
to experience, experiencing
to lay, laying, to put, putting
to take, taking
to leave, leaving (something)
Q2.Put the endings below in the correct order to complete the following: 'Dies__________ Jahr, nächst__________ Monat, dies__________ Woche.'
Q3.Which of the expressions below is not a time adverbial?
Q4.Which of the following statements are correct?
Q5.Which of these options use the correct word order?
Q6.Put the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentences into German: 'Last week I danced in the park'.
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