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Verbs The perfect tense: regular verbs Foundation pp. 10 11 Higher pp. 8 9 G Use the perfect tense to talk about actions you have done or did in the past. A lot of what you hear and read is about things that happened in the past and you will frequently be expected to talk about the past. In German, there is no difference between I bought, I have bought and I did buy. You always have to include the German for have. Forming the perfect tense The perfect tense is made up of two parts: the auxiliary verb and the past participle (at the end of the clause). Most verbs form the perfect tense with a part of the auxiliary verb haben (to have). Regular verbs form the past participle with ge t around the stem. (The stem is the infinitive with en removed.) infinitive auxiliary past participle kaufen ich habe einen Kuli gekauft lernen du hast Mathe gelernt spielen er/sie/es/man hat Fußball gespielt machen wir haben Hausaufgaben gemacht tanzen ihr habt in der Disko getanzt kochen Sie haben Kaffee gekocht hören sie haben Popmusik gehört Take care with verbs such as arbeiten (to work). As in the present tense, they add an extra e: : Ich habe gearbeitet. t. 1 Circle the correct word to complete each sentence. 1 Ich habe Deutsch lernen / gelernt.. 2 Wir haben einen Kuli gekauft / kaufen.. 3 Hast du Hausaufgaben macht / gemacht?? 4 Mein Bruder hat in der Schule hart gearbeitet / gekauft.. 5 Die Schüler haben die Musiklehrerin gemacht / geliebt.. 6 Habt ihr Tischtennis gekocht / gespielt?? 3DRAFT 2DRAFT 1DRAFT WirDRAFT IchDRAFT 2 Fill each gap with the correct form of haben and then draw a line to link each sentence with the correct past participle. IchDRAFT WirDRAFT DRAFTet. 1 2 1 Ich Bleistifte für die Schule getanzt. 2 Wir gute Noten in Mathe gekauft. 3 Mein Vater in der Disko gebraucht. 4 Meine Freunde in Amerika gespielt. 5 Ihr Fußball gearbeitet. 6 Du in der Schule hart gewohnt. 3 Complete each sentence using the correct past participle of the verb in brackets. 1 Ich habe ein Lineal (kaufen). 2 Wir haben Englisch (lernen). 3 Er hat in Berlin (wohnen). 4 Hast du Tennis (spielen)? 5 Meine Freunde haben am Wochenende sehr hart (arbeiten). 6 Der Lehrer hat Guten Tag (sagen). Remember to add an extra e to the past participle. 50 Stimmt! GCSE German Pearson Education Limited 2016
Verbs 4 Rewrite these sentences in the perfect tense. Don t forget to include the two parts of the perfect tense: the correct form of the auxiliary verb (haben) plus the past participle. 1 Wir kaufen Sportschuhe. 2 Was lernst du in Geschichte? 3 Ich mache meine Hausaufgaben am Computer. 4 Meine Eltern suchen einen guten Gitarrenlehrer. H 5 Translate these sentences into German. The infinitive and the middle part of each sentence are given in brackets. 1 I played table tennis in the playground. (spielen, Tischtennis auf dem Schulhof) 2 Have you bought the skirt? (kaufen (du), den Rock) Remember to use the correct form of haben, and the past participle at the end. 3 Today we worked a lot in the garden. (arbeiten, heute viel im Garten) ) 4 My DRAFT) friend made lots of mistakes in the maths test today. (machen, heute viele Fehler im Mathetest) 6 Translate these sentences into German. 1 I did judo. Remember that the past participle 2 He looked for his trainers at school. goes at the end of the sentence. 3 We lived far from school and did homework on the bus. Here you will need two clauses, each with an auxiliary verb and a past participle. 7 Translate this passage into German. Remember to add an extra Which form of the verb do you need here? e to the past participle. DRAFT Yesterday I needed trainers but I bought a schoolbag. Last weekend my friends and I played volleyball. It was fun and we laughed. My sister did her homework on Saturday and then she worked in the café. Later she listened to her favourite music and then she looked for her favourite book. Use a perfect tense here. Lachen means to laugh. You don t need the word for for in German. Stimmt! GCSE German Pearson Education Limited 2016 51
Translation: English German My studies and life at school / college 1 Complete these sentences using the words in the box. 1 My school bag is green. Schultasche ist grün. 2 We like learning history. Wir gern. gemacht Geschichte lernen mein meine nach 3 My brother has too much homework. Bruder hat zu Hausaufgaben. 4 The lunch break is much too short. Die ist zu kurz. viel viele Mittagspause 5 After school, I did my homework. der Schule habe ich meine Hausaufgaben. 2 Using the clues in brackets, complete these sentences in German. 1 Wir haben E. (twice a week, Geography) 2 ist mein Freund nicht in die Schule, weil er. (yesterday, went, ill, was) 3 Meine Freunde nicht gern Mathe, die zu streng. (learn, because, female teacher, is) 4 der Schule meine Vokabeln. (before) (I I learned) DRAFTno 5 Heute Abend keine H. (I I will, no homework, do) ) 3 Translate these sentences into German. The first three have been started for you. 1 My schoolbag is black. Meine Schultasche. 2 I like learning German. Ich lerne. 3 We have too many tests. Wir haben. 4 We have Maths three times a week. 5 There are six lessons and the break is too short. Check your 6 My English teacher is funny because she always wears trainers. translations carefully: have you used the correct tenses, articles, cases 7 Before school I did my homework. and plural nouns? 6DRAFT 5DRAFT DRAFT) DRAFT, DRAFTdo) no 8 I went to school on the bus because it was cold. 9 This evening I will do my homework at my friend s house. 10 Yesterday my father read my report and he was very annoyed. 118 Stimmt! GCSE German Pearson Education Limited 2016
Translation: English German H 4 Read this passage about a class trip and correct the translation below. The mistakes have been crossed out. Now and again I come to school b y train. Today I travelled by car with my dad because we are doing a class trip to Munich. I am looking forward to the journey because I like to be together with my friend (m). In two years we must do A Levels. That will be stressful. But I am already looking forward to the party! H 1 Meistens komme ich 2 mit dem Rad in die Schule. Heute bin ich mit 3 meiner Mutter mit dem Auto gefahren, weil wir eine Klassenfahrt nach München machen. Ich freue mich auf die Reise, weil ich gern mit 4 meinen Freunden zusammen bin. 5 Nächstes Jahr müssen wir Abitur machen. Das 6 will stressig sein. Aber ich freue mich schon auf 7 den Abiball! Don t try to translate word for word. 5 Translate these passages into German. 1 Usually I come to school by train, so I have to get up very early. I think that today we have a double lesson of sport in the afternoon. Last week we had a great class trip to Berlin. Although it rained every day, we had fun and I would like to go back there again one day. DRAFT 2 I find my school annoying. I don t learn French any more because I got bad marks last year. Yesterday I wanted to send my friend a text but we re not allowed to use mobile phones at school. I would rather go to school in England where they are not so strict. When you have finished, go back over your translations to check that they sound natural in German. Stimmt! GCSE German Pearson Education Limited 2016 119
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