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Die Ferien: perfect tense with adverbs

I can use time adverbials in the perfect tense to add more detail to discussions about holidays.

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Die Ferien: perfect tense with adverbs

I can use time adverbials in the perfect tense to add more detail to discussions about holidays.

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Key learning points

  1. Use time adverbials 'schon', '(noch) nie', 'noch', 'schon einmal' with the perfect tense to provide more information.
  2. In a role play, the response to each prompt should contain at least one verb, but still be relatively brief.
  3. In a role play, the response should match the tense of the prompt.

Keywords

  • Time adverbial - adverbs or adverbial phrases which denote time; for example, 'nie', 'schon', 'noch nicht'

  • Perfect tense - past tense formed with ‘sein’ or ‘haben’ and a past participle

  • Role play - task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role play

Common misconception

I can answer a role-play question with one or two words.

Role-play questions need to be answered in full sentences with at least one verb.


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Pupils could be further challenged in Task A2 by asking them to incude additional grammatical features from this unit, such as word order 2, 'jed-', 'nächst-', 'letzt-', negation with 'sondern'.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and the English.
Correct Answer:geschieden,divorced
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divorced

Correct Answer:höher,higher
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higher

Correct Answer:schlimm,bad
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bad

Correct Answer:weiter,further
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further

Correct Answer:her,from something
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from something

Q2.
Match the German and the English.
Correct Answer:wert,worth, worthy of
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worth, worthy of

Correct Answer:eher,rather
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rather

Correct Answer:Ende,end
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end

Correct Answer:gar nicht,not at all
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not at all

Q3.
Which word best completes the following sentence? We use the perfect tense to describe events in the ...
present.
future.
Correct answer: past.
Q4.
Select the sentences in the perfect tense.
Correct answer: Ich habe Pizza gegessen.
Correct answer: Letztes Jahr bin ich nach Italien gefahren.
Letztes Jahr war ich in Italien.
Ich wollte ein Paar Tage länger bleiben.
Correct answer: Ich bin zwei Wochen geblieben.
Q5.
Put this perfect tense sentence in the correct order.
1 - ich
2 - habe
3 - über
4 - Jobs
5 - in
6 - Italien
7 - gelesen
Q6.
Fill in the gap to complete the following sentence: 'Er nach Deutschland gefahren.'
Correct Answer: ist

4 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:schon,already
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already

Correct Answer:nie,never
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never

Correct Answer:noch nicht,not yet
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not yet

Correct Answer:schon einmal,ever (in questions)
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ever (in questions)

Q2.
'Say who you went to school with.' Which tense would you use to respond to this prompt?
present
Correct answer: past
future
Q3.
Which responses include a verb?
Wunderbar!
Mit meiner Mutter.
Correct answer: Es war wunderbar.
Correct answer: Es ist wunderbar!
Nicht so gut.
Q4.
Sort the words below into the correct order to form the following sentence: 'Have you ever played handball?'
1 - hast
2 - du
3 - schon
4 - einmal
5 - Handball
6 - gespielt

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