In spoken German, perfect tense is used instead of past tense to narrate an event that happened in the past. German perfect tense is built with the help of haben / sein and past participle of another verb.
Now the question arises – When to use “sein“? Go through our lesson on perfect tense in German to know the answer and to revise how to build the past participles of weak, strong and mixed verbs.
Perfect Tense in German Exercises
Play the following quiz to find out how well you know German perfect tense.
Peter ______ seinen Pullover sofort ______ . (anziehen)
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Ich ______ den neuen Film ______ . (sehen)
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Mein Mann ______ aus Deutschland ______ . (kommen)
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Was ______ gestern auf der Party ______ ? (passieren)
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Mittwochmorgen ______ ich zum Zahnarzt ______ . (gehen)
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Wo ______ du Deutsch ______ ? (lernen)
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Im Juni ______ ihr viel ______ . (schwimmen)
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Vorgestern ______ ihr eure Großeltern ______ . (besuchen)
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Peter und Maria ______ eine halbe Stunde auf den Bus ______ . (warten)
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Wir ______ ein paar Schlüsselanhänger und Magnete ______ . (kaufen)
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German Perfect Tense
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