KS3 · German · Year 8

Last summer: perfect tense weak and strong verbs, 1st and 3rd persons singular

Holidays: present and past, perfect tense with 'haben'

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Your learning goal

I can understand strong and weak verbs in the perfect tense to describe holiday experiences.

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What you’ll learn

I can understand strong and weak verbs in the perfect tense to describe holiday experiences.

Key learning points

Past participles of strong verbs sandwich the stem with 'ge' and 'en' and the vowel often changes in the stem.
[sch], [st-] and [sp] need to be practised to assist spelling and pronunciation.
The past participle of strong verbs needs to be recognised in contrast to the infinitive.
The use of compound nouns enriches vocabulary.
'Haben' changes when talking about different people, but the past participle stays the same.

Words to know

[sch]: pronounced as in 'schreiben'
[st-]: pronounced as in 'stark'
[sp]: pronounced as in 'stark'
strong verb: a verb whose past participle adds 'en' and often changes the stem vowel; for example, 'gesungen'

Common mistakes

Compound nouns are completely different words that cannot be understood or pronounced unless they have been met before.

Compound nouns are made up of two (or more) nouns, one or more of which pupils may already know. Knowledge of formation and read aloud can promote recognition as can activities where pupils produce compounds from known words.

For parents, carers and teachers

Encourage plentiful oral practice and repetition of past participles of strong verbs as well as the sound symbol correspondences in this lesson.