Mein Schultag: perfect tense, conversation (Edexcel)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can categorise vocabulary to aid mastery, use the German perfect tense and take part confidently in a conversation about my school life.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The perfect tense in German takes a present tense form of the auxiliary verb and a past participle.
- Weak verb past participles sandwich the stem with 'ge-' and '-t'. Strong verbs use 'ge- and -'en'.
- Put separable prefixes before the 'ge-', but there is no 'ge-' before inseparable prefixes or '-ieren' verbs.
- Reflexive pronouns follow the auxiliary in WO1 and the subject in WO2. The German perfect has 2 English translations.
- Use verb clauses in a conversation response, and extend answers with a different tense, subject, opinions and reasons.
Keywords
Auxiliary verb - a form of 'haben' or 'sein' used to form the perfect tense
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Weak verb (perfect tense) - verb whose past participle sandwiches the stem with 'ge-' and '-t'
Strong verb (perfect tense) - verb whose past participle sandwiches the stem with 'ge-' and ‘-en’ and often changes the stem vowel
Common misconception
All German past participlies start with 'ge-'
Verbs starting with inseparable prefixes like 'be-', 'er-', 'ent-' and 'ver-' do not need 'ge'. Neither do verbs ending in '-ieren', e.g., 'interessiert'. Separable prefixes appear before 'ge-' in the perfect tense, e.g., 'aufgemacht', 'eingeführt'.
Teacher tip
Getting pupils to practise developing answers before tackling a conversation on a given theme is a step often missed out by students. If they do this regularly in class, including translating their ideas into German, it will build confidence for both speaking and translation skills.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is a synonym for 'Ding'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
brought
thought
done
closed
died
pulled, moved
Q3.Match the German and English.
type, kind
relation, relationship
disadvantage
freedom
hope
future
Q4.Order the words to say: 'We lost the horse in the forest.'
Q5.Write in English: 'sie hat das Fenster aufgemacht'.
Q6.Write in German: 'my tooth hurts'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.A well-developed response in a conversation has at least verb clauses.
Q2.'Er hat den Preis gewonnen.' Which translations are correct?
Q3.Order the words to say: 'I got dressed in the bedroom.'
Q4.Write in German: 'I took the book'.
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