past tense

Question 1

what axillary verbs are used with the past tense?

Answer 1

haben (to have)
or
sein (to be)

Question 2

The correct forms of haben (when conjugated to all the pronouns)?

Answer 2

• ich habe
• du hast
• er/sie/es hat
• wir haben
• ihr habt
• Sie/sie haben

Question 3

what are the correct forms of sein (when conjugated to all the pronouns)?

Answer 3

• ich bin
• du bist
• er/sie/es ist
• wir sind
• ihr seid
• Sie sind
• sie sind

Question 4

when is haben used?

Answer 4

when the sentance has a transistive verb (the verb takes on one or more objects).

Question 5

when is sein used?

Answer 5

when the sentance does not have a transistive verb (the verb doe not have any objects).

Question 6

Verbs of motion are …………………..

Answer 6

intransistive verbs

Question 7

What are the three verbs that do not fit into the intransistive verb rule?

Answer 7

bleiben (to stay), werden (to become) and sein (to be). They do not express movement but they must take sein.

Question 8

what is the procces for finding the past participle of a verb?

Answer 8

• Check whether the verb is regular or irregular
• Find the stem
• Add the beginning and ending to the stem

Question 9

past tense sentance structure.

Answer 9

[subject]+[auxillary verb]+[past participle]
E.G.
*ich+habe+gespielt**
Ich habe gespielt
(I have played)

Question 10

reasons past participles wont start with ge:

Answer 10

• they end in –ieren, eg studieren > studiert (however, apart from not starting with ge-, these verbs are regular)
• they start with an inseparable prefix such as be-, ent-, er- or ver-, eg verstehen > verstanden
• the main verb already starts with ge-, eg gewinnen (to win) > gewonnen (won)

Question 11

How do you conjugate the past participle of a seperable verb?

Answer 11

simply cobine the seperable verb along with itsa prefix and use as the past participle.
* auf + räumen > aufräumen (to tidy up)
* an + ziehen > anziehen (to put on)
* auf + stehen > aufstehen (to get up)

Question 12

verb is the ……………… idea

Answer 12

Verb is the second idea ( not the second word )

Question 13

what are the three elements of a perfect tense sentance?

Answer 13

• element one: pronoun, eg ich
• element two: auxiliary verb, eg habe
  (optional extra, eg Tennis)
• element three: past participle, eg gespielt

Question 14

to make the perfect tense negative simply add the word

Answer 14

nicht or kein

• You use nicht when negating a verb:
  Der Bürgermeister hat die Currywurst nicht gegessen. – The mayor didn’t eat the curried sausage.
• You add kein when negating a noun:
  Ich habe keine Geschwister. – I have no siblings.