Mastering the German Perfect Tense through Speaking

Practice makes perfect, and this e-book will not only guide you step-by step through the rules for forming the perfect tense. It will also provide you with many speaking exercises to develop your fluency and master the perfect tense. In addition, there are quizzes, exercises, bonus material, cheat sheets and lists.

What will you learn?

• the perfect tense of regular verbs

• the perfect tense of irregular verbs

• the perfect tense of verbs with separable and non-separable prefixes

• the perfect tense with “sein”

• the past tense of some common verbs

• time expressions referring to the past

• important word order rules

Who this course is for?

1. You have a basic knowledge of German and want to progress to the next level by learning how to express ideas that relate to the past. In this course, you will not only learn the necessary rules in bitesize chunks but more importantly, the activities will help you internalize the different forms and apply them when speaking.

2. You have been taught the perfect tense but you struggle with applying the correct forms and rules when having real-life conversations. This course gives you the chance to improve your fluency by taking you step-by-step through the different stages.

3. You studied German some time ago and want to get back into it but don’t fancy starting from the very beginning. With this course, you will quickly revise basic vocabulary and important grammatical structures whilst having the opportunity to speak in the comfort of your home.

What are the prerequisites?

Some basic knowledge of German (Level A1)