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Junior Cycle German: Perfect tense with haben & sein

How often Perfect tense with haben & sein comes up on the German papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Perfect tense with haben & sein, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Perfect tense with haben & sein.

(a)How do you say 'We travelled to Spain'?
  1. Wir haben nach Spanien gefahren
  2. Wir sind nach Spanien gefahren
  3. Wir sind nach Spanien gefahrt
(b)„Ich habe Pizza gegessen.“ What does it mean?
  1. I am eating pizza
  2. I will eat pizza
  3. I ate pizza
(c)Which verb takes sein, not haben, in the perfect?
  1. bleiben
  2. kaufen
  3. spielen
Show the answers

(a) Wir sind nach Spanien gefahren

(b) I ate pizza

(c) bleiben

Your turn: Common Level questions on Perfect tense with haben & sein.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q20
2025Q21
2024Q22
2023Q18
2022Q20

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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