The exercise itself is in German; the explanation pages it links to are in Turkish.

A2.1 · Perfekt II

Perfekt II (besucht, aufgestanden, telefoniert)

At A1 you learnt haben/sein and ge-…-t/ge-…-en. Now the hard part begins: verbs with the prefixes be-/ver-/er- and verbs ending in -ieren have no ge- (besucht, telefoniert), in separable verbs ge- goes in the middle (aufgestanden), verbs like passieren and bleiben take sein, and in the Satzklammer the Partizip always comes last. All exercise content is in German.

Recognise: match the infinitive with its Partizip II. Careful: which ones have no ge-?

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Infinitiv
Partizip II
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Perfekt II – Partizip forms without ge-, separable verbs and the Satzklammer

At A1 you built the skeleton of the Perfekt: haben/sein + Partizip II. At A2 the verbs that really cause trouble are added to it. Verbs with the prefixes be-, ver-, er- and verbs ending in -ieren take no ge- (besucht, verstanden, telefoniert); in separable verbs ge- goes between the prefix and the stem (aufgestanden, eingekauft, angerufen). Verbs such as passieren, bleiben, werden and umziehen also need sein.

This exercise has five steps: match, choose the ge- rule, find haben/sein for the tricky verbs, weed out sentences that break the Satzklammer and write the Partizip yourself. Each answer is followed by a short explanation of the rule. In the writing and speaking parts of the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 and telc Deutsch A2, this is exactly where most points are lost.

Related: Perfekt & Präteritum explanation (in Turkish) · Perfekt A1 exercise · A2.1 exercises · Perfekt-Meister game

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What is in the "Perfekt II" exercise?

The "Perfekt II" exercise is at level A2 and has 5 steps with 50 questions in total: 10 matching items, 30 multiple-choice questions and 10 gap-fill items.

The steps in order: Match · ge- or not? · haben/sein · Satzklammer · Write.

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What level is the "Perfekt II" exercise for?

This exercise is designed for level A2. You will find more exercises at the same level on the A2 exercises page.