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