Childhood experiences: imperfect plural forms of 'sein' and 'haben'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can form the imperfect tense plural forms of the verbs 'haben' and 'sein', and use them in the context of childhood experiences.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some sound-symbol correspondences are written differently, but sound the same, e.g., [äu] and [eu].
- Notice verb endings and use surrounding context to help identify the subject of a sentence using a form of 'you'.
- The 'wir', 'sie/Sie' imperfect tense forms of 'haben' are both 'hatten'. For 'sein' they are both 'waren'.
- The 'ihr' imperfect tense form of 'haben' is 'hattet'. For 'sein' it is 'wart'.
- The subject pronoun 'sie' can mean 'she, it' or 'they'. With a capital letter, 'Sie' is formal 'you'.
Keywords
Sound-symbol correspondence - relationship between letters and their sounds, abbreviated to SSC
Hatten - 1st and 3rd person plural imperfect tense form of 'haben', meaning 'had'
Hattet - 2nd person plural imperfect tense form of 'haben', meaning 'had'
Waren - 1st and 3rd person plural imperfect tense form of 'sein', meaning 'were'
Wart - 2nd person plural imperfect tense form of 'sein', meaning 'were'
Common misconception
The subject pronoun 'sie' always means 'she'.
The subject pronoun 'sie' means 'she' when used with a 3rd person singular verb ending or 'they' when used with a 3rd person plural verb ending. If written as 'Sie' and is used with a 3rd person plural verb ending, it can mean 'you (formal)'.
Teacher tip
A follow-up homework task could be for students to write a short paragraph about their own childhoods, using 'haben' and 'sein' in the imperfect tense.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
I had to
I wanted
I could
I had
I was
there was / were
Q2.Match the German and English.
object
to discover, discovering
nobody
to look, looking, to watch, watching
journey, trip
world
Q3.Match the subject pronoun and verb stems to the correct verb endings.
e
st
t
en
Q4.Choose the correct verb to complete the following sentence: 'Sie __________ Tennis.' (They play tennis.)
Q5.Match the German and English.
so
also
little
to get to know, meet
support, help
finished
Q6.A modal verb is a verb of necessity or possibility ('must', 'can', 'want') used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive, which goes to the of the sentence.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
to go to sleep, going to sleep
to take along, taking along
awake
tooth
I/she/he/it one had to
I/she/it/one could
Q2.Match the German and English.
You (singular, informal)
You (plural - informal)
they or she / it (f)
you (singular and plural, formal)
Q3.Match the subject pronoun with the correct form of the verb.
war
waren
wart
warst
Q4.Which of the words below does not have the same sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) in the vowels as 'Mai'?
Q5.What is the correct meaning of 'Sie' in the following sentence? 'Sie haben viel Geld.'
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