Where I went: singular perfect tense 'sein' vs 'haben', 'mit' + dative
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can say where I went and how I got there, using the perfect tense with ‘sein’.
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.
Teacher tip
Teachers may wish to exploit the focus on Poland by looking in more detail at where Poland is and some of its well-known cities with classes.
Equipment
A mini whiteboard and pen, together with pen and paper for making notes, would be useful, if available.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and the English adjectives.
exciting
interesting
wonderful
impossible
necessary
Q2.'Am' ('an' + 'dem') is often used in expressions of time. Match up the German and the English.
on Monday
on Sunday
at the weekend
in the evening
in the afternoon
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).
bin
bist
ist
sind
seid
sind
Q6.Which is the correct translation of the sentence 'I did a tour of the mosque.'?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Fill in the missing word in this sentence: [a] and [o] are usually short when followed by two , but long in other words.
Q2.Which of the following is correct?
Q3.Choose the correct translation of the following sentence: 'I travelled by bus.'.
Q4.Which of the following sentences correctly uses the dative case?
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