German tenses review

German tenses review

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​Tenses review

​In this lesson, we are going to review how to use different tenses in German. This lesson will cover:

​The perfect tense (I have played, I have travelled)

​The imperfect tense (I was/ I had)

​The present tense

​The future tense (I will...)

​There will be some videos, some explanations, and also some practice questions.

​The perfect tense

​Firstly we are going to recap the perfect tense.

​Watch the video on the next slide to find out about the perfect tense.

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​The perfect tense

​When talking about what you did in the past in German, we usually use the perfect tense. It literally translates as "I have played/eaten/stayed", etc.

​In English, we would say either I ate or I have eaten, but in German we would use the "I have eaten" form.

​The other key thing to remember in German is to use the verb "haben" when there is no movement, and "sein" when there is movement.

​E.g. "ich habe gegessen" (I ate/I have eaten) - no movement

​"ich bin nach Schottland gefahren (I went to Scotland) - movement

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Ich bin nach Frankreich gefahren

• Ich habe nach Frankreich gefahren

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Wir haben wandern gegangen

• Wir sind wandern gegangen

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Ich bin Federball gespielt

• Ich habe Federball gespielt

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Wir haben eine Pizza gekauft

• Wir sind eine Pizza gekauft

​The imperfect tense

​Now we are going to revise how to say "I had" and "I was".

​We often use this when giving an opinion, e.g.

​Das Wetter war schrecklich - the weather was terrible

​Das Essen war lecker - the food was tasty

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​Ich war - I was

​du warst - you were

​er/sie/es war - he/she/it was

​wir waren - we were

​ihr wart - you (plural) were

​sie/Sie waren - they / you (formal) were

​The imperfect tense

We often use "had" to describe what your appearance when you were younger.​

When I was younger, I had brown hair

Als ich jünger war, hatte ich braune Haare

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​We can also use was in this structure:

​When I was younger, I was cheeky

​Als ich jünger war, war ich frech

​The imperfect tense

​ich hatte - I had

​du hattest - you had

​er/sie/es hatte - he/she/it had

​wir hatten - we had

​ihr hattet - you (plural) had

​sie / Sie hatten - they / you (formal) had

​The imperfect tense

​When you say when I was younger, I had/was:

​You need verb, verb

​Als ich jünger war, hatte ich kurze Haare (when I was younger I had short hair)

​Als ich jünger war, war ich sehr laut (when I was younger I was very loud)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Das Essen hatte lecker

• Das Essen war lecker

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Das Hotel war bequem

• Das Hotel hatte bequem

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Als ich jünger war, ich hatte eine Katze

• Als ich jünger war, hatte ich eine Katze

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Als ich jünger war, hatte ich lockige Haare

• Als ich war jünger, hatte ich lockige Haare

​The future tense

​Now we are going to look at the future tense.

​Watch the video on the next slide to find out about the future tense.

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​The future tense

​We use the verb "werden" (will) to make future tense sentences in German.

​Werden is the second idea in the sentence, and the main verb goes to the end, in infinitive (en) form.

​E.g.

​Ich werde nach Irland fahren (I will travel to Ireland)

​Ich werde in die Stadt gehen (I will go into town)

​The future tense

​Ich werde - I will

​du wirst - you will

​er/sie/es wird - he/she/it will

​wir werden - we will

​ihr werdet - you (plural) will

​sie / Sie werden - they / you (formal) will

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Ich werde Tischtennis spiele

• Ich werde Tischtennis spielen

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Wir wandern werden gehen

• Wir werden wandern gehen

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Ich werde mit meiner Familie ins Kino gehen

• Ich werde gehe mit meiner Familie ins Kino