Neu in Deutschland: irregular past participles, perfect tense with 'haben'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the perfect tense with 'haben' and irregular past participles in the context of the experiences of Syrians in Germany.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The past participles of some verbs do not follow a pattern.
- [ch] can be soft as in 'ich' or hard as in 'Buch'.
- Use the perfect tense for actions completed in the past and the present for curret acctions and circumstances.
- The German perfect tense has two English translations.
- Use simple past for past experiences and present perfect to emphaise ongoing effects of past actions.
Keywords
Irregular past participles - past participles which do not fit the pattern of weak or strong past participles
[ch] - pronounced soft as in ‘ich’ or hard as in ‘Buch’
Common misconception
All past participles follow either the strong or weak verb rules.
Some past participles are irregular and need to be learned as vocabulary items. Practise them with the infinitive so that the students learns the sound as well as the spelling.
Teacher tip
Memorising a key word to demonstrate soft and hard [ch] is useful, along with regular reading aloud practice. Translation of the German perfect tense into English - and from English to German - needs plentiful practice.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German words below to their English equivalents.
term, expression
view, look
tree
difference
row, line
sentence
Q2.Match the following German verbs to their English equivalents.
to form, educate
to sound
to notice
to teach
to learn
to be called
Q3.Match the forms of 'haben' below to the correct sentences to construct sentences in the perfect tense.
Ich __________ früher in Syrien gewohnt.
__________ du die Bedeutung von der Religion verstanden?
Er __________über die Bedeutung von der Religion gesprochen.
__________ Sie früher etwas über internationale Probleme gelesen?
__________ ihr die Information online gefunden?
Q4.Put the words below in the correct order: The past participles of __________ verbs sandwich the verb __________ with 'ge' and '-t'. Verbs beginning with 'er' or __________ do not need __________.
Q5.Put the words below in the correct order: The past participles of strong __________ sandwich the verb stem with 'ge' and __________. Sometimes the verb __________ __________ changes.
Q6.Which of the following statements are true?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the English words below to their German equivalents.
der Sinn
meiner Meinung nach
deutlich
verschieden
die Sorge
das Feld
Q2.The [ch] sound is __________ after the vowel sounds [a], [o] [u] and [au] and __________ after 'e' or 'i' or another vowel sound that uses a similar mouth __________.
Q3.Match the sentence starters to the correct endings.
have a soft [ch] sound.
are feminine nouns which have a soft [ch] sound.
have plural forms with a soft [ch].
can also change the pronunciation of [ch] if an umlaut is added.
Q4.Match the irregular past participle examples below to their infinitives.
genannt
gebracht
gedacht
gewusst
getan
gezogen
Q5.Which of the following statements about translating the German perfect tense into English are correct?
Q6.When using both perfect and present tenses in German, check that the __________ tense includes the correct form of haben and a __________ __________. 'Haben' needs to __________ the subject.
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