Tenses

=Das Perfekt (Present Perfect)= Need some revision of the perfect tense? Have a look at this powerpoint presentation:

When does one drop the ge- prefix in the perfect tense?

= Das Präteritum (Simple Past) =

=Plusquamperfekt (Past Perfect)= The same website as above is good for revising and practising the past perfect: []

=Futur I (Furture I)= The future tense is simple to form in German. Just use the present tense forms of **werden** and put the infinitive to the end of the sentence. However, German usually relies on the present tense to indicate the future (implied future) and uses time expressions, such as tonight, tomorrow, etc. so the actual future tense is not quite as common in German as it is in English. **Wir gehen morgen nach Deutschland** is translated as //We are going to Germany tomorrow//, and implies a future action, yet it uses the present tense, in both German and English.

ich werde du wirst er/sie/es wird + infinitive wir werden ihr werdet Sie/sie werden

I will fly to Germany. Ich **werde** nach Deutschland **fliegen**. You will help me! Du **wirst** mir **helfen**! We will learn Latin. Wir **werden** Latein **lernen**. My friend should be home now. Mein Freund **wird** jetzt **wohl** zu Hause **sein**. (Expresses probability)

Online exercises: []