This summer: perfect tense weak verbs 1st person singular, 'in' (dative) | German

Starter quiz

Match these German verbs to their English meanings.
- ziehen
  
  ⇔
  
  to pull, pulling ✓
- lassen
  
  ⇔
  
  to leave, leaving ✓
- nehmen
  
  ⇔
  
  to take, taking ✓
- erhalten
  
  ⇔
  
  to receive, receiving ✓
- halten
  
  ⇔
  
  to stop, stopping ✓
- werfen
  
  ⇔
  
  to throw, throwing ✓
Which time phrases below can only be used in the past tense?
- letzten Monat ✓
- manchmal
- gestern ✓
- immer
- normalerweise
Match the following German words to their English meanings.
- zuerst
  
  ⇔
  
  first, firstly ✓
- dann
  
  ⇔
  
  then ✓
- danach
  
  ⇔
  
  after that, afterwards ✓
- später
  
  ⇔
  
  later ✓
- schließlich
  
  ⇔
  
  finally, in the end ✓
Which of the following statements about how to form the German perfect tense of weak verbs is false?
- use the present tense of haben and a past participle
- sandwich the infinitive between 'ge' and 't' to form the past participle ✓
- the past participle goes to the end of the sentence
Which of these German verbs do not have 'ge' at the beginning of their past participle?
- machen - to do, make
- erreichen - to reach, achieve ✓
- fragen - to ask
- besuchen - to visit ✓
- hören - to hear
Sort the verbs below into the right order to correctly complete the following sentence: 'Ich __________ oft London aber ich __________ nie Berlin __________.'
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  besuche
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  habe
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  besucht

Exit quiz

Match these German words to their English translations.
- schon
  
  ⇔
  
  already ✓
- die Mitte
  
  ⇔
  
  middle ✓
- erleben
  
  ⇔
  
  to experience, experiencing ✓
- legen
  
  ⇔
  
  to lay, laying, to put, putting ✓
- nehmen
  
  ⇔
  
  to take, taking ✓
- lassen
  
  ⇔
  
  to leave, leaving (something) ✓
Put the endings below in the correct order to complete the following: 'Dies__________ Jahr, nächst__________ Monat, dies__________ Woche.'
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  es
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  en
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  e
Which of the expressions below is not a time adverbial?
- deshalb ✓
- normalerweise
- immer
- nie
- zuerst
Which of the following statements are correct?
- you need to use the dative case when referring to location ✓
- the dative for the word 'the' is 'dem' (m), 'der' (f) and 'dem' (nt) ✓
- the dative for the word 'a' is 'einem' (m), 'einer' (f) and 'einem' (nt) ✓
- 'in dem' contracts to 'im' ✓
- the German for 'I am in the town' is 'ich bin in die Stadt'
Which of these options use the correct word order?
- Ich habe ein Konzert in der Stadmitte gehört. ✓
- Letztes Jahr ich habe Deutschland besucht.
- Diese Woche mache ich eine Tour. ✓
- Normalerweise ich erhalte den Preis!
- Jeden Tag nehme ich den Bus. ✓
Put the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentences into German: 'Last week I danced in the park'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  letzte
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Woche
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  habe
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  ich
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  im
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  Park
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  getanzt

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

The past participle comes at the end of a sentence in the perfect tense.
Time adverbials with adjectives use the accusative case.
Time adverbials at the beginning of the sentence trigger word order 2.
Describing location requires the dative.

Common misconception

There is no change in word order after time adverbials.

Practise short examples with and without time adverbials, and use cards (or the pupils themselves) to move to demonstrate word order 2 with time adverbials at beginning of sentences.

Keywords

Past participle - the form of a verb used in the past (perfect) tense; for example, 'I have done'
Time adverbial - a word or group of words that modify the time frame of a verb; for example, 'last week', 'this month'
Accusative - word endings used, for example, in time adverbials: 'letzten Sommer', 'diese Woche'
Dative - word endings used, for example, after prepositions of location: 'in einem Park', 'in der Stadt'