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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'?
- Wir haben nach Spanien gefahren
- Wir sind nach Spanien gefahren
- Wir sind nach Spanien gefahrt
(b)„Ich habe Pizza gegessen.“ What does it mean?
- I am eating pizza
- I will eat pizza
- I ate pizza
(c)Which verb takes sein, not haben, in the perfect?
- bleiben
- kaufen
- spielen
Show the answers
(a) Wir sind nach Spanien gefahren
(b) I ate pizza
(c) bleiben
Common Level
Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q20 |
| 2025 | Q21 |
| 2024 | Q22 |
| 2023 | Q18 |
| 2022 | Q20 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
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