task B1 -1 A

task B1 -2 B

a past tense in German which uses a past participle with the verb ‘haben’ or ‘sein’

the simple, one-word past tense in German; for example ‘ich war’ (I was), ‘er hatte’ (he had)

Namibia: extended reading, extended writing

German

This unit introduces perfect tense irregular past participles, and consolidates translation of the German perfect tense with the English 'did' and 'have done' The simple past of haben, sein, es gab, weak and strong verbs are revisited in singular persons, and plural persons added.

My personal world: Identitätsprobleme

Match the German words to their English equivalents. 

Namibia was a German colony for about 30 years. 

A form of German is still spoken by some people in Namibia. 

The German colonial powers treated the Namibian people kindly at all times. 

Which of the following statements about Namibia are true?

Which of the following words contain a long [a], [o] or [u]?

Which of the following words contain a short [a], [o] or [u]?

When reading an extended text, __________ knowledge helps greatly, but pay attention to __________ for  __________ then and now. Reuse __________ from reading to __________ your writing.

Ich hatte Glück, denn ich hatte die Chance, Namibia zu besuchen.

Um in Namibia zu wohnen, muss man sehr warmes Wetter lieben!

Deutsch spricht man in Namibia. Es erinnert uns an die frühere Kolonialzeit. 

Which of the sentences below refer to the past?

Match the German words to their English equivalents.

The perfect tense uses 'haben' or 'sein' with a past participle.

Past participles of strong verbs sandwich the stem with 'ge' and 'en'.

'Gewusst' and 'genannt' are examples of irregular past participles.

Which statements below apply to the perfect tense in German?

Match the infinitives to the correct 'er, sie, es' form of the imperfect tense.

Put the imperfect tense endings in the correct order: 'Ich lernte, du lern__________, er/sie/es lern__________. wir lern__________, ihr lern__________, Sie/sie lernten.' 

Match the start of the imperfect tense verbs to their correct endings. 

Put the words below in the correct order to complete this sentence: In word order __________, the __________ comes before the  ___________ verb. For example: 'Heute __________ __________ Deutsch.'.

Starter Quiz