Schule - letztes Jahr: nouns without plurals, past participles
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use past participles and my knowledge of school subjects to talk about school last year.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some nouns such as 'Physik' do not have plurals.
- Verbs that start in 'be-', 'ent-' or 'er-' have inseparable prefixes in the perfect tense.
- 'Gehen' can be combined with other infinitives such as 'schwimmen'.
- Past participles of separable verbs are one word - prefix first then the past participle of main verb.
Keywords
Perfect tense - two-word past tense formed with the present tense of either ‘haben’ or ‘sein’ and a past participle
Past participle - verb form, often starting with 'ge-' used in the perfect tense
Separable verb - a two-part verb, with a prefix and main verb, e.g., 'einladen'
Common misconception
All past participles in German start with 'ge-'.
Verbs beginning with 'be-', 'ent-' or 'er-' do not require 'ge-' at the beginning. Past participles of separable verbs have the prefix first then the past participle of the main verb. They are written as one word, e.g., 'eingeladen', 'ausgegangen'.
Teacher tip
Encourage students to have an example of each type of past participle to 'hook' their learning, including some common separable verbs, e.g., 'Ich bin oft ausgegangen'. Also encourage them to emphasise the 'be-' or 'er-' in verbs which do not take 'ge-', e.g., 'Ich habe das Museum besucht'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these verbs are separable?
Q2.Which of these sentences include a separable verb?
Q3.Match the German and English.
expert (m)
expert (f)
colleague (m)
colleague (f)
lawyer (m)
lawyer (f)
Q4.Sort the words below into the correct order to form the following sentence: 'The driver looks tired every day.'
Q5.Translate the following sentence into English: 'Der Lehrer erlaubt es nicht.'
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'We go out with friends.'
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Most school subjects in German have __________ plural form.
Q2.Which of these verbs is not a past participle?
Q3.What is the past participle of 'abholen'?
Q4.Translate the following sentence into German: 'I went swimming.'
Q5.Translate the following sentence into German: 'He came back.'
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