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German Perfect Tense

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
To form the perfect tense we need ? different verbs.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
2.

The two different verbs are part of haben or sein and the ...............?

a)

infinitive

b)

past participle

c)

auxiliary

d)

stem

3.
The auxiliary is usually part of ?
a)
trinken
b)
essen
c)
sein
d)
haben
4.
The German past participle is usually recognised because .......
a)
it is an infinitive
b)
in ends with -ed
c)
it starts with ge-
d)
it has ge- at the end
5.

The past participle starting "ge-" in German is the equivalent of the past participle ending in ....... in English

a)

-ed

b)

-ing

c)

-er

d)

-ade

6.

In German, the past participle of the verb is always .....?

a)

at the beginning of the sentence

b)

at the end of the sentence

c)

second idea

d)

in the middle

7.

In German the auxiliary (part of haben or sein) is always ....

a)

at the end of the sentence

b)

at the beginning of the sentence

c)

in the middle

d)

second idea

8.
The "ich" form of haben is 
a)
habe
b)
haben
c)
hast
d)
habt
9.
essen is the  ? of the verb
a)
past participle
b)
auxiliary
c)
infinitive
d)
future tense
10.
trinken is the ? of the verb
a)
infinitive
b)
past participle
c)
auxiliary
d)
future tense
11.
The past participle of the verb essen is 
a)
essen
b)
geessen
c)
gegessen
d)
geesst
12.
The past participle of the verb trinken is
a)
trinken
b)
getrunkt
c)
getrunken
d)
getrinkt
13.
Translate:  I ate chips
a)
Ich gegessen Pommes
b)
Ich habe gegessen Pommes
c)
Ich habe Pommes geessen
d)
Ich habe Pommes gegessen
14.
Translate: I drank water
a)
Ich habe Wasser getrunken
b)
Ich habe getrunken Wasser
c)
Ich getrunken Wasser
d)
Ich getrunken Wasser habe
15.
gefunden is the ? of the verb finden
a)
infinitive
b)
past participle
c)
auxiliary
d)
future tense
16.
Translate: I found it salty
a)
Ich gefunden es salzig
b)
Ich habe gefunden es salzig
c)
Ich habe es salzig gefunden
d)
Ich gefunden es salzig habe
17.

The auxiliary is:

a)

at the end

b)

the "helping" verb (it helps form the past tense)

c)

the first idea in the sentence

d)

an adjective

18.
The past participle is: 
a)
the infinitive
b)
the helping verb
c)
2nd idea in the sentence
d)
always at the end of the sentence
19.
The perfect tense is a name for
a)
the present tense
b)
the past tense
c)
the future tense
d)
the auxiliary
20.
Translate: My friend ate salad
a)
Mein Freund gegessen einen Salat
b)
Mein Freund einen Salat gegessen
c)
Mein Freund hat einen Salat gegessen
d)
Mein Freund habe einen Salat gegessen
21.

If we start with Letztes Wochenende and want to say that we ate something, the next word in the sentence must be .....

a)

the food

b)

ich

c)

the past participle

d)

the auxiliary

22.

Leztztes Wochenende (a)   ich Steak mit Pommes gegessen.

23.

Letzte Woche (a)   meine Mutter heiße Schokolade getrunken.

24.

Letztes Wochenende habe ich Schokoladenkuchen (a)  

25.

Letzten Sonntag hat mein Vater einen Kaffee (a)  

26.

gegangen is the past participle of which verb?

a)

essen

b)

trinken

c)

finden

d)

gehen

27.

If we say "I went" in German, the 2nd word in the sentence must be ...

a)

ich habe

b)

ich bin

c)

ich gehe

d)

ich

28.

Last Saturday I went to the restaurant

a)

Letzten Samstag ich bin zum Restaurant gegangen.

b)

Letzten Samstag bin ich gegangen zum Restaurant

c)

Letzten Samstag bin ich zum Restaurant gegangen.

d)

Letzten Samstag ich bin gegangen zum Restaurant.

29.

If I have my exercise book notes in front of me I feel ......... about using the "Perfect Tense" (the past tense) in German.

a)

very confident

b)

quite confident

c)

not very confident

d)

not at all confident

30.

If I didn't have my exercise book notes in front of me and I had to write a sentence in the past tense to say what I ate and drank last weekend, I would feel ............. about getting right.

a)

very confident

b)

quite confident

c)

not very confident

d)

not at all confident