Mixed tenses revision: German

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Teaching notes

This is a whole class game in which one team (the red team) has to try to win hexagons in a row across the PowerPoint grid from left to right, while the other team (the black team) goes from top to bottom. In order to progress across the board team members have to give the correct form of a verb. Click once on a PowerPoint hexagon to turn it red and twice to turn it black when a team answers correctly. There are a number of ways to play the game, allowing differentiation by ability, according to the tenses you wish to practise. An additional layer of challenge can be added to any of the games below by getting students to write their answers, for example on mini whiteboards.

Slide 1

Use this slide to practise one tense at a time. Teams take it in turns to choose a hexagon (verb and pronoun) and then have to give the correct form of the tense being practised. Alternatively, you could have two teams of differing ability (lower and higher). The lower ability team could give answers in the present tense whilst the higher ability team answers in the perfect tense (or other more challenging tense).

Slide 2

In this version of the game, each hexagon contains a verb, pronoun and tense prompt, so that different tenses can be practised together.

Slide 3

Use this slide in conjunction with the mixed tense prompt cards on pages 2-3, which need to be cut up in advance with each set in a bag or envelope. Teams take it in turn to choose a hexagon number. The teacher then draws a card at random from the bag. If the team answers correctly, click the hexagon until the correct colour appears for that team. This is similar to the game on slide 2 but includes a wider range of verb prompts. Alternatively, for more variety and challenge, cut up the infinitive prompt cards on pages 4-5, as well as the tense prompt cards and the pronoun prompt cards on page 6. Students pick one card from each set of cards and use whatever infinitive, tense and pronoun they have to give their answer.

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Mixed tense prompt cards

ich gehen

present

du sein

perfect

er kommen future

wir haben

imperfect

ihr machen present

Sie (polite) spielen perfect

ich werden present

er bekommen

perfect

sie (singular) kaufen future

ich trinken perfect

er lesen

present

sie (singular) fernsehen

future

wir fahren perfect

ich ankommen

future

du spielen present

er sein

imperfect

sie (plural) bleiben perfect

er finden present

es geben

imperfect

ich essen

perfect

wir ankommen

future

er arbeiten perfect

ich aufstehen

future

er nehmen present

sie (plural) treffen perfect

ich können

imperfect

sie (plural) sein

present

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ich gehen

perfect

wir sein

imperfect

er kommen perfect

er haben

present

sie (singular) machen perfect

sie (plural) spielen future

er werden present

ich bekommen

present

Sie (polite) kaufen perfect

ich denken perfect

er dürfen present

sie (singular) fallen

perfect

wir finden perfect

ich fliegen future

du sprechen present

er müssen

imperfect

sie (plural) helfen perfect

er tragen present

es sollen

imperfect

ich laufen perfect

wir streiten future

er singen perfect

ich tun

future

er waschen present

sie (plural) vergessen perfect

ich schlafen

imperfect

sie mögen present

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Infinitive prompt cards

gehen sein haben

fahren kommen essen

trinken spielen machen

hören lesen schreiben

ankommen abfahren schwimmen

arbeiten wohnen werden

fernsehen bleiben finden

geben kaufen bekommen

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schlafen fliegen singen

müssen können wollen

dürfen mögen helfen

nehmen tragen wohnen

vergessen sprechen liegen

einladen anfangen beginnen

verbringen denken fallen

laufen lernen trainieren

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Tense prompt cards

present imperfect

perfect conditional

future pluperfect

Pronoun prompt cards

ich wir

du ihr

er/sie/es Sie/sie