Neu in Deutschland: irregular past participles, perfect tense with 'haben'

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 English words below to their German equivalents.

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 __________. 

are feminine nouns which have a soft [ch] sound.

can also change the pronunciation of [ch] if an umlaut is added. 

Match the sentence starters to the correct endings.

Match the irregular past participle examples below to their infinitives.

English has 1 translation for the German perfect tense. 

English has 2 translations for the German perfect tense. 

The present perfect (I have done) shows the ongoing effect of a past action. 

The simple past (I did) emphasises the completion of a past action.

The present perfect and simple past are used interchangeably in English.

Which of the following statements about translating the German perfect tense into English are correct?

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.

Match the German words below to their English equivalents.

Match the following German verbs to their English equivalents.

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?

Match the forms of 'haben' below to the correct sentences to construct sentences in the perfect tense.

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 __________.

Put the words below in the correct order: The past participles of strong __________ sandwich the verb stem with 'ge' and __________. Sometimes the verb  __________ __________ changes.

In a normal sentence in German, the participle comes at the end of the sentence.

All past participles follow the rules for either weak or strong past participles

Some past participles don't follow the rules for strong or weak verbs. 

Which of the following statements are true?

Starter Quiz