a verb whose stem vowel changes in the ‘du’ and ‘er, sie, es’ forms in the present tense

a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands

subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and singular

subject pronoun meaning ‘you’, informal and plural

Liest du Romane? Questions and informal imperatives with strong verbs

German

This unit consolidates the present tense and imperative forms (du/ihr) of weak and strong verbs, and revises the present tense with time adverbs to express future meaning. It revisits stem changes for verbs like finden (findest)  and 't' not 'st' for verbs in examples like 'du tanzt'.

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Sort the words below into the correct order to form a question.

Which of these are the 'du' and 'ihr' imperative forms of the verb 'fahren'?

Which of these verbs does **not** have a stem change in the 'du' form of the imperative?

Translate the following sentence into German: 'Be careful!' (You are talking to one person.)

Translate the following sentence into German: 'Be friendly!' (You are talking to two people.)

Sort the words below into the correct order to form a closed question.

Sort the words below into the correct order to form an open question.

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

Liest du Romane? Questions and informal imperatives with strong verbs

Lesson outcome

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