KS3 · German · Year 8
The Black Forest: singular perfect tense with 'haben' and 'sein', 'durch'
Past journeys: perfect tense with 'sein'
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Your learning goal
I can express what I or someone else did or has done on a past trip.
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The Black Forest: singular perfect tense with 'haben' and 'sein', 'durch': slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can express what I or someone else did or has done on a past trip.
Key learning points
- Learning new words requires practice in a range of ways, e.g., the look, cover, write, check method and self-testing.
- [er] is two common sounds in German, which need to be practised regularly in reading aloud, speaking and writing.
- The 3rd person singular perfect tense uses 'hat' or 'ist' with a past participle to say what he or she did or has done.
- 'Durch' is a preposition meaning 'through' and is always followed by the accusative.
Words to know
- [er]
- sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in ‘er’ ('he'), and ‘wieder’ ('again')
- perfect tense
- the German past tense which translates 2 English past tenses; e.g., 'I did' and 'I have done'
- past participle
- the form of a verb used in the perfect tense; e.g., 'gespielt' ('played')
Common mistakes
The perfect tense in German is always formed with a part of 'haben' to express what someone has done.
Some verbs require a part of 'sein' to form the perfect tense, often with verbs of movement to a destination.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Reference is made in the lesson to Titisee, Feldberg, Schauinsland, Bodensee, Schluchsee and das Museum Vogtsbauernhof. Teachers may wish to exploit this by giving pupils more information about these places.