Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes
This lesson covers Dutch onregelmatige voltooid deelwoorden, focusing on verbs like brengen (gebracht), denken (gedacht), and zoeken (gezocht), illustrating changes in the verb stem for accurate past participle formation.
- The stem can change significantly in irregular verbs.
| Infinitief (Infinitive) | Voltooid deelwoord (past participle) |
|---|---|
| brengen (to bring) | gebracht (brought) |
| denken (to think) | gedacht (thought) |
| kopen (to buy) | gekocht (bought) |
| zoeken (to search) | gezocht (searched) |
| hebben (have) | gehad (had) |
| doen (to do) | gedaan (done) |
| gaan (to go) | gegaan (gone) |
| zijn (to be) | geweest (been) |
| moeten (must) | gemoeten (had to) |
| zitten (to sit) | gezeten (sat) |
Exceptions!
- These are common irregular verbs, but there are more.
Exercise 1: Onregelmatige voltooid deelwoorden
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
politie, gedaan, gebracht, gegaan, gevonden, gehad, geweest, gedacht
1.
Gaan:
We zijn naar het ziekenhuis ... vlak na het ongeluk.
(We went to the hospital immediately after the accident.)
2.
Brengen:
Hij heeft zijn documenten niet ... naar de ambassade.
(He did not bring his documents to the embassy.)
3.
Vinden:
De politie heeft het verloren voorwerp ....
(The police have found the lost item.)
4.
Bedenken:
We hebben eindelijk een oplossing ... voor het probleem.
(We have finally had a solution for the problem.)
5.
Denken:
Wij hebben lang over de reis ....
(We have thought about the journey for a long time.)
6.
Zijn:
Mijn telefoon is lang kwijt ...
(My phone has been lost for a long time)
7.
Doen:
De ... heeft haar werk snel ... na de ramp.
(The police did their work quickly after the disaster.)
Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct sentence with the proper irregular past participle in the context of vacation disasters, police reports, or emergency aid.
1.
The word order is unnatural; 'it already' should not be placed between 'at the police' and 'reported'.
The past participle 'aangegeven' is written together, not separately.
2.
'Bewaart' is not a past participle, but a present tense; the past participle 'bewaard' should be used here.
The past participle 'bewaard' must not be capitalized in the middle of a sentence.
3.
The past participle 'gegaan' is misspelled as 'gegaaan'.
'Gegaanen' is not a correct past participle; it must be 'gegaan'.
4.
'Gesteleen' is not a correct past participle; the correct form is 'gestolen'.
'Gestolenst' is incorrect; past participles do not end in '-st' here.
