The Black Forest: singular perfect tense with 'haben' and 'sein', 'durch'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can express what I or someone else did or has done on a past trip.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Learning new words requires practice in a range of ways, e.g., the look, cover, write, check method and self-testing.
- [er] is two common sounds in German, which need to be practised regularly in reading aloud, speaking and writing.
- The 3rd person singular perfect tense uses 'hat' or 'ist' with a past participle to say what he or she did or has done.
- 'Durch' is a preposition meaning 'through' and is always followed by the accusative.
Keywords
[er] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in ‘er’ ('he'), and ‘wieder’ ('again')
Perfect tense - the German past tense which translates 2 English past tenses; e.g., 'I did' and 'I have done'
Past participle - the form of a verb used in the perfect tense; e.g., 'gespielt' ('played')
Common misconception
The perfect tense in German is always formed with a part of 'haben' to express what someone has done.
Some verbs require a part of 'sein' to form the perfect tense, often with verbs of movement to a destination.
Teacher tip
Reference is made in the lesson to Titisee, Feldberg, Schauinsland, Bodensee, Schluchsee and das Museum Vogtsbauernhof. Teachers may wish to exploit this by giving pupils more information about these places.
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.Which of these words means 'already'?
Q2.'Ich bin __________ Jahr nach Deutschland gefahren.'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q3.Match the German and English.
to visit, visiting
to experience, experiencing
to buy, buying
to meet, meeting
to swim, swimming
to die, dying
Q4.Match the German and English.
population
boat
holidays
fun
support
water
Q5.Order the words to say: 'We took over a hundred photos.'
Q6.Write in German: 'He is forty years old.' Write the number in full.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Put the elements of the method used for practising vocabulary in the correct order.
Q2.In which of these words is [er] stressed?
Q3.'Er mit dem Zug gefahren.'. Write the correct missing word.
Q4.Write in German: 'through the forest'.
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