Düsseldorf: past participles of strong and irregular verbs, questions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I understand how to form the past participles of strong and irregular verbs, and can ask and answer questions in the perfect tense about a past trip.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The vowels [a], [o] and [e] can be pronounced long as in 'gezogen' or short as in 'gewonnen'.
- Strong verbs form past participles by adding 'ge-' and '-en' around the verb stem, e.g. 'gelesen'. Others are irregular.
- To form a closed question in the perfect tense, swap the position of 'haben' or 'sein' with the subject.
- For open questions in the perfect tense, place a question word before 'haben' or 'sein'; the subject follows.
- The past participles 'gefallen' and 'gemocht' both mean 'liked'. Use indirect object pronouns with 'gefallen'.
Keywords
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Closed question - a question which can be answered with yes/no, formed by inverting the subject and verb in a sentence
Open question - a question starting with a wh- word, followed by word order 2
Common misconception
Questions are formed in the same way in both German and English.
English uses 'do you ... ?' or 'are you ... ?' when forming questions. German inverts the position of the subject and verb in a statement to form a closed question. Add a question word at the start to change it into an open question.
Teacher tip
Task A1 has two options. Option 1 is suited for Higher Tier, Option 2 for Foundation Tier.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the days of the week in the correct order.
Q2.Match the German and English.
went
ate
stood
sat
drank
saw
Q3.Match the German and English.
Europe
course
change
description
sixth form
scene
Q4.'Hast du __________ gesagt?'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q5.Write in English: 'Das Musical war aufregend.'
Q6.Write in German: 'I am looking forward to the holiday.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words to the correct missing sound.
long [a]
short [a]
long [o]
short [o]
long [e]
short [e]
Q2.Which of these verbs have irregular past participles?
Q3.Which of these sentences include the word 'liked' in their translation?
Q4.Order the words to form a closed question.
Q5.Order the words to form an open question.
Q6.Write in German: 'Are you looking forward to the course?'
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