Pupil outcome: I can identify and analyse the layout and linguistic features of a diary entry. Key learning points: - The purpose of a diary entry is to recount important experiences and express feelings. - A diary entry has a specific...

Pupil outcome: I can write a range of sentence types in the progressive present, past or future tense. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - The progressive tense can denote present, past or future action. -...

Pupil outcome: I can use reflexive verbs and adverbs in the perfect and imperfect tenses in the context of studies and work. Key learning points: - In two-verb structures, the reflexive pronoun normally comes after the first verb. - In...

Pupil outcome: I can write a range of sentence types in the simple present, past or future tense. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - Sentences can be formed in the first, second or third person. - The...

Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense with 'haben' and irregular past participles in the context of the experiences of Syrians in Germany. Key learning points: - The past participles of some verbs do not follow a pattern. - [ch] can...

Pupil outcome: I can recognise when to use the simple past and when to use the present perfect when translating French into English, in the context of arriving to live in a new country. Key learning points: - The simple past is formed by...

Pupil outcome: I can recognise the simple present, simple past and simple future tense in a range of regular and irregular verbs. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - Sentences can be formed in the first,...

We've learned about present tense and future tense, so now let's learn a past tense. The first past tense we will learn is the imperfect tense, for the first and second conjugations. This tense describes a progressive or habitual action...

ESL students and ESL teachers will love this video all about the sound of -ed words. We also discuss the 3 sounds of -ed rules. It's a great help for students learning past simple tense regular verbs. An English ESL animated video for...

It can be tempting to use simple past tense in place of present perfect tense. It’s important that we don’t. In this video, we’ll look at why present perfect is important, how we form it, and five situations it's used.

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What is the secret to telling an interesting story? It's not perfect grammar but it's being flexible with your grammar. Listen in today to find out how to own the room with your dynamic stories in English.

This is the 8th video of German with Puppets Series #2. In this video my puppets explain how to use the imperfect tense (simple past or narrative past) with regular verbs.

In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I use a timeline to show when the different tenses in the German language are used and give examples of each tense and one ridiculous example of all tenses in one sentence. <br/>

In this video I explain how to use and form the past perfect (Pluperfect) in German. <br/>

This is the same list of German irregular verbs and their 3 parts (infinitive, simple past, present perfect) from the other video, but this time they are auto-tuned to make it seem more interesting. It really isn't any more interesting....

This is an updated version of one of my first videos on YouTube. I didn't like the quality and my "R's" were off. I think this version is better. In this video I simply read off the 3 principal parts of some German irregular verbs...

In this video I explain why and how to use the verb "sein" (to be) in the German simple past tense (preterite). <b<br/>r/>

Learn how to use the simple past (das Imperfekt, preterite) tense with the verb "haben". <br/>

This is a video that I use for my German 2 classes in the 4th chapter to teach about the modal auxiliaries in German in the simple past tense.

In this video I explain the German simple past (narrative past, Imperfekt, written past) in a song to the tune of Jingle Bells. Please be sure to turn on the subtitles so you know for sure what I am saying. If the simple past still...

In this video I explain how to conjugate irregular verbs in the simple past (Imperfekt, preterite) tense in German. Next week I will cover the categories of irregular verbs.

Learn how to use the simple past (das Imperfekt, preterite) tense with the verb "haben".

In this video I will teach you about the regular conjugation of verbs in the simple past tense (Imperfekt) in German.

Practice your knowledge of the German Präteritum tense (also called the preterite, simple past, narrative past, written past or simple past). In this video you will learn how to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the Präteritum...