Activities: "How to use the future perfect in German?"
Use the following vocabulary to complete the exercises below:
New vocabulary | |
|---|---|
der Doktortitel | doctorate degree |
der Heiratsantrag | marriage proposal |
besteigen | to ascend, to climb |
die Meisterschaft | championship |
tauchen gehen | to scuba-dive |
Activity 1: By the time I’m 30…
Tobias and his friends are chatting about what he plans to have accomplished in life by their 30th birthday. Complete the sentences in future perfect below by adding the correct form of werden(will) and the past participle of the verb in brackets.
Ich (werden) meinen Doktortitel (bekommen) haben.
Wir (werden) nach Europa (reisen) sein.
Meiner Freundin Tina (werden) ich einen Heiratsantrag (machen) haben.
Sabine und Markus, Ihr (werden) ein Haus (kaufen) haben.
Paul, du (werden) endlich Klavier spielen (lernen) haben.
Matthias, du (werden) den Mount Everest (besteigen) haben.
Nadine, dein Pferd und du (werden) die deutsche Meisterschaft (gewinnen) haben.
Leute, wir (werden) unsere gemeinsamen Abenteuer nicht (vergessen) haben.
Activity 2: Translation challenge!
Translate the sentences from English to German below using future perfect tense.
I will have bought my first car.
→ .
Will he have finally moved into his own apartment?
→ ?
They will have made a decision.
→ .
We will have visited New York City.
→ .
You (pl.) will have gone scuba diving in the ocean.
→ .
You (sg.) will have written your first novel.
→ .
