Choosing between 'sein' and 'haben'

The following rules will help you decide whether to use sein or haben when using the perfect tense:

• If a verb has to do with going or arriving anywhere, it is very likely to use sein.
• If a verb is about changing from one way of being to another, eg getting up from lying down, it is likely to use sein.
• If a verb has a direct effect on something else, it is likely to use haben.

In German textbooks, a starred (*) verb uses sein.