Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

• For more details on modal verbs in the simple past tense, see
  Unit 7.


• For all forms of habenandseinin the simple past tense, see Unit
  12.


• For more information on irregular verb changes, see Unit 12.


• For a list of irregular verbs, see pages 215–17.

Exercise 11.1

Which of the following verbs are regular,irregularand so-called mixed

verbs? Put each one in the appropriate column. The first one has been

done for you.

1 schreiben 7 passieren 13 rennen 19 wachsen

2 tanzen 8 fahren 14 bringen 20 wissen

3 fliegen 9 machen 15 hören 21 kennen

4 reservieren 10 trinken 16 besuchen 22 kommen

5 stellen 11 helfen 17 reisen 23 nennen

6 denken 12 bleiben 18 sein 24 verstehen

Regular verbs Irregular verbs Mixed verbs

schreiben

Exercise 11.2

Write down the past participle forms of all verbs in Exercise 11.1.

Example: schreiben →geschrieben

Nine of these verbs require seinto form the present perfect. Can you

identify them?

Exercise 11.3

Follow the two examples and put the sentences below into the present

perfect tense.

Unit 11: The present perfect tense 87

111

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1011

1

2

13

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5

6

7

8

9

2011

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3011

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

4011

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3

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