Perfekt with haben
Talk about what you did at the weekend.
German uses the Perfekt tense very often in everyday speech to talk about the past. In this chapter, you learn how to form the Perfekt with haben, how to build common past participles, and how the helper verb and participle create a sentence bracket. You will practise weekend and leisure sentences that students can use in real conversations.
What this chapter covers
- I can understand that the Perfekt is the normal spoken past tense in everyday German.
- I can form simple Perfekt sentences with haben and a past participle.
- I can recognise common past participles such as gemacht, gekauft, gelernt, gesehen, gegessen, and getrunken.
- I can place haben in the conjugated verb position and the past participle at the end.
- I can describe my weekend or free time using simple past-tense sentences.
What you will practise in the app
The full chapter includes 10 interactive exercises covering these formats:
- Multiple choice questions
- Vocabulary matching
- Verb conjugation tables
- Fill-in-the-blank sentences
- Word order tasks
- Listening comprehension
- Translation practice
- True or false statements
- Guided writing task
Vocabulary: Weekend & Leisure
A small sample from this chapter's vocabulary set.
This is only a small sample. The full vocabulary set — with audio, example sentences, and grammar details — is available in the free app.
Why this matters in Germany
This chapter helps you build German you can use in everyday situations in Germany — from understanding simple sentences to handling basic conversations, messages, appointments, study, work, and daily life. Practical language learned in context is easier to remember and use when it matters.
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