(b) Beantworte die Fragen auf Englisch. 1. What did Jutta do at the weekend? 2. What happened after the match? 3. Who attended the clubhouse? 4. What information does she give about Steffi from their class? 5. What did Lukas do at the weekend? 6. What does Jutta ask Lukas at the end of the conversation?
3. Sprachbewusstsein Language awareness
(a) Verbs change when we talk about the past, the present and the future. We call these ‘tenses’. Study the examples in English.
Example 1: Everyday I work. Example 2: Yesterday I worked. Example 3: I have worked in this school for three years.
Example 1 is a present tense. Example 2 is a past tense. Example 3 is a present perfect tense.
To speak about the past in German we use ‘das Perfekt’. This tense is formed in a similar way to Example 3, the present perfect tense.
(b) An example of 'das Perfekt' is used when Jutta talks about last weekend in the text Letztes Wochenende.
Ich bin zum Fuβballtraining gegangen. Am Samstag habe ich nicht viel gemacht.
Underline all the other verbs in the text that are in this tense. Compare your solution with your partner's and write them out in a list.
(c) Compare your list with those of the rest of the class to make sure you have included all the verbs in the 'Perfekt' tense.
(d) With your class, work out the rule for the formation of the 'Perfekt' in German.
You need the present tense of ________________ or _________________ and the past participle of the ___________________.
