Then and now: imperfect tense and comparatives

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Places and people: now or then? Imperfect tense: 'war', 'hatte', 'gab'

I can compare the past with now using the imperfect tense words ‘war’, ‘hatte’ and ‘es gab’.

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What was it like then? Imperfect tense: 'war, hatte, gab, damals, früher'

I can confidently describe how things used to be, using a range of adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases.

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Then and now: the comparative

I can compare the present with the past using comparatives.

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This year and in the past: perfect tense with 'früher' and 'noch nicht'

I can use 'früher', 'noch' and 'noch nicht' correctly when translating a short past tense text into German.

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Then and now: comparatives and plurals

I can form the comparative, and the plural forms of borrowed words, in the context of a German song.

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