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Weak verbs: Complete the sentences with the past perfect of the verbs in brackets.
- Nachdem er (stürzen) , tat ihm das linke Bein weh.Verbs that express motion or a change of location form the past perfect with sein.|weak verbs: ge…tAfter he had fallen, his left leg hurt.
- Vor zwei Jahren zogen Klaus und Petra in den Ort, in dem die beiden vorher (studieren) .Intransitive verbs that do not express a change of location form the past perfect with haben.|weak verbs ending in ieren: …t (without ge)Two years ago, Klaus and Petra moved to the place where they had both gone to university.
- Zur Party kamen viel mehr Leute, als ich (erwarten) .transitive verbs (verbs with an accusative object – Whom had I expect?) form the past perfect with haben.|weak verbs: ge…tMore people came to the party than I had expected.
- Als das Eis (tauen) , konnten die Kinder nicht mehr Schlittschuhlaufen.Verbs that express a change in condition form the past perfect with sein.|weak verbs: ge…tWhen the ice had melted, the children couldn’t go ice-skating anymore.
- Uns fielen die Vokabeln nicht mehr ein, die wir so fleißig (lernen) .transitive verbs (verbs with an accusative object – Whom/what had we learned?) form the past perfect with haben.|weak verbs: ge…tWe no longer remembered the vocabulary that we had so diligently learned.
Strong/mixed verbs: complete the sentences using the past perfect.
- Ich erhielt erst gestern den Brief, den du mir aus dem Urlaub (schreiben) .transitive verbs (verbs with an accusative object – Whom/what had you written?) form the past perfect with haben.|strong verb: schreiben–schrieb–geschriebenI only got the letter you’d written me from your holiday yesterday.
- Als die Party richtig losging, (wir/schon/gehen) .Verbs that express a change of location form the past perfect with sein.|strong verb: gehen–ging–gegangenWe’d already left by the time the party really got going.
- Wir übernachteten in dem Hotel, das Bernd uns (empfehlen) .transitive verbs (verbs with an accusative object – Whom/what had Bernd recommended to us?) form the past perfect with haben.|strong verb: empfehlen–empfahl–empfohlenWe spent the night in the hotel that Bernd had recommended to us.
- Wir machten ein Foto vom Biergarten, in dem wir zuvor (sitzen) .intransitive verbs that do not express a change of location form the past perfect with haben.|strong verb: sitzen–saß–gesessenWe took a photo of the beer garden that we’d been sitting in earlier.
- Nachdem ich ein paar Schritte (rennen) , bekam ich plötzlich keine Luft mehr und musste stehenbleiben.Verbs that express a change of location form the past perfect with sein.|mixed verb: rennen–rannte–geranntAfter I had run a few paces, I suddenly couldn’t breathe and had to stop.