Verb Forms

(chapter 6)

With the exercises in this chapter you can test your knowledge of verb forms. It starts off with a series of quizzes on present tense forms, separable verbs, irregular verbs and imperatives. It might seem easy to you, but give it a go and see whether you feel confident or whether you need to revise some of those forms. These are followed by exercises on past tense, participles and perfect tense with haben or sein and forms of the subjunctive I and II.

For more quizzes on the subjunctive, the passive and modal verbs, go to Verbs: uses

Exercise 1 - Test your knowledge on verb forms in the present tense.

Exercise 2 - Complete the questions with a verb in the second person singular in the present tense. Since the verbs are at the beginning of the sentence, they need to be capitalized.

Exercise 3 - With this quiz you can practise separable verbs. Form complete sentences from the phrases (including punctuation). Make sure you understand the meaning and consult a dictionary in case you don't understand some of the verbs.

Exercise 4 - Fill in the gap with the imperative singular form (informal). Verbs at the start of the sentence need to be capitalized.

Exercise 5 - Form whole sentences using the informal form of the imperative singular. Don't forget to end the sentence with an exclamation mark!

Exercise 6 - Change the imperative singular form into the imperative plural form (informal). You will need to write the whole sentence, ending with an exclamation mark.

Exercise 7 - Convert the present tense verb forms in brackets to the past tense.

Exercise 8 - Complete the sentences by changing the verb in brackets into the past tense.

Exercise 9 - Let's practise past tense verb forms. Complete the sentences by putting the verb in brackets into the past tense.

Exercise 10 - Another quiz on revising irregular verbs in the past tense.

Exercise 11 - Supply the past participle for the verb in brackets to complete the sentence.

Exercise 12 - Change the sentences into the perfect tense by supplying the missing past participle.

Exercise 13 - Fill in the blank with a suitable form of haben or sein to complete the sentences in the perfect tense.

Exercise 14 - Fill in the blank with a suitable form of haben or sein to complete the sentences in the perfect tense.

Exercise 15 - Perfect tense with haben or sein? Put the whole sentence into the perfect tense. Pay attention to spelling and punctuation.

Exercise 16 - Form sentences in the perfect tense starting with the subject.

Exercise 17 - Put the verb into the subjunctive I in the present tense and the same person as in the indicative.

Exercise 18 - Rewrite the whole sentence putting the verb into subjunctive I. Pay attention to the tenses and end each sentence with a full stop.

Exercise 19 - Put the infinitives into the third person singular of the subjunctive II (just the verb form without pronouns).

Special characters to copy - ä, ö, ü, ß