A2–B1 Vocabulary Verbs Past tense (Perfekt) Reading
Perfekt Guesser
One word missing, two tempting answers.
The Perfekt is a common way to describe past events in everyday German: Ich habe gekocht, Ich bin nach Hause gegangen. A form of haben or sein combines with a past participle. In a simple main clause, the participle usually comes at the end. Here, you read the sentence for clues and choose the participle that fits its meaning.
The more you play this game, the better you will be able to understand short accounts of someone's day, a journey or a completed activity. You also collect examples for talking about your own experiences. Try saying one completed sentence aloud after your round.
Play a short round during a break, or add one to a daily habit. Come back on another day to review familiar sentences.
Learn a complete example with the auxiliary and participle: Ich habe gekocht, Ich bin gegangen. This game gives you short sentences to read and complete for meaning. Use a finished example as a model for a sentence about your own day.
In a simple Perfekt main clause, the participle usually comes at the end. The gap gives you a reason to read the rest of the sentence for clues. The completed sentence then shows how the words fit together.
Both choices are real, correctly formed participles. Look for meaning clues in the sentence: the person, object, place or activity. Choose the word that makes sense in that context.
Yes. You read examples with both auxiliaries, such as Ich habe gekocht and Ich bin gegangen. The auxiliary is already supplied; your task is to choose the participle that fits the sentence's meaning.
Everyday A2 verbs across all the awkward groups: regular ones like gekocht, irregular ones like geschrieben and gefunden, separable ones like eingeladen and abgeholt, and prefix verbs with no ge- at all, like bezahlt and verstanden.
You choose between two participles by reading the sentence for meaning. After each answer, the English translation helps you check the completed sentence. You can also review it aloud after your round.
It is for A2 learners and can also be useful at B1 for reviewing everyday sentences. Start after you have met the Perfekt. Try a short round whenever it fits your day, and return on another day to revisit the examples.