1. Use the perfect tense in German when you want to say… Perfect Tense I did something Ich habe etwas gemacht

2. … or… I have done something Ich habe etwas gemacht Perfect Tense

3. For example; Perfect Tense I played tennis. Ich habe Tennis gespielt.

4. … or… Perfect Tense I have played tennis. Ich habe Tennis gespielt.

5. Perfect Tense It is used mainly in speech or... in colloquial (informal) written passages.

6. Which is the correct translation? Ich habe am Wochenende Hockey gespielt. I played hockey at the weekend. I have at the weekend hockey played. I like to play hockey. (click on the box next to the correct answer) Perfect Tense

7. NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! Perfect Tense

8. Bist du wahnsinnig? Perfect Tense

9. GUT GEMACHT! Perfect Tense

10. Which is the correct translation? Wann hat das Spiel begonnen? When began the game? When did the game start? When has the game begun? Perfect Tense

11. NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! Perfect Tense

12. Bist du wahnsinnig? Perfect Tense

13. GUT GEMACHT! Perfect Tense

14. Which is the correct translation? Ich habe darüber nachgedacht. I thought about it. I have thought about it. I have over it thought. (there are two possible correct answers) Perfect Tense

15. NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! Perfect Tense

16. GUT GEMACHT! Perfect Tense

17. There are... FOUR Perfect Tense main factors which affect verbs in the perfect tense.

18. There are... 1) WEAK VERBS Perfect Tense

19. 2) STRONG VERBS Perfect Tense

20. Perfect Tense 3) IRREGULAR (sometimes called ‘mixed’) VERBS and...

21. 4) Two auxiliary (helping) verbs Perfect Tense haben and sein

22. Perfect Tense To form the perfect tense, ALL verbs need... 1) a past participle (e.g. gemacht, gespielt) 2) an auxiliary (helping) verb (e.g. haben or sein). AND TWO parts...

25. Now click on the link to practice unscrambling these weak past participles. It’s not always as easy as it looks! Perfect Tense WEAK VERBS

27. Perfect Tense Using your verb tables to help if you need to, practice your strong verb knowledge by clicking on the document below: BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START! STRONG VERBS

28. Some irregular STRONG verbs take the weak verb ending in the perfect tense: Perfect Tense denken - ich habe ged acht Some irregular WEAK verbs change their vowel and sometimes consonant in the perfect tense: bringen - er hat es gebr acht IRREGULAR (or mixed) VERBS

29. Perfect Tense YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN THEM AS YOU GO ALONG!! As this is quite confusing, there is only really one way of getting to know them properly… (sorry!) IRREGULAR (or mixed) VERBS

30. Perfect Tense Using your verb tables to help if you need to, practice your knowledge by clicking on the document below: BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START! IRREGULAR (or mixed) VERBS

31. Perfect Tense haben OR sein There are some GENERAL rules which can help you decide whether your verb will take... ...as its auxiliary. haben OR sein?

32. Perfect Tense MOST verbs take HABEN as their auxiliary. Verbs which take SEIN include; ich bin gefahren b) VERBS EXPRESSING A CHANGE IN STATE; ich bin gewachsen ich bin alt geworden a) VERBS OF MOTION; AND... (I grew/have grown) (I became/have become old) haben OR sein?

33. Perfect Tense c) the following TWO verbs; bleiben - ich bin geblieben sein - ich bin gewesen haben OR sein?

34. Perfect Tense Using your verb tables to help you if you need to, test your knowledge by clicking on the link below: haben OR sein?

35. Perfect Tense As you should now be an expert on the perfect tense, click on the link to test yourself, this time without your verb tables! haben OR sein?

36. GUT GEMACHT!!!!! END OF SHOW Perfect Tense haben OR sein?