Before you start
Meet geschehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How geschehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | geschehe | geschah |
| du | geschiehst | geschahst |
| er/sie/es | geschieht | geschah |
| wir | geschehen | geschahen |
| ihr | gescheht | geschaht |
| Sie | geschehen | geschahen |
Partizip II geschehen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Was geschieht hier?What is happening here?present-tense question
- 2Der Unfall ist gestern geschehen.The accident happened yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Ich weiß nicht, was geschehen ist.I don't know what happened.verb at the end
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
geschehen + der Unfall
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that the accident is happening now.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
It happened yesterday.
Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the accidentder Unfall happened, the policedie Polizei came quicklyschnell.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I stayedbleiben at homezu Hause because something strangeseltsam happened.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The dayder Tag on which it happened was very coldkalt.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Something must have happened to him.
Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We tried to understandverstehen what had happened to them.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
What happened to your brotherder Bruder?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
geschehen + dass + der Unfall
Your challenge
- 1Use a dass-clause.
- 2Say the accident happened yesterday.
- 3Use the Perfekt in the dass-clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What interesting thing has happened to you recently?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one sentence in the Perfekt.
- 2Say what happened to you recently.