KAPITEL 5 | TEIL 5 - THREE PAST TENSES A COMPARISON |

1. Which tense should we use?

Instructions

Below you'll find a description of three situations. Which tense would you most likely use in each case? Choose a., b., or c.

1.

You meet a friend or a neighbor in the street and want to tell him/her what happened to you yesterday or the week before. Which tense would you use?
a. simple past tense
b. future tense
c. present perfect tense

2.

You are a German student returning from a year abroad in the United States. You want to write a newspaper article for the German newspaper at your school. You want to write about an event that happened while you were studying abroad. Which tense would you use?
a. simple past tense
b. future tense
c. present tense

3.

Your friend missed German class today. You want to write a quick e-mail message, letting him/her know what went on in class. Which tense would you use?
a. simple past tense
b. present tense
c. present perfect tense