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Es war toll! Perfect tense with 'sein', 'haben' and questions, inversion

I can use word order 2 and form questions in the perfect tense in the context of interesting past experiences.

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Es war toll! Perfect tense with 'sein', 'haben' and questions, inversion

I can use word order 2 and form questions in the perfect tense in the context of interesting past experiences.

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Key learning points

  1. To make a yes/no question in the perfect tense, swap the form of ‘sein’ or ‘haben’ with the subject.
  2. To ask an information question in the perfect tense, use a question word followed by ‘sein’ or ‘haben’ then the subject.
  3. In word order 2, invert the subject and verb.

Keywords

  • Yes/no question - question formed by inverting subject and verb where the answer is yes/no

  • Information question - question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no

  • Word order 2 - inverts the subject and verb in a sentence

Common misconception

I should use the same word order in German as in English.

German word order is different from English word order. In word order 2, the subject and verb are inverted.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German with the English.
Correct Answer:der Blick,view
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view

Correct Answer:das Paar,couple
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couple

Correct Answer:miteinander,with each other
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with each other

Correct Answer:wenigstens,at least
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at least

Correct Answer:das Angebot,offer
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offer

Correct Answer:ganz,whole, all the
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whole, all the

Q2.
Match the German with the English.
Correct Answer:am liebsten,most preferred, most preferably, most rather
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most preferred, most preferably, most rather

Correct Answer:sich beschäftigen mit,to be busy, deal with
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to be busy, deal with

Correct Answer:genügen ,to be enough, sufficient
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to be enough, sufficient

Correct Answer:geschehen ,to happen, occur
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to happen, occur

Correct Answer:der Bereich ,area, region
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area, region

Correct Answer:die Gesellschaft,company
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company

Q3.
Match the question words in German and English.
Correct Answer:wie,how
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how

Correct Answer:wann,when
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when

Correct Answer:wohin,where to
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where to

Correct Answer:warum,why
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why

Correct Answer:was,what
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what

Correct Answer:mit wem,with whom
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with whom

Q4.
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following question into German: 'Why do you speak so quietly?'
1 - warum
2 - sprichst
3 - du
4 - so
5 - leise
Q5.
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following question into German: 'Does the dress fit well?'
1 - passt
2 - das
3 - Kleid
4 - gut
Q6.
Which word order does the following sentence use? 'Am meisten arbeite ich in meinem Kurs.'
word order one (subject followed by verb)
Correct answer: word order two (invert subject and verb)
word order three (send the verb to the end)

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and the English.
Correct Answer:gebrochen,broken
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broken

Correct Answer:der Austausch,exchange
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exchange

Correct Answer:der Kurs,exchange rate
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exchange rate

Correct Answer:die Persönlichkeit,personality
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personality

Correct Answer:täglich,daily
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daily

Correct Answer:sofort,immediately
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immediately

Q2.
Match the German and the English.
Correct Answer:wieso?,why?
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why?

Correct Answer:die Ahnung,suspicion, idea
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suspicion, idea

Correct Answer:die Erinnerung,memory
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memory

Correct Answer:die Kreditkarte,credit card
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credit card

Correct Answer:der Nachtisch ,dessert
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dessert

Correct Answer:glücklicherweise ,fortunately
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fortunately

Q3.
Fill in the gap to translate the question 'Did you (singular, informal) ask questions during the introduction?' into German: ' bei der Vorstellung Fragen gestellt?'
Correct Answer: Hast du
Q4.
Fill in the gap to translate the question 'Why did you (singular, informal) go to Italy immediately?' into German: ' sofort nach Italien gefahren?'
Correct Answer: Warum bist du, Wieso bist du
Q5.
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following question into German using word order two (inversion of subject and verb): 'Yesterday I saw a fat dog.'
1 - gestern
2 - habe
3 - ich
4 - einen
5 - dicken
6 - Hund
7 - gesehen
Q6.
Sort the words below into the correct order to form a sentence in German. Use word order two to emphasise 'the point'.
1 - den
2 - Punkt
3 - habe
4 - ich
5 - wieder
6 - vergessen

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