synonymous with the imperfect; German single-word past tense used mainly to narrate past events in writing; for example, 'war', 'hatte', 'gab'

German two-word past tense using either 'haben' or 'sein' with a past participle

verb used to indicate doing something to yourself, e.g., 'to wash yourself'

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Lebenserfahrung: simple past with früher, gern, lieber, am liebsten, reflexive verbs

German

Along with practice of known grammar, pupils learn reflexive verbs in two-verb structures with modals in the perfect and imperfect tenses. The plural forms of imperfect modal verbs are introduced. Pupils learn negation with 'nicht' and 'sondern'.

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Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'We wanted to meet at the college'.

Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'I was very happy'.

Fill in the gap in the following sentence with a form of 'sein': 'Er ist gestern gestorben; ich {{}} traurig.'

Fill in the gap in the following sentence with an appropriate adverb: 'Ich habe gern mit meiner Oma gesprochen aber ich habe {{}} mein eigenes Ding gemacht.'

What did the person in the following sentence most prefer doing? 'Ich habe gern Erklärungen gelesen, ich habe lieber mein Abitur gemacht, und am liebsten bin ich Arbeitgeber geworden.'

Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'I stood by the window'.

Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'I had to jump high'.

Translate 'früher' in the following sentence: 'Früher war ich ärmer'.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Lebenserfahrung: simple past with früher, gern, lieber, am liebsten, reflexive verbs

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.