German at home: How was your last summer?

Every day it's getting warmer outside. Who wouldn't start thinking about last summer and all the adventures that took place?

Exercise for primary school children

When speaking or writing about memories and past events, we use a certain type of past tense in German, called Mitvergangenheit. We have created a short exercise sheet for you about the Mitvergangenheit, which you can download here. After practising it a bit you can try to use it on your own! For that read a short story, which you can find here and rewrite it in the Mitvergangenheit.

Exercise for kindergarten children

What do you need to take with you when you go to the beach? What do you need for hiking or camping? Together with your parents try to come up with as many things as possible in German. You can also draw them on a piece of paper so that you don't forget to take them next time you go on holidays!